Archaeology

Archaeologists study past people through the material they left behind:

• pottery & stone tools
• bones of food animals
• art & building foundations

Rural Museum Archaeological Outreach students testing artifact photography equipment.

They explore how past peoples lived:

• the food they ate
• the tools they used
• the shelters they built
• their social organization
• their world views

Courses @ BU

• Intro. to Artifact Analysis, where you learn to identify Manitoba artifacts.
• Intro to Archaeological Method & Theory, where you learn all the techniques archaeologists use.
• Archaeological Field School, where you gain experience excavating and documenting sites.

Biological Anthropology

Teaching material in Dr. Holland’s lab.

Biological anthropologists study past people through their skeletal remains. They determine:

• age
• sex
• diet
• presence of disease
• to understand peoples’ lives.

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.

Courses @ BU

• Human Origins
• Human Osteology
• Forensic Anthropology
• Palaeopathology

Socio-Cultural Anthropology

Traditional herbal dispensary, Northern Pakistan.

Socio-cultural Anthropologists use socially and politically engaged methods to study social patterns, practices and beliefs within and across cultures. They explore people’s experience of life and the ways social and cultural life is organized, governed and given meaning.

Socio-Cultural anthropology at BU focuses on issues of:

• Gender & Religion
• Health & medicine
• Political & economic systems
• Violence, conflict & warfare
• International development & globalization

Courses @ BU

• Medical Anthropology
• Anthropology of War & Violence
• Ethnographic Research Methods
• Global Public Health

Skills

Completing a degree in anthropology at BU will help you build important skills such as:

• Critical & analytical thinking
• Problem solving
• Written & verbal communication
• Research design & execution

Careers

Professional archaeologists:

• Excavate sites that could be damaged by construction activities
• Work in museums
• Enforce heritage legislation that protects archaeological sites

Biological anthropology can help prepare you for:

• Graduate school & forensic anthropology
• Medical & Law school & related fields
• Careers in human & primate biology
• Archaeology & museum careers

Socio-cultural anthropology prepares you for:

• Graduate school
• Nursing & Medical School
• Employment with Canadian & global private, NGO & government agencies
• Social advocacy & activism

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