Major in Sociocultural Anthropology
2019/2020
Admission Requirements:
Completion of first-year requirements including 1.0 in anthropology: Anth 1020 (formerly 1020E) OR one of Anth 1021A/B or Anth 1025F/G combined with one of Anth 1022A/B or Anth 1026F/G with a mark of at least 60% in each.
Module 6.0 Courses:
a) 1.0 courses:
2222F/G Debates in Sociocultural Anthropology
2245F/G Anthropological Approaches to Language
b) 0.5 course:
2226A/B Biological Anthropology
2229F/G Principles of Archaeology
c) 0.5 course:
2211F/G Cultures of the Caribbean
2212F/G Cultures of the Pacific
2216F/G Cultures of Latin America
2219F/G Cultures of the Middle East
FNS 2218F/G Contemporary First Nations Issues in Canada (the former ANTH 2218F/G)
The former ANTH/FNS 2217F/G First Nations Traditional Cultures of Canada
d) 1.0 course:
3350F Society and Culture I: Historical Perspectives
3351G Society and Culture II: Identity, Power and Social Formation
Note: these 2 courses have replaced ANTH 3301E.
e) 2.0 courses:
2201F/G Urban Anthropology
2203F/G Indigenous Peoples, Globalization and the Environment
2255E Feminist Perspectives in Anthropology
2260F/G “Nature” in the City
2262F/G The Production and Consumption of Global Commodities
2269F/G Special Topics in Environment and Culture
2272F/G Anthropology of Tourism
2275A/B Anthropology of Sex and Gender
2276F/G The Anthropology of Music
2277F/G The Anthropology of Distaster (New!)
2280F/G Economic Anthropology
2281F/G Anthropology of Development
2282F/G Anthropology of Migration
2283F/G Refugees and the Displaced
2284F/G Mobile Phones and the Internet in the Global South
2285F/G Clothing and Culture: Anthropology of Fashion
2289F/G Special Topics in Refugee and Migrant Studies
2290F/G Plagues and Peoples: Cultures of Health and Healing
3223F/G Doing Fieldwork in Sociocultural Anthropology (formerly 2223F/G)
3305F/G History, Territory and the Politics of Identity
3321 Field Course in Anthropology
3322 Field Course in Environmental Anthropology
3323A/B Field Course in Anthropology
3331F/G Reading Ethnography
3332F/G Sociocultural Anthropological Perspectives on the Lifecourse
3354F/G Disability and Health in Local and Global Worlds (New!)
3355F/G Zombies in Culture and Historial Perspective
3369F/G Advanced Special Topics in Environment and Culture
3389F/G Advanced Special Topics in Refugee and Migrant Studies
4400E Anthropological Thought
4470A/B Research Practicum inAnthropology
* May substitute an additional 0.5 course from Anth 2211F/G-2219F/G.
f) 1.0 course from any subfield in Anthropology at the 2200 level or above.
Note 1:
Students who have been enrolled in the Sociocultural Anthropology Major prior to 2016/17 and wish to continue with it but who still require ANTH 3301E should take 3350F and 3351G. Previous years modules can be found in the 2016-17 Academic Calendar or in the Department of Anthropology.
Note 2:
Students who are planning to do a Masters degree in Anthropology are strongly encouraged to take Anthropology 4400E.
Have questions about your module or anthropology courses? We're here to help! Email the Undergraduate Assistant at anthro-ugrad-office@uwo.ca with any questions you have or to set up a phone appointment or an in-person visit.
