64 courses in the 1981–82 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Associate Professor, Chairman of the Department T. S. Abler, BA (Northwestern), MS (Wisconsin- Milwaukee), PhD (Toronto)
Associate Professors
D. E. Counts, BS (S. W. Texas State College), MA (Kentucky), PhD (Southern Illinois) (on Sabbatical Leave 1981-82)
Wm. B. Roosa, BA (Texas Christian), MA (New Mexico), PhD (Michigan)
M. Shimpo', BA (International Christian, Japan) MA, PhD (Br. Col.) J
S. M. Weaver2, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)
Assistant Professor
M. H. Hill, BA (Washington), MA (Washington State), PhD (Southern Illinois)
E. A. Roth, BA (Missouri-Columbia), MA (Toronto), PhD (Toronto)
Faculty members holding cross and/or joint
appointments as shown
\Sociology and Anthropology (St. Jerome's)
2Anthrapology and Urban Regional Planning
Course Descriptions
Notes.
While this calendar is as up-to-date as deadlines permit, students should consult the course offerings list issued at preregistration.
Anthropology 101 courses introduce physical anthropology and archaeology. Anthropology 102 courses introduce social-cultural anthropology. The letter designations (A, B) indicate the special approach of the course. A student may take introductory courses in any order. Either 101, 102, or 103 may be taken first and any combination may be taken together.
An overview of Physical Anthropology and
Archaeology. Lectures on living and fossil primates, the fossil evidence for the origins and development of man, modern races, and archaeological evidence for the origins and development of culture.
Offered by correspondence winter term.
Course Descriptions Anthropology
The dynamic nature of socio-cultural systems is examined. Topics include language, technology, social organization, economics, politics, and religion. Data are drawn from a broad ethnographic base, including both “primitive” cultures and modern, developed societies.
Offered by correspondence fall term.
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A general introduction to the scientific study of tanguage. Lectures on the nature of human language as compared with animal communication, some of the basic methods of historical and descriptive linguistics, and the importance of language in culiure and society.
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This is a general introduction to North American Archaeology. The traditional cultural ecological approach is compared and contrasted with the more revolutionary ideas recently expounded by popular writers.
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Examination of the transition to an economy based on food prodution, the spread of food producing economies, the rise of civilization. Areas and periods of emphasis will vary from year to year.
Not acceptable for Honours Anthropology credit.
Problems in cultural dynamics will be considered as exemplified in the rise and effects of the civilizations of Meso and South America. Areas and periods of emphasis will vary from year to year.
Offered Spring 1981.
A comparative ethnological survey of selected indigenous societies in the Pacific Region.
The cultures of Canadian indians are described as they existed when initially contacted by Europeans. Consideration is given to economic adaptation, social organization, political structure, material culture, ritual, and mythology.
Offered by correspondence winter term.
Prereq: Second year standing
Eskimo cultures of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland from the time of European and Asian contact to the present. Administrative systems imposed on the Eskimo will be analyzed and compared, as will the contemporary problems these communities face today.
Prereq: Second year standing
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This course analyzes the traditional social structure as well as changes in social, economic and cultural spheres in Japan since 1868. Current topics such as land reform, the consequent changes, and changing values in Japanese society will be analyzed.
Offered at St. Jerome’s College.
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Anthropological theories pertaining to culture change and cultural evolution are examined in the context of the modern world. Long and short term trends in technology are examined using data from Archaeology, Ethnography, History, Technology and Science.
Prereq: Anth 101 or 102 or permission of the instructor
Data, methods, and theory in the study of the origin and evolution of humans are surveyed. Topics will include osteology, growth and development, the fossil record, and genetics.
Prereq: Anth 101 or permission of the instructor.
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A survey of the technique used by archaeologists in collecting and analyzing information. Attention to the contributions of other desciplines.
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An introduction to the working assumptions, analytic approaches, and integrative and descriptive methods of archaeological anthropology.
Recommended to Honours Anthropology students
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An examination of language as it reflects the culture of the speakers. Focus will be on exploring aspects of vocabulary and special usages for their cultural relevance, with illustrations from a variety of languages.
Prereq: One half-course from each of linguistics and socio-cultural anthropology
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Detailed considerations of prehistoric cultural developments from earliest toolmaking to the transition to agriculture. An examination of the human mode of adaptation and the increasing complexity of cultural systems among prehistoric hunters and gatherers. Areas and periods of emphasis will vary from year to year.
Prereq: Anth 275 or permission of the instructor
An in-depth study of the archaeological evidence of prehistoric man in the Great Lakes area from his arrival ca. 11,000 years ago to the coming of _ Europeans. Cultural ecology and cultural evolution will be stressed.
Prereq: Anth 203 or consent of the instructor
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The nature of planned programmes and their implications for the communities involved through ethnological studies of small communities in Canada and abroad. Reasons for the success or failure of programmes of change are sought in relation to community structure.
Various approaches to the phenomenon of ethnicity will be examined and illustrated from a social anthropological perspective. Special emphasis will be placed on the ethnography of ethnicity/ethnicities and on vertical and horizontal differentiation in Canada.
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independent research.
Course Descriptions Anthropology
The goal of this course will be cross-cultural comparisons and analysis of the last remaining hunting-gathering groups of the World from social, biological, and archaeological viewpoints.
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A detailed examination of the fossil evidence for human evolution with particular emphasis on interpretation and reconstruction.
Prereq: Anth 260 or permission of the instructor
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Prehistoric cultural systems in the Americas prior to the advent of horticulture are studied. The major emphasis is on North American Paleo-Indian cultural-ecological systems.
Prereq: Anth 203, 222, or 322, or permission of the instructor
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Guided reading in a selected portion of the anthropological literature.
Prereq: Anthropology major or honours student and permission of the instructor.
Guided reading in a selected portion of the anthropological literature.
Prereq: Anthropology major or honours student and permission of the instructor.
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A survey of cultural theory from post World War Il to the present.
Prereq: Anth 101, 102
Guided reading in a selected portion of the anthropological literature. . Prereq: Anthropology major or honours student an permission of the instructor.
Guided reading in a selected portion of the anthropological literature.
Prereq: Anthropology major or honours student and permission of the instructor.
Directed reading and research in a selected area of anthropology inquiry.
Open only to Honours Anthropology students.
Course Descriptions . 253 Anthropology
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