Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Undergraduate programs
Anthropology explores the connections between cultures, societies and species to understand global challenges. A degree in Anthropology prepares you to think holistically about what it means to be human. You will study humanity's ancestors, the worldview of cultures different than your own, and more.
Graduate programs
The Department of Anthropology and Archaeology embraces an integrative approach, with a focus on the fields of archaeology, biological anthropology, and social and cultural anthropology.
Community engagement
**NEW CONTENT**
The Public Archaeology Program was put on hold this summer due to COVID and we hope to be back in 2021.
Meanwhile we have some new and exciting online exercises that are targeted at Grade 7-12 students. If you are an educator and need more information please check out our community engagement page!
Browse our other community engagement projects. Including, Aboriginal Youth Engagement and Digitally Preserving Alberta's Heritage.
News and announcements
Newly installed artwork in the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning sparks reflections on lifelong learning
‘Throughout our journeys, we’re picking blueberries that are like little lessons and teachings that we’re collecting in our baskets of knowledge’...
In the media
In the News: Vivek Venkataraman, Anthropology and Archaeology, in Aeon
Lessons from the foragers
In the News: arch Magazine
A Space Where Students Can Embroider Clothes and 3D-Print Dinosaurs
In the News: Peter Dawson, Anthropology and Archaeology, in CityNews Calgary
Alberta residential schools digitized, bringing their ‘dark past’ to life
Demoralizing Fatness Lecture
Join us as Associate Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University, Kate Manne debunks the arguments that depict fatness as a moral problem and not being fat as a moral obligation.
This event is part of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities Invited Lecture in Applied Ethics.
