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ANTH 101Human and Cultural Evolution

Faculty
Arts
Offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Credit
0.5
Last listed
1994–95

No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1966–67 to 1994–95; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.

“A survey of the discoveries of Physical Anthropology and Anthropological Archaeology. Lectures on living and fossil primates, the fossil evidence for the origins and development of humans, and archaeological evidence concerning the origins and development of culture from the earliest tool making through the beginnings of civilization.

As printed in the 1992–93 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.

Reviewed on UW Flow

68% liked it74% easy45% useful

From 28 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Two 30% midterms and a 40% final, but the multiple choice questions can be really specific about minor details, and had less to do with the major concepts discussed in class. Speaking of which, while some of the concepts in class could have been cool, it contained a lot of memorization on taxonomy and where/when/what purpose archaeological site #43 had. Going to lectures was a waste of time as well, the prof would put up slides with a title and no elaborating text, and then give a poor explanation of the topic. I think she was new at teaching, as she appeared nervous. That's not an excuse for poor slides and lack of answers when it came to midterm content. Could have been a cool course, but…

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  • A waste of time. Majority of class spent talking about scientific method at a grade 8 level. Didn't go into enough biological details. Spent a very long time about the history of evolution and it's social context, but no time about things such as genetic mutations.
    The examples were mostly irrelevant, many things were common sense, a very boring course. Contains 2 midterms and an exam. The prof. expects random details about who created which disproved theory and when, no clear info on what will be on the exam, no review for exams, no practice quizzes, nothing. Made no mentions of any readings until the class before the midterm. Lecture notes only comprised of one or two words per slide,…

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

15 posts and comments in 13 threads mention ANTH 101, April 2012 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Winter 2024

Spring 2023

Double counting courses 4 points, 2 comments

“As part of the Faculty of Arts degree requirements, 10 courses must be taken to satisfy the Faculty of Arts breadth requirements. …”

u/imnotarianagrande: “Yes it can. If you’re an Anthropology major for example, and you need 0.5 x 4 credits for the Social Science category, two of your anthropology courses that you’d take anyway during the course of …”

u/mrcoffee1975: “… So let's imagine I had to take ANTH 101 and ANTH 102 as part of my anthropology major, and I also count those two courses towards my Social Science breadth requirement. It still only amounts to two courses toward the 40 courses I need to graduate. …”

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Winter 2023

Looking for CS course COVID lecture videos 1 point, 5 comments

“Hey y’all, would be super appreciative if someone could point me to lecture videos for the following courses by DM or reply (I know they exist): - CS 348 - CS 349 - CS 456 - CS 486 (not sure if this …”

u/Alternative_Moose589: “Stalk the old syllabus (Google the course name & an online COVID term ie ANTH 101 Fall 2020 syllabus) I’ve found some old online lectures for my courses this way. Gl homie”

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Winter 2021

First year courses harder than 3/4th year courses 33 points, 11 comments

“Bit of pretext, I’m finally in my last semester of school, and am taking some courses for my breath requirement that are all 100 level. …”

u/enzymathicc: “Oof boy am I glad I noped right out of ANTH101 after reading the syllabus lmao. I send my condolences, first year courses that have a lot of written assignments sound like a micromanaging nightmare.”

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Fall 2017

PSA: UWCourseLinker back up, disabled by default, call with [[course code]] 39 points, 31 comments

u/RayDWatson: “Testing all course codes 1/61: [[ACC604]] [[ACC605]] [[ACC606]] [[ACC607]] [[ACC608]] [[ACC609]] [[ACC610]] [[ACC611]] [[ACC620]] [[ACC621]] [[ACC622]] [[ACC623]] [[ACC624]] [[ACC625]] [[ACC626]] …”

u/RayDWatson: “… [[AMATH875]] [[AMATH876]] [[AMATH877]] [[AMATH881]] [[AMATH882]] [[AMATH900]] [[ANTH100]] [[ANTH101]] [[ANTH102]] [[ANTH103]] [[ANTH201]] [[ANTH202]] [[ANTH203]] [[ANTH204]] [[ANTH210]] [[ANTH221]] [[ANTH222]] [[ANTH229]] [[ANTH230]] [[ANTH233]] [[ANTH241]] [[ANTH245]] …”

u/UWCourseLinker: “… Biology AMATH 900 - Topics in Applied Mathematics ANTH 100 - Introduction to Anthropology ANTH 101 - Human and Cultural Evolution ANTH 102 - Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology ANTH 103 - The Nature of Language ANTH 201 - Introduction to Archaeology ANTH 202 - …”

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Spring 2016

Those of you who took anthropology what was the course like? 2 points, 4 comments

“Was the course load like? Where there any profs that were exceptionally good? Anything in general for someone looking to apply for anthropology(as a possible elective).”

u/Waterwoogem: “what "course" are you specifically referring to??? I started off in Anthro, took 101,102,202,260,261 switched out of the program and was considering making it a joint major. …”

u/Waterwoogem: “… Anth 100 = Old Anth 101 + 102. in my new program 165 changed to 181(upper courses were (81), 206/208 changed to 306/308, and 393/94 changed to 293/94. …”

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Fall 2014

Bird Course(s) 1 point, 7 comments

“Looking for a relatively easy bird course, any recommendations? Thanks!”

u/shellderp: “SCI 206, MUSIC 140, ANTH 101, SMF 204”

u/JayLarra: “… ANTH 101 was super easy, especially as a bio major because they touch on genetics and evolution stuff. CS 100 is suuuper easy. Touching on bird courses a bit. First, you're paying for education so get the best out of it. …”

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Spring 2014

Electives for LifeSci, Biomed? 0 points, 3 comments

“Hey everyone! I'm choosing my electives for Biomed, LifeSci. I'll be in first year. My idea is to minimize stress/pressure and to choose electives that will enhance my GPA. …”

u/noveltfjord: “I'd take some philosophy. Moral issues, biomedical ethics, logic. Psych 101 is pretty good too, it's a nice overview. I also took ANTH 101 and that was pretty interesting.”

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Fall 2012

Good Filler Courses 8 points, 38 comments

“I'm a first year in Geomatics and am trying to find easier or not too intensive courses for my next term. …”

u/vb5215: “SOC 101, ANTH 101, ECON 101/102, HRM 200, and any 101 language course.”

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In the scanned calendars

How it read in each calendar from 1966–67 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.

1992–93 to 1994–95 3 calendars

“A survey of the discoveries of Physical Anthropology and Anthropological Archaeology. Lectures on living and fossil primates, the fossil evidence for the origins and development of humans, and archaeological evidence concerning the origins and development of culture from the earliest tool making through the beginnings of civilization.

Offered Fall, Winter, Spring · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit

1966–67 to 1991–92 24 calendars

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 Fall, Winter · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit