Course information

This is a list of undergraduate Anthropology courses running this academic year, with links to course descriptions from the University's Registry (scroll down the Registry page to find the course you're looking for).

For information on what courses are needed for each degree programme, please see the Undergraduate Degrees pages.

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Level 1

Introduction to Anthropology: Peoples of the World (AT1003)


Introduction to Anthropology: Questions of Diversity (AT1502)

Level 2

Political Anthropology (AT2005)

Anthropological Approaches to Religion (AT2006

Anthropology and Imperialism (AT2510)

Colonialism Re-imagined (AT2511)

Level 3

Anthropological Theory (AT3004)

Doing Anthropological Research (AT3020)

Research Project - Part 1 (AT3517)

Society and Nature (AT3518)

Ethnography (AT3519)

Level 4

Research Project - Part 2 (AT4005)

Independent Study in Anthropology (AT4018 / AT4518)

The 4 A's: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture (AT4011)

Roads: Mobility, Movement, Migration (AT4026)

Materials, Technology and Power in the Andean Region (AT4027)

Anthropology of Myth (AT4030)

Anthropology of the North (AT4509)

Material Culture and Museums (AT4512)

Anthropology and Landscape (AT4516)

Anthropological Approaches to Knowledge Production: Critical Studies of Innovation, Intellectual Property and Value (AT4520)

The North American Plains: Representations, Politics and Social Life (AT4528)