Anthropology Courses at UBC
Every Anthropology course at University of British Columbia, with difficulty, workload, and ratings. 138 courses · 1.2K ratings across the web
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Students give Anthropology courses 3.6 out of 5, and 58% would take one again.
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Easiest course
ANTH100A
50/100 difficulty
Most challenging
ANTH304
Ethnography of the Northwest Coast · 71/100 difficulty
All Anthropology Courses (138)
ANTH100Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 207 ratings
FMST316Human Sexuality
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 135 ratings
ANTH100A
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 88 ratings
ANTH300Contemporary Anthropological Theory
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 59 ratings
ANTH103
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 47 ratings
ARCL140Bones: The Origins of Humanity
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 43 ratings
ANTH227Introduction to Medical Anthropology
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 36 ratings
ARCL228Forensic Anthropology
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 33 ratings
ANTH378Anthropology of Media
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 29 ratings
ANTH200Introduction to Problems in Method and Theory in Anthropology
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 26 ratings
ANTH206Witches, Vampires, and Zombies: Anthropology of the Supernatural
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 26 ratings
ANTH215Japanese Popular Culture
1.8 out of 5 stars1.8· 26 ratings
ANTH400History of Anthropology
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 24 ratings
ARCL203Archaeological Methods
2.9 out of 5 stars2.9· 24 ratings
ANTH217Culture and Communication
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 20 ratings
ANTH203Anthropology of Drugs
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 19 ratings
ANTH202Contemporary Social Problems
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 17 ratings
ANTH202A
4.4 out of 5 stars4.4· 17 ratings
ANTH140
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 16 ratings
ANTH304Ethnography of the Northwest Coast
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 16 ratings
ANTH315Japanese Culture and Society
1.8 out of 5 stars1.8· 16 ratings
ANTH317Linguistic Anthropology
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 15 ratings
ANTH228
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 14 ratings
ANTH201Culture, Race and Inequality
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 13 ratings
ANTH220Contemporary Indigenous Issues in British Columbia
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 11 ratings
ANTH332Oral Tradition
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 11 ratings
ARCL103Introduction to Archaeology: Past Perspectives and Future Promise
4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 11 ratings
ANTH305
4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 9 ratings
ANTH225
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 8 ratings
ANTH303Ethnography of Special Areas
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 8 ratings
ANTH308Ethnography of Sub-Saharan Africa
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 8 ratings
ANTH241Introduction to Museums and Museology
2.9 out of 5 stars2.9· 7 ratings
ANTH317A
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 7 ratings
ANTH407Principles of Field Work
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 7 ratings
ARCL326Primatology
2.3 out of 5 stars2.3· 7 ratings
ANTH205The Anthropology of Insurrections and Revolution
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 6 ratings
ANTH307Ethnography of Korea
2.5 out of 5 stars2.5· 6 ratings
ANTH322
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 6 ratings
ANTH353Ethnography of Latin America
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 6 ratings
ANTH418Anthropological Statistics
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 6 ratings
ANTH429Global Health in Cross-Cultural Contexts
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 6 ratings
ANTH210Eating Culture
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 5 ratings
ANTH303B
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 5 ratings
ANTH351Ethnography of the Pacific Islands: Melanesia
2.4 out of 5 stars2.4· 5 ratings
ANTH403Ethnography of Special Areas
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 5 ratings
ANTH404Ethnography in Circumpolar North: Comparative Perspectives
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 5 ratings
ARCL419The Archaeology of Death
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 5 ratings
ANTH101
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 4 ratings
ANTH300A
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 4 ratings
ANTH303A
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 4 ratings
ANTH318
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 4 ratings
ANTH325
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 4 ratings
ANTH331A
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 4 ratings
ANTH406
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 4 ratings
ANTH415Religion and Society
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 4 ratings
ANTH435The Japanese Tea Ceremony: Ethnography of Performance, Practice, and Ritual
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 4 ratings
ANTH470Topics in Contemporary Theory
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 4 ratings
ARCL309The Archaeology of Collapse and Sustainability
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 4 ratings
ARCL405Archaeological and Anthropological Mapping
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 4 ratings
ANTH001
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 3 ratings
ANTH201A
2.0 out of 5 stars2.0· 3 ratings
ANTH202B
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 3 ratings
ANTH202E
1.6 out of 5 stars1.6· 3 ratings
ANTH213Sex, Gender, and Culture
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 3 ratings
ANTH303C
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings
ANTH326
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
ANTH331Art, Aesthetics and Anthropology
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
ANTH416The Ethnography of Japan
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings
ARCL305Archaeological Interpretation
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 3 ratings
ANTH214The Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective
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ANTH221Contemporary Indigenous Cultural Expressions
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ANTH240Sport in Society and Culture
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ANTH242Visions of the Sacred: Introduction to the Anthropology of Religion
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ANTH275Migration and (Im)mobilities: Anthropological Perspectives
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ANTH301Ethnography of Eurasia
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ANTH302Ethnography of South Asia
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ANTH309Ethnography of the Himalaya: Diversity & Development
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ANTH311Ethnography of the Middle East
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ANTH312Anthropology of Gender & Sexuality
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ANTH313The Anthropology of Social and Cultural Relationships
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ANTH314Anthropology of Childhood
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ANTH316Culture, Power & Politics
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ANTH329Contemporary Indigenous Issues in a Global Perspective
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ANTH330Anthropology of Rural Peoples and the Global Economy
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ANTH333Language and Power
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ANTH341Museums, Heritage and Memory
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ANTH350Ethnography of the Pacific Islands: Polynesia and Micronesia
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ANTH360Introduction to Ecological Anthropology
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ANTH362The Anthropology of Energy and Sustainability
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ANTH375Refugees, Resistance, and Activism
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ANTH376Diasporas and Belonging: Anthropological Perspectives
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ANTH401First Peoples of North America
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ANTH402Ethnography of China
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ANTH408Field Methods
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ANTH409Topics in Applied Anthropology
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ANTH412Advanced Topics in the Anthropology of Gender
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ANTH414Anthropology of Globalization
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ANTH417Language, Culture, and Cognition
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ANTH421The Anthropology of Place and Space
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ANTH422Modes of Subsistence
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ANTH423Ethnography of East Africa and the Swahili Coast
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ANTH427Topics in Medical Anthropology
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ANTH428Medicine, Technology, Culture, and Society
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ANTH430Indigenous Governance, British Columbia
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ANTH431Museum Practice and Curatorship
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ANTH432The Anthropology of Public Representation
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ANTH437Gardens of Culture: The Anthropology of Food Systems
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ANTH448Anthropology Horizons: Navigating Careers and Shaping Research Futures
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ANTH451Conservation of Organic Materials
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ANTH452Conservation of Inorganic Materials
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ANTH461Anthropological Study of Local Ecological Knowledge
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ANTH462Special Topics in Ecological Anthropology
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ANTH471Anthropology of Law
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ANTH472Anthropological Study of Social Inequality
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ANTH475Racial and Sexual Politics of (Im)mobility
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ANTH478Ethnographic Film Methods
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ANTH480Urban Ethnographic Field School (UEFS)
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ANTH495Advanced Studies in Anthropology
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ARCL204Great Archaeological Discoveries
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ARCL231Ancient North America
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ARCL232Ancient Latin America
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ARCL235Taming the Wild: Animals, Alcohol and Agriculture
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ARCL306Summer Field Training in Archaeology
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ARCL318Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherer-Forager-Societies
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ARCL319The Emergence of Complex Societies in Eurasia and Africa
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ARCL322Archaeological Foundations of East and Southeast Asia
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ARCL323Archaeological Foundations of Mesoamerica
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ARCL324The Inca and Their Ancestors
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ARCL325Paleoanthropology
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ARCL345Molecular Archaeology
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ARCL406Analytical Techniques in Archaeology
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ARCL410Archaeology of a Special Area
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ARCL411Prehistory of a Special Area in the New World
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ARCL420First Nations Archaeology of British Columbia
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ARCL424Practising Archaeology and the Management of Cultural Resources
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ARCL425Paleodiet
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ARCL430Archaeological Survey Methods
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ARCL435Culture Through the Animal Body: Fundamentals of Zooarchaeology
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