Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
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- ANTH: Anthropology
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- ANTH100: Introduction to Anthropology
- ANTH150: Exploring Anthropology
- ANTH200: Cultural and Social Anthropology
- ANTH210: Visual Anthropology: A Global Perspective
- ANTH240: Archaeology
- ANTH250: Biological Anthropology
- ANTH260: Introduction to Anthropological Research
- ANTH302: Globalization, Health, and the Environment
- ANTH303: Anthropology of Sound
- ANTH304: Technology and Culture
- ANTH305: Anthropology of the Arts
- ANTH307: Anthropology of Children and Youth
- ANTH309: Anthropology and Film and Video
- ANTH311: Introduction to Engaged and Practicing Anthropology
- ANTH312: Introduction to Medical Anthropology
- ANTH314: Economic Anthropology
- ANTH315: Living Technologies
- ANTH317: Quantitative Methods in Anthropological Research
- ANTH318: Ethnographic Research Methods
- ANTH319: Research Methods in Archaeology and Biological Anthropology
- ANTH325: Anthropology of South America
- ANTH329: Anthropology of Southeast Asia
- ANTH336: Contemporary Indigenous Issues in Canada
- ANTH340: Archaeology of British Columbia
- ANTH341: Paleolithic Archaeology
- ANTH343: Archaeological Field Techniques
- ANTH344: Regional Topics in Archaeology
- ANTH346: Archaeology of Holocene Africa
- ANTH347: The Pleistocene Archaeology of Africa
- ANTH348: Peopling of New Territories
- ANTH349: Paleolithic Art
- ANTH350: Primate Behavioural Ecology
- ANTH351: Human Origins
- ANTH352: Human Osteology
- ANTH357: Evolutionary Biology of Contemporary Health
- ANTH358: Biology of Human Skeletal Variability
- ANTH360: Zooarchaeology
- ANTH361: Archaeology of Medieval Europe
- ANTH362: Archaeology of Children
- ANTH365: Colonialism and Daily Life
- ANTH366: Anthropology of Reproduction
- ANTH367: Heritage and Historical Archaeology Field Course
- ANTH371: Anthropology of Mexico
- ANTH372: Economic Underworlds and Globalization
- ANTH373: Museums and Anthropology
- ANTH380: Directed Experiential Learning in Anthropology
- ANTH381: Cultural Anthropology Field School Methods
- ANTH382: Cultural Anthropology Field School Regional Topics
- ANTH383: Forensic Anthropology Methods
- ANTH384: Forensic Anthropology Field Course
- ANTH391: Selected Problems in Anthropology: Area Studies
- ANTH392: Selected Problems in Anthropology: Archaeology
- ANTH393: Selected Problems in Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH394: Selected Problems in Anthropology: Biological Anthropology
- ANTH395: Selected Problems in Anthropology: Method and Theory
- ANTH396: Selected Problems in Anthropology: Linguistic Anthropology
- ANTH397: The Archaeology of Death
- ANTH398: Life and Death in the Viking World
- ANTH400A: History of Anthropological Theory
- ANTH400B: Current Trends in Anthropological Theory
- ANTH402: Feminist Theory and Method in Anthropology
- ANTH405: Advanced Economic Anthropology
- ANTH408: Anthropology and Photography
- ANTH409: Applied Ethnographic Film
- ANTH410: Advanced Topics in Medical Anthropology
- ANTH433: Ethnographic Approaches to Coast Salish Land, Law and Culture
- ANTH441: Archaeological Theory
- ANTH442: Marine Historical Ecology
- ANTH449: Archaeology of the Northwest Coast
- ANTH450: Advanced Topics in Primate Behavioural Ecology
- ANTH452: Advanced Topics in Human Osteology
- ANTH454: Approaches to Human Bioarchaeology
- ANTH460: Ethnographic Mapping and Indigenous Cartographies
- ANTH481: Seminar in Area Studies
- ANTH482: Seminar in Archaeology
- ANTH483: Seminar in Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH484: Seminar in Biological Anthropology
- ANTH485: Seminar in Method and Theory
- ANTH491: Directed Studies in Anthropology: Area Studies
- ANTH492: Directed Studies in Anthropology: Archaeology
- ANTH493: Directed Studies in Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH494: Directed Studies in Anthropology: Biological Anthropology
- ANTH495: Directed Studies in Anthropology: Method and Theory
- ANTH499: Honours Seminar
ANTH312
Introduction to Medical Anthropology
An introduction to the main themes and theoretical frameworks in medical anthropology, including applied medical anthropology, cultural construction of illness, and critical medical anthropology. Topics may include enduring cultural traditions of healing, the place of infectious diseases in human societies, contributions and critiques of biomedicine, medicalization, nutrition, global health campaigns, and the comparative study of medical systems.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 0h
Tutorial: 0h
Credits: 1.5