{"id":168,"date":"2012-10-03T14:40:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T19:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancini.brandonu.ca\/admissions\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2016-04-11T11:40:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T16:40:56","slug":"anthropology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/programs\/degrees\/arts\/anthropology\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropology"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class='post-168 float'><p><a title=\"Apply Now\" href=\"https:\/\/webapp.brandonu.ca\/pls\/admission\"><button>Apply Now <\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/future-students\/apply\/\">How to Apply<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/anthropology\">Department Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bachelor of Arts\" href=\"\/future-students\/programs\/degrees\/arts\/\">Bachelor of Arts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside><h2>Archaeology<\/h2>\n<p>Archaeologists study past people through the material they left behind:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>pottery &amp; stone tools<\/li>\n<li>bones of food animals<\/li>\n<li>art &amp; building foundations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2879\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-rural-museum-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Rural Museum Archaeological Outreach students testing artifact photography equipment\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2879\" height=\"225\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-rural-museum-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-rural-museum-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-rural-museum-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-rural-museum-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-rural-museum-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-rural-museum-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rural Museum Archaeological Outreach students testing artifact photography equipment.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They explore how past peoples lived:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the food they ate<\/li>\n<li>the tools they used<\/li>\n<li>the shelters they built<\/li>\n<li>their social organization<\/li>\n<li>their world views<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Courses @ BU<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Intro. to Artifact Analysis, where you learn to identify Manitoba artifacts.<\/li>\n<li>Intro to Archaeological Method &amp; Theory, where you learn all the techniques archaeologists use.<\/li>\n<li>Archaeological Field School, where you gain experience excavating and documenting sites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Biological Anthropology<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2880\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-teaching-material-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Teaching material in Dr. Holland\u2019s lab\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2880\" height=\"200\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-teaching-material-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-teaching-material-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-teaching-material-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-teaching-material-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-teaching-material-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-teaching-material-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-teaching-material.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teaching material in Dr. Holland\u2019s lab.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Biological anthropologists study past people through their skeletal remains. They determine:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>age<\/li>\n<li>sex<\/li>\n<li>diet<\/li>\n<li>presence of disease<\/li>\n<li>to understand peoples&#8217; lives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Forensic Anthropologist is a specially trained biological anthropologist who works with medical examiners and the police to help locate, recover and analyze human skeletal remains that are associated with a medico-legal investigation.<\/p>\n<h3>Courses @ BU<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Human Origins<\/li>\n<li>Human Osteology<\/li>\n<li>Forensic Anthropology<\/li>\n<li>Palaeopathology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Socio-Cultural Anthropology<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2882\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-herbal-dispensary-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Traditional herbal dispensary, Northern Pakistan\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2882\" height=\"200\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-herbal-dispensary-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-herbal-dispensary-1-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/files\/anthro-herbal-dispensary-1-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traditional herbal dispensary, Northern Pakistan.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Socio-cultural Anthropologists use socially and politically engaged methods to study social patterns, practices and beliefs within and across cultures. They explore people\u2019s experience of life and the ways social and cultural life is organized, governed and given meaning.<\/p>\n<p>Socio-Cultural anthropology at BU focuses on issues of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gender &amp; Religion<\/li>\n<li>Health &amp; medicine<\/li>\n<li>Political &amp; economic systems<\/li>\n<li>Violence, conflict &amp; warfare<\/li>\n<li>International development &amp; globalization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Courses @ BU<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Medical Anthropology<\/li>\n<li>Anthropology of War &amp; Violence<\/li>\n<li>Ethnographic Research Methods<\/li>\n<li>Global Public Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Skills<\/h2>\n<p>Completing a degree in anthropology at BU will help you build important skills such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Critical &amp; analytical thinking<\/li>\n<li>Problem solving<\/li>\n<li>Written &amp; verbal communication<\/li>\n<li>Research design &amp; execution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Careers<\/h2>\n<p>Professional archaeologists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Excavate sites that could be damaged by construction activities<\/li>\n<li>Work in museums<\/li>\n<li>Enforce heritage legislation that protects archaeological sites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Biological anthropology can help prepare you for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Graduate school &amp; forensic anthropology<\/li>\n<li>Medical &amp; Law school &amp; related fields<\/li>\n<li>Careers in human &amp; primate biology<\/li>\n<li>Archaeology &amp; museum careers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Socio-cultural anthropology prepares you for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Graduate school<\/li>\n<li>Nursing &amp; Medical School<\/li>\n<li>Employment with Canadian &amp; global private, NGO &amp; government agencies<\/li>\n<li>Social advocacy &amp; activism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Contact Information<\/h2>\n<div class=\"flex-row \" data-column-group=\"1\">\n<div class=\"new-column-box  third count-1\">\n<p><strong>Dr. M. Malainey<\/strong><br \/>\nDepartment Chair &amp; Archaeologist<br \/>\nPhone: (204) 727-9734<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;l&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#77;a&#x6c;&#x61;&#x69;&#110;e&#x79;&#x6d;&#x40;&#98;r&#x61;&#x6e;&#x64;&#111;n&#x75;&#x2e;&#x63;&#97;\">&#x4d;&#97;l&#x61;&#105;&#110;&#x65;&#x79;&#109;&#64;&#x62;&#114;a&#x6e;&#x64;&#111;n&#x75;&#46;c&#x61;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><!-- .new-column-box -->\n<div class=\"new-column-box  third count-2\">\n<p><strong>Dr. E. Varley<\/strong><br \/>\nSocio-Cultural &amp; Medical Anthropologist<br \/>\nPhone: (204) 727-7422<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x56;&#x61;&#x72;&#x6c;&#x65;&#x79;&#x65;&#x40;&#x62;&#x72;&#x61;&#x6e;&#x64;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#x75;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x61;\">V&#97;&#x72;&#x6c;&#x65;y&#101;&#64;&#x62;&#x72;a&#110;&#100;&#x6f;&#x6e;u&#46;&#99;&#x61;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><!-- .new-column-box -->\n<div class=\"new-column-box  third count-3\">\n<p><strong>Dr. E. Holland<\/strong><br \/>\nBiological &amp; Forensic Anthropologist<br \/>\nPhone: (204) 571-8564<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"m&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;t&#111;&#x3a;&#x48;o&#108;&#108;&#x61;&#x6e;d&#101;&#x40;&#x62;r&#97;&#x6e;&#x64;o&#110;&#117;&#x2e;&#x63;a\">&#x48;o&#x6c;&#108;&#x61;&#110;&#x64;&#x65;&#64;&#x62;&#114;&#x61;&#110;&#x64;&#111;n&#x75;&#46;&#x63;&#97;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><!-- .new-column-box -->\n<\/div><!-- .flex-row -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apply Now How to Apply Department Website Bachelor of Arts Archaeology Archaeologists study past people through the material they left behind: pottery &amp; stone tools bones of food animals art &amp; building foundations They explore how past peoples lived: the food they ate the tools they used the shelters they built their social organization their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":1709,"parent":62,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-168","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2883,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions\/2883"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}