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Anthropology

Graduate courses

The graduate advisor will go over your program plan and give you advice about selecting courses, arranging for thesis supervision and planning your work for the year ahead. 

We admit graduate students each September. The summer term is used for research-based courses.  

Graduate adviser: Dr. Daromir Rudnyckyj

Graduate assistant: Jindra Bélanger, 250-721-7047

Links to individual courses can be found in the graduate calendar.

Links to instructors can be found on the faculty pages.

Summer 2026 Courses

During the summer graduate students enroll in their research-based course. There are also undergraduate summer courses which may be valuable.

Please confirm your summer course registration with the graduate assistant to ensure your graduate student status is correct.

MA level

  • ANTH 597 A01/A02 (on campus/off campus): Thesis Proposal Development
    Instructor: Supervisor
  • ANTH 599 A01/A02 (on campus/off campus): Thesis
    Instructor: Supervisor

PhD level

  • ANTH 693 A01/A02 (on campus/off campus): PhD candidacy examinations
    Instructor: Supervisor
  • ANTH 699 A01/A02 (on campus/off campus): PhD dissertation
    Instructor: Supervisor

Fall 2026 Courses

MA level

    • ANTH 516 A01: Seminar in Anthropological Research Methods
      Instructor: Dr. Ammie Kalan
    • ANTH 552E A01: Advanced Topics in Biological Anthropology - Evolutionary Anthropology
      Instructor: Dr. Alison Murray
    • ANTH 585 A01: Advanced Research Seminar - Space, Place, Knowledge and Power
      Instructor: Dr. Tommy Happynook
    • ANTH 597 A01/A02 (on campus/off campus): Thesis Proposal Development
      Instructor: Supervisor
    • ANTH 599 A01/A02 (on campus/off campus): Thesis
      Instructor: Supervisor

PhD level

    • ANTH 600 A01: Professsional Development in Anthropology
      Instructor: Dr. Brian Thom
    • ANTH 612 A01: Graduate Colloquium
      Instructor: Various
    • ANTH 685 A01: Advanced Research Seminar - Space, Place, Knowledge and Power
      Instructor: Dr. Tommy Happynook
    • ANTH 693 A01/A02 (on campus/off campus): PhD candidacy examinations
      Instructor: Supervisor
    • ANTH 699 A01/A02 (on campus/off campus): PhD dissertation
      Instructor: Supervisor

Spring 2027 Courses

MA level

  • ANTH 500 A01: Seminar in Anthropological Theory
    Instructor: Dr. Alex Boudreault-Fournier
  • ANTH 511 A01: Advanced Research Seminar - Inequality, Culture and Health
    Instructor: Dr. Alison Murray
  • ANTH 571 A01: Advanced Research Seminar - Visual Anthropology and Materiality
    Instructor: Dr. Andrea Walsh
  • ANTH 597 A01/A02 (on campus/off campus): Thesis Proposal Development
    Instructor: Supervisor
  • ANTH 599 A01/A02 (on campus/off campus): Thesis
    Instructor: Supervisor

PhD level

  • ANTH 611 A01: Advanced Research Seminar - Inequality, Culture and Health
    Instructor: Dr. Alison Murray
  • ANTH 612 A01: Graduate Colloquium
    Instructor: Various
  • ANTH 671 A01: Advanced Research Seminar - Visual Anthropology and Materiality
    Instructor: Dr. Andrea Walsh
  • ANTH 693 A01/A02 (on campus/off campus): PhD candidacy examinations
    Instructor: Supervisor
  • ANTH 699 A01/A02 (on campus/off campus): PhD dissertation
    Instructor: Supervisor