These courses are reading and writing intensive.

Students who intend to proceed to university and major in anthropology can transfer to SFU, UBC, or UVic. Those intending to transfer to UBC should take ANTH 1100, plus one of ANTH 1112, 1211 or 1240. This will be considered equivalent to UBC's prerequisite course, Anthropology 200. Students are permitted to take two additional courses in anthropology (to a maximum of 12 credits) for credit within the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at UBC. If further courses are taken, they are transferable to the University, but not within the department.

Students transferring to SFU should note that anthropology and archaeology are divided at that institution.

Kwantlen courses ANTH 1100, 1220 and 1240 transfer to the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, while ANTH 1211 and 1112 transfer to the Department of Archaeology. Students wishing to major in anthropology should take ANTH 1100, while those wishing to take further courses in archaeology should take ANTH 1211 and 1112.

For Kwantlen's Associate of Arts Degree in Anthropology, see Arts under Program Descriptions

ANTH 1100 cr-3
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Students will study the diversity of human behavior through the comparative analysis of human cultures. They will examine the interaction of the environment, technology, economy, social and political organization, religion and personality.
Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

ANTH 1112 cr-3
Introduction to Archaeology
This course introduces the goals, field strategies and theoretical orientations of archaeology. Students study the processes that form the archaeological record, as well as the approaches used by archaeologists to reconstruct prehistoric human cultures from this record. The course also provides an overview of human evolution from our earliest mammalian origins to our modern form.
Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

ANTH 1125 cr-3
Introduction to Forensic Anthropology
Students will study forensic anthropology in order to identify unknown human skeletal remains for legal purposes. Students will learn techniques for assessing the age-at-death, stature, sex and biological identity (race) from examination of bones. Students will study crime scene investigation topics that include reconstruction from bloodstain patterns, locating and recovering the body, animal scavenging, determining manner of death, as well as evaluating post-mortem interval using insects as indicators of elapsed time since death. Students will analyze the skeleton to the level of individual identity that involves topics such as trauma to the bones, fingerprints, bite marks and DNA.
Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

ANTH 1211 cr-3
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Students will learn about human ancestry, fossil hominids and non-human primates. Students will learn how we have evolved to become modern people and how our bodies and our behaviour have been changed and shaped over millions of years. Students will study the theories of Charles Darwin together with the modern synthesis of his ideas, which show how our genes have evolved in response to our environment.
Prerequisites: ANTH 1112
Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

ANTH 1212 cr-3
Foundations of Archaeological Field and Laboratory Methods
This course provides an overview of the fundamental strategies and techniques used by archaeologists in the acquisition, processing, and analysis of archaeological data. Emphasis is placed on recognizing and recording archaeological remains in the field and on the elementary laboratory procedures involved with the processing, analysis, and presentation of evidence.
Prerequisites: ANTH 1112
Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

ANTH 1215 cr-3
Archaeology of the Old World
Students will survey Old World prehistory from the origins of agriculture to the development of complex state societies. They will study basic concepts and techniques used in the reconstruction of prehistoric cultures, the artifactual and contextual evidence, as well as major theories of culture change, relevant to these major transitions in human prehistory.
Prerequisites: ANTH 1112
Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

ANTH 1216 cr-3
Archaeology of the New World
Students will examine the archaeological record of the New World. They will study the prehistoric cultures from human entry into the New World to the rise of the pre-Columbian civilizations of Mesoamerica and South America. Students will evaluate current interpretations and theoretical debates pertaining to issues of social, behavioural and technological adaptation that characterize New World prehistory.
Prerequisites: ANTH 1112
Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

ANTH 1220 cr-3
First Nations Peoples and Cultures of B.C.
This course provides an overview of First Nations cultures in British Columbia, from the prehistoric past to contemporary society. Linguistic and cultural diversity will be studied. Students will examine contact-related cultural change and its continued impact on First Nations peoples.
Prerequisites: ANTH 1100
Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

ANTH 1229 cr-3
Women in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
Students will explore the social and cultural roles of women within the context of culture, politics and society. They will critically examine the politics of gender, reproduction, education, the feminization of poverty, and the impact of environmental change on women. Students will examine from classical anthropological and feminist perspectives, the ways in which women mobilize in response to these forces.
Prerequisites: ANTH 1100

ANTH 1230 cr-3
Anthropology of Religion
This course gives students an introduction to the nature of the diversity of religious beliefs and practices from a cross-cultural comparative perspective. Emphasis will be on the interaction of the environment, technology, economy, social and political organization with religion.
Prerequisites: ANTH 1100 or equivalent
Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

ANTH 1240 cr-3
Culture and the Environment
Students will analyze the adaptive strategies employed by different cultural groups around the globe. They will examine the complexity of human relationships with the environment in a world where conflicting cultural systems are often competing for survival.
Prerequisites: ANTH 1100
Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

ANTH 1260 cr-3
First Nations Peoples and Cultures of Canada
This course will examine the nature and diversity of First Nations cultures. Traditional cultures will be studied in relation to regional environments. The impact of European influence on native life and cultures will be studied. The origin and nature of contemporary issues such as aboriginal rights, special legal status and integration problems will be examined.
Prerequisites: ANTH 1100
Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

ANTH 1275 cr-3
Culture, Health & Healing
Students will investigate reasons for variations in health, illness, and healing worldwide. Students will explore the complex relationships between health and culture by analyzing medical anthropology research on traditional healing, on beliefs about sickness, and on the impact of health policies at the level of the cultural community.
Prerequisites: ANTH 1100
Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

ANTH 1290 cr-3
Archaeological Field Studies I
This is a field course in archaeology with an emphasis on the techniques of archaeological excavation. Additional topics include archaeological theory, techniques of laboratory analysis, site mapping and basic photography. This course consists of the first half of an eight-week field studies project and is offered only during the Summer. ANTH 1291 (Archaeological Field Studies II) is a continuation of this course and must be taken immediately after this course.
Prerequisites: ANTH 1112 or permission of department
Corequisites: ANTH 1291
Transferable (refer to transfer guide)

ANTH 1291 cr-3
Archaeological Field Studies II
This is a field course in archaeology with an emphasis on the techniques of archaeological excavation. Additional topics include archaeological theory, techniques of laboratory analysis, site mapping and basic photography. This course consists of the second half of an eight-week field studies project and is offered only during the Summer. This course is a continuation of ANTH 1290 (Archaeological Field Studies I) and must be taken immediately after completing ANTH 1290.
Prerequisites: ANTH 1112 or permission of department
Corequisites: ANTH 1290
Transferable (refer to transfer guide)