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Program Requirements
Note: University regulations apply to all students at Laurier. If there is any discrepancy between the program or progression requirements outlined on this page and those in the university's academic calendars, the academic calendars are the official sources of information. The information below is from the latest calendar, and you may be following progression requirements from an earlier calendar. Students are responsible for checking the appropriate calendar. Contact your program coordinator should you notice any discrepancies.
Academic Advisor
Sara Matthews
- T: 519.884.0710 x4580
- E: anthropologyadvising@wlu.ca
- Office: P356 (Peter's building)
Undergraduate Programs
The combined Honours BA in Anthropology program consists of 20.0 credits, of which at least 14.0 must be at the senior level. A minimum of 6.0 senior Anthropology credits is required.
Required 100-Level Anthropology Courses
- One of: AN100, AN110, AN120
- One of: AN100, AN110, AN120, AR101, CS100, GS101, KS100, RE100, SY101, WS100 (AN100, AN110, AN120 cannot double count under separate lists of core courses)
Required Anthropology Courses
- AN200
- AN300
- AN450
- AN452
- At least 0.5 additional 200-level AN credit
- At least 1.5 additional 300-level AN credits
- An additional 2.0 senior AN credits, no more than 1.0 of which may be taken as Anthropology-approved courses offered by other academic units.
Degree Program Electives
- An additional 13.0 credits toward the degree total of 20.0 credits, which includes the second BA major
Resources
Notes
- Students are advised that senior courses not offered by Anthropology may have prerequisites and other exclusions for which the student is responsible, and may not be offered every calendar year.
- Anthropology honours students will not be given special permission to enrol in the Anthropology-approved courses if these courses are full.
AN100 plus 2.5 additional senior credits in Anthropology.
In the Option in Intercultural Understanding students learn skills highly valued in the global marketplace: respect for cultural difference, tolerance for ambiguity, and critical self-reflection. The option brings awareness to the role of culture in shaping people’s worldview and practices, fosters a complex understanding of one’s own social location, and provides training in holistic analysis. In a multicultural society such as Canada, understanding diversity helps dispel dominant stereotypes about non-normative cultures, encouraging respectful collaboration and teamwork. The option’s emphasis on ethnographic skills affords students practical, transferable research tools that are attractive to employers.
Requirements
The option consists of a minimum of 4.0 credits.
Students must complete 2.0 core credits:
- AN100: Cultures Today;
- AN200: Theories of Culture;
- AN210: Intercultural Competencies; and
- AN300: Ethnographic Methods.
The option is completed by taking a further 2.0 credits from elective courses (refer to the list below). To obtain an Intercultural Understanding Option designation on their transcripts, students must have a minimum GPA of 7.0 in designated courses (core and electives), computed on all credits claimed for the option.
Intercultural Understanding Electives
- AN243: Law, Culture and Society
- AN224: Anthropology of the Lifecourse
- AN237: Cross-cultural Studies of Change
- AN242: Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism
- AN343: Culture and Society in Latin America
- AN342: Africa at the Crossroads
- AN356: Applied Anthropology
- AN461: The Anthropology of the Body
- EN211: Roots, Race, Resistance: Post-Colonial Literature
- EN252: Multiculturalism and Literature
- EN280: Introduction to Indigenous Literatures
- EN330: Human Rights in Contemporary Cultural Forms
- GS220/RE221: Being Human: Cultural Analysis in a Global Age
- GS221: The Cosmopolitan Village?
- GS325: Religion, Culture and Society
- GS351: Nature, Culture and Development
- GS355/AN335/RE355: Indigenous Peoples in Global Context
- GS357: Gender and Sexualities in Global Context
- GS421: Ethical Encounters
- GS422: Dialogue and Critique in an Age of Terror
- GS461: Global humanitarianism: Between Gift and Power
- HI253: Race, Rights and the Law in Early United States History
- HI256: Human Rights in World History
- HI258: Indigenous Peoples and Empires
- HI322: Social History of Modern Canada
- HI325: Imperial Fantasies: The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
- HI344: Indigenous Eastern Canada
- HI345: Indigenous Western Canada
- HI410*: Reading Seminar on The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / HI460*: Research Seminar on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- NO211: Canadian Identities and Cultures
- NO230: Decolonizing North America
- PO373/NO330: Indigenous Peoples and Public Policy
- PP223: Contemporary Moral Issues
- RE205: Canadian Religious Controversies
- RE288*: Religion and Culture Abroad
- RE301: Muslims in Europe
- RE331: Religious Diversity in Contemporary Canada
- RE333: Food and Religion
- SK311: Reconcilation and Indigenous-Social Work Relations
- SY324: Sociology of Food and Culture
- SY332: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
- WS211: Diverse Masculinities
- WS306: Women and Social Justice
- WS310: Transnational Sexualities
Notes
- At least 3.0 of the required 4.0 credits in the option must be completed at Wilfrid Laurier University. For Anthropology majors, the elective courses must be outside the major.
- Completion of the option requirements will result in an "Intercultural Understanding Option" designation on student transcripts. The option is open to all honours students.