Summer 2025

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Below is our tentative course list of Anthropology courses we are offering this summer. Please refer to the Summer 2025 Timetable that will be available at the end of February for official offerings, dates and times.

Registration for summer courses begins in late February. For information with regards to summer term activation and registration, please visit the Office of the Registrar website.

ANTH 1026F-650 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology
Professor TBD
Online, May 5 - June 13
Course Outline TBD

An introduction to aspects of biological anthropology and archaeology which help us to understand the place of humankind in nature. Topics to be covered include heredity, human evolution and variability, archaeological method, the development of culture, the domestication of plants and animals, and the rise of civilization and the state.

ANTH 1025G-650 - Introduction to Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology
Instructor TBD
Online, June 16 - July 25
Course Outline TBD

An introductory course teaching basic concepts in the study of socio-cultural and linguistic practices worldwide. It underscores shared human experiences as well as our rich diversity. Topics include, changing socio-cultural and economic institutions, political and religious systems, and the role of language in the workings of power, indexicality and identity.

ANTH 2276B-650 - The Anthropology of Music
Professor TBD
Online, June 16 - July 25
No prerequisites.
Course Outline TBD

In this course, we will take an anthropological approach to exploring music as an aspect of culture in the present and the past and focus on how music is used to negotiate individual and collective identities in multiple world contexts. Methods and issues relating to the ethnographic study of music behaviours are a key focus area for this course. We will also explore material from cultural studies of music, archaeology, and biological anthropology to help inform a broad understanding of music culture.

ANTH 2228G-001  Special Topics in Anthropology - Topic TBD
Professor TBD
Summer Day In-Person: Mon and Wed July 7 - August 15
No prerequisites
Course Outline and description TBD