Honours Bachelor of Science - Anthropology

Lakehead University - Orillia

Anthropology is the broad, multi-disciplinary study and documentation of humans, past and present. Student will have the opportunity to study everything from stone artifacts and skeletal remains, to a community's economic structure and unique dialect. The Department of Anthropology has four distinct sub-disciplines with many different topics to explore in each:

• Archaeology
• Bioanthropology
• Linguistics
• Socio-Cultural Anthropology

This program blend in-class lecture with seminars, labs and field work to provide students with a well-rounded background in both the theoretical and practical applications of their area of interest. They will have access to world-class laboratories and anthropological collections which have contributed to groundbreaking findings and been utilized by some of the foremost leaders in the field.

Faculty members are active and innovative researchers on an international scale, which is reflected in renowned undergraduate research opportunities. Faculty members regularly work with undergraduate students on special topics courses and projects, many of whom have presented their findings at various national archaeological conferences and established themselves very early in their careers.