Anthropology
The Study of People
The discipline of Anthropology encompasses four sub-fields: Biological Anthropology, Archaeology, Socio-Cultural Anthropology and Linguistic Anthropology.
Traditional herbal dispensary, northern Pakistan.
Newborn and extended family in northern Pakistan.
Traditional home in rural northern Pakistan.
Anthropology is a broad field spanning four sub-fields:
- Biological Anthropology (the evolution of our species, modern physical variation)
- Archaeology (the study of ancient peoples though their material remains)
- Sociocultural Anthropology (the study, description, and analysis of culture, society, and humanity)
- Linguistic Anthropology (the study of language)
The Undergraduate Anthropology Program at Brandon University encompasses three of the discipline’s four traditional major sub-fields: Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology,and Biological Anthropology.
Students in the Anthropology program are required to take some courses in each area, to introduce the student to the whole field of anthropology. This emphasizes the holistic theory behind these ways of studying human development and culture.
- Anthropology degree worksheet (effective 2018)
- Anthropology Program Plan (effective 2018)
- Anthropology brochure (effective 2018)
- Anthropology degree worksheet 2017
- 2017-2018 Anthropology Program Plan
Anthropology News
- Public invited to visit archaeological investigations of pre-contact Indigenous farmers near Melita
- July 5, 2023
- BU at the Public Library returns
- January 20, 2023
- Brandon University mourns passing of Professor Emeritus Dr. Bev Nicholson
- January 12, 2023
- Archaeological investigation of pre-contact Indigenous farmers continues near Melita
- July 14, 2022
- BU Research Committee awards $100,000 in funding
- June 1, 2020