Course List 2026–2027
Below is a list of courses the Department of Anthropology will offer in the 2026-2027 academic term. Note that the course outlines posted here are provisional and subject to change. A full course outline will be available on Brightspace prior to the first day of class.
Find course registration dates and instructions on the Office of the Registrar website.
If you would like help with course selection or degree progression, email the Undergraduate Program Office: anthro-ugrad-office@uwo.ca.
Fall 2026
1000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 1022A-001 Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology | A. Waters-Rist and A. McLellan |
| 1022A-002 Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology | A. Waters-Rist and A. McLellan |
| 1025F-650 Introduction to Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology | J. Trombley |
2000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 2222F-001 Debates in Sociocultural Anthropology | L. Bell |
| 2226A-001 Biological Anthropology | A. McLellan |
| 2229F-001 Principles of Archaeology | A. McLellan |
| 2245F-001 Anthropological Approaches to Language | K. Pennesi |
| 2249F-001 Discourse Analysis | K. Pennesi |
| 2251A-001 Language, Gender and Sexuality | T. Granadillo |
| 2272A-650 Anthropology of Tourism | C. Kennedy |
| 2278A-650 Anthropology of Race, Ethnicity and Identity | P. Block |
| 2286A-200 Computers, Culture, and Connectivity | J. Trombley |
| 2288A-650 Climate, Science and the Changing World | J. Trombley |
3000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 3339F-001 Language Variation and Change | T. Granadillo |
| 3350F-001 Society and Culture I – Historical Perspectives | G. Beckett |
| 3356F-200 Anthropology and Embodiment | P. Block |
| 3365F-001 Anthropology of the Future - |
G. Beckett |
| 3379F-001 Engineering Ourselves: the Anthropology of Cyborgs | J. Stock |
4000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 4401F-001 Anthropological Thinking and Practice | A. Walsh |
| 4428F-001 Human Skeletal Biology - former 3338F/G | A. Waters-Rist |
Winter 2027
1000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 1021B-001 Introduction to Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology | G. Beckett and K. Linton |
| 1021B-002 Introduction to Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology | G. Beckett and K. Linton |
| 1026G-650 Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology | J. Trombley |
2000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 2226B-001 Biological Anthropology | A. McLellan |
| 2237B-001 Human Adaptability and Resilience: Life at the Extremes | J. Stock |
| 2242B-650 Forensic Anthropology in Fact and Fiction | A. Waters-Rist |
| 2244G-200 Beliefs, Rituals, Taboos - |
T. Granadillo |
| 2252B-200 Languages in Canada | K. Pennesi |
| 2256B-001 Ruins and Ruination | T. Markert |
| 2262B-001 Global Commodities | A. Walsh |
| 2273B-200 Livelihoods and Workers' Lives | K. Clark |
| 2274B-650 Anthropology of Shopping | L. Bell |
| 2285B-650 Clothing and Culture: The Anthropology of Fashion | C. Kennedy |
| 2290B-650 Cultures of Health, Illness, Disability and Healing | P. Block |
3000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 3223G-001 Doing Fieldwork in Sociocultural Anthropology | J. Trombley |
| 3260G-001 Language and Social Justice - |
K. Pennesi |
| 3308G-001 Archaeology: Theory and Practice | A. McLellan |
| 3311G-001 Bioarchaeology: Practice and Theory | A. Waters-Rist |
| 3326G-200 Inheritance: Time, Memory, and Racial Afterlives | J. Morris |
| 3351G-001 Society and Culture II: Identity, Power and Social Formation | G. Beckett |
| 3372G-001 Applying Anthropology | J. Trombley |
| 3378G-200 Bio-Cultural Debates in Race and Ethnicity | P. Block |
| 3395G-001 Landscape Archaeology - |
A. McLellan |
4000 - Level Courses
| Course | Instructor(s) |
| 4415B-001 Field Techniques in Linguistics - former 3237A/B | T. Granadillo |
