Faculty Affiliation
Arts and Science
Degree Programs
Anthropology
MA and PhD
- Fields:
- Archaeology;
- Evolutionary Anthropology;
- Linguistic and Semiotic Anthropology;
- Medical Anthropology;
- Sociocultural Anthropology
MSc
- Fields:
- Archaeology;
- Evolutionary Anthropology;
- Medical Anthropology
Collaborative Specializations
The following collaborative specializations are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:
- Aging, Palliative and Supportive Care Across the Life Course
- Anthropology, MA, MSc, PhD
- Contemporary East and Southeast Asian Studies
- Anthropology, MA
- Development Policy and Power
- Anthropology, MA, MSc
- Diaspora and Transnational Studies
- Anthropology, MA, MSc, PhD
- Environmental Studies
- Anthropology, MA, MSc, PhD
- Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies
- Anthropology, MA, PhD
- Food Studies
- Anthropology, MA, PhD
- Global Health (U of T Global Scholar)
- Anthropology, PhD
- Jewish Studies
- Anthropology, MA, PhD
- Mediterranean Archaeology
- Anthropology, PhD
- Sexual Diversity Studies
- Anthropology, MA, MSc, PhD
- South Asian Studies
- Anthropology, MA, MSc, PhD
- Women and Gender Studies
- Anthropology, MA, MSc, PhD
- Women's Health
- Anthropology, MA, MSc, PhD
Overview
Anthropology is concerned with the unity, diversity, and evolution of humanity (and non-human primates) and of human culture and society from a comparative and global perspective. The Department of Anthropology was established in 1936 and has included many of the most prominent figures in Canadian anthropology. The first MA degree was awarded in 1949; the first PhD in 1956.
Members of the department conduct research on present and past human societies, cultural knowledge and practice, evolutionary antecedents, and closely related species. Graduate training is offered in socio-cultural, medical, evolutionary/biological, linguistic, and archaeological branches of the field. Anthropology students at the University of Toronto can study human biology and evolution; human behaviour from its first appearance in the archaeological record to the first appearance of writing; language and society; anthropology of health; and the diversity of human culture in today’s world. Since Anthropology concerns the diversity and commonality of humans over time and around the globe, faculty and graduate research is broadly international and varies in method and theoretical frame. Nonetheless, it coheres in the quest to understand past and present human experience in social, cultural, and evolutionary contexts.
Contact and Address
Web: www.anthropology.utoronto.ca
Email: anthropology.graduate@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-5416
Fax: (416) 978-3217
Department of Anthropology
University of Toronto
Room 256, 19 Ursula Franklin Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2S2
Canada