Undergraduate Fall Courses 2023

Registration opens June 12, 2023.

Classes start Wednesday, September 6, 2023. 

Anthropology Fall 2023 course list.

Labs and tutorials always begin after the first lecture of a class. Check your course BrightSpace page for the exact dates.

General information about the calendar includes: academic sessions, calendar changes, course values and hours, course experience survey, limit of the University's responsibility, program planning, privacy and access to information, notification of disclosure of personal information to statistics canada, schedule of classes and the University's right to limit enrollment.

The University / Anthropology Department reserves the right to limit enrolment and to limit the registration in, or to cancel or revise, any of the courses listed. The curricula may also be changed, as deemed advisable by the Senate of the University.

Contact the Anthropology office if you have a question about the course offerings.

100-level

Code Sec Title Instructor

100

A01 or A02

INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY

McGuire, Erin

150

A01

Spirituality, Religion, Eco-ethics, and the other-than-human world - New Course

Campbell, William

150

A02

Race, Culture and Power - New Course - Online

Rose-Redwood, CindyAnn

200-level

Code Sec Title Instructor
200 A01

CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Lecture

Note: You will also need to register in an ANTH 200 tutorial (T01-T04). 

Gauthier, Melissa
210 A01 VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Robinson, Jennifer
240 A01

ARCHAEOLOGY - Lecture

Note: You will also need to register in an ANTH 240 lab (B01-B05).

Lam, Yin-Man
250 A01

BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY - Lecture

Note: You will also need to register in a ANTH 250 lab (ANTH 250 B01-05).

Kalan, Ammie
260 A01

INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Gauthier, Melissa

300-level

309   A01 THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF FILM AND VIDEO Boudreault-Fournier, A.
317 A01

QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Kurki, Helen
319 A01

Research methods in archaeology and biological anthropology

Beller, Jeremy
325 A01

Anthropology of South America

Note: cross-listed as LAS 325

Guelke, Karoline
336 A01

CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ISSUES IN CANADA

Happynook, Tommy
340 A01 Archaeology of British Columbia McKechnie, Iain
341 A01 PALEOLITHIC ACHAEOLOGY Nowell, April
347 A01 PLEISTOCENE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AFRICA Lam, Yin-Man
350 A01 PRIMATE BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY Kalan, Ammie
352 A01

HUMAN OSTEOLOGY

Note: You will also need to register in an ANTH 352 lab (B01-B03).

Campeau-Bouthillier, Cassandre

361

A01 Archaeology of Medieval Europe McGuire, Erin
392 A01 Archaeology of coasts and islands - New Course Mackie, Quentin
393 A01 Applied Indigenous Ways of Knowing Happynook, Tommy
393 A02 Indigenous storytelling Degai, Tatiana
393 A04 Bread Beyond Borders: Food and migration - New Course Brown, Rachel

394

A01

The Neandertals - online

Chang, Melanie

394

A02

Evolution and human diversity - online

Parker, Kaela

400-level

Code Sec Title Instructor
441 A01 Archaeological theory Nowell, April
442 A01 Marine historical ecology McKechnie, Iain
449 A01 Archaeology of the NW coast Mackie, Quentin
483 A02 Arctic anthropology - new course Degai, Tatiana

Undergraduate advising

 

Available Mon from 10:00-11:30am by appointment for online advising.

To schedule an online appointment: https://calendly.com/anthua/15min

  • choosing classes
  • registration help
  • transfer credits
  • pre-requisite overrides
  • advice on  directed studies and your major or minor
  • oversees the operation of and changes to the undergraduate program

Honours adviser: Dr. Brian Thom

  • information about the honours program
  • already enrolled in the honours program and have a question

Coop adviser: Anaïs Holdaway or Linda Marlee

Get more information about Anthropology Co-op. Drop by to see Anaïs Holdaway, your Anthropology co-op coordinator in COR B138 ssco@uvic.ca (250-721-7358) or Linda Marlee at sscoop@uvic.ca (250-721-8689).

The UVic calendar has general descriptions and prerequisites for Anthropology courses.

Anthropology's course lists have pdfs with the instructor's specific description of their course.

Anthropology Handbook: Describes the programs and opportunities for undergraduates interested in Anthropology.

Please note: The University reserves the right to limit enrolment and to limit the registration in, or to cancel or revise, any of the courses listed. The university reserves the right to cancel courses if enrollment is not sufficient. Preliminary lists of instructors and courses are subject to change. The curricula may also be changed, as deemed advisable by the Senate of the University. General information about the calendar includes: academic sessions, calendar changes, course values and hours, course experience survey, limit of the University's responsibility, program planning, privacy and access to information, notification of disclosure of personal information to statistics Canada, schedule of classes and the University's right to limit enrollment.

You'll find information on our programs and opportunities in the Undergraduate Studies in Anthropology Handbook

Your Undergraduate Studies in Anthropology Handbook introduces many of the possibilities in the department.