Are you interested in better understanding humanity’s past, present, and future? Do you care about social justice and human rights, addressing inequalities, and celebrating human diversity? Are you interested in a career that emphasizes intercultural communication, community-building relationships, human interaction, and applied knowledge development that tackles real-world problems? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then consider taking courses in Anthropology!
Explore opportunities for Spring and Summer terms at our Anthropology Open House event.
Meet with faculty members and learn how Anthropology can support your learning and career goals.
When: November 12th from 3-5pm, drop in at any time!
Where: Anthropology Lab – A234
What is Anthropology:
Anthropology asks students the fundamental question “what is a human being?”, and teaches them to examine human diversity across space, place, and time. As a holistic discipline, Anthropology examines many integrated aspects of humanity like culture, language, and biology.
Course and Field School Offerings
Our diverse course and field school offerings focus on topics such as cultural systems, religion, gender, material culture, foodways, decolonization, museum studies, human origins, forensic studies, and more. Our faculty brings together expert knowledge, and considerable research and teaching experience, in all areas of the discipline.
Broad Teaching Foci
Our broad teaching foci provides students with a strong understanding of the anthropological principles, theories, and methods required for the analysis of global and regional cultural diversity, sociocultural change, material culture, and our human origins.
Benefits of Taking Anthropology
The incredible diversity of our globalizing world presents us all with an obligation to increase our empathy towards one another, as well as pay critical attention to expanding forces of inequality that often disproportionately impact marginalized, racialized, and vulnerable populations. Anthropology provides Langara students with important critical and analytical thinking tools for engaging their world, motivating them to take the ideas and methods they are taught into their day-to-day lives and communities in transformative ways. The number of students we inspire to pursue four-year degrees in Anthropology, as well as those who find careers in various professional areas, after their time at Langara, is an ongoing testament to ongoing benefits of an anthropological education.
Careers Opportunities
Anthropology graduates go on to find excellent careers in fields such as law, business, communications and marketing, journalism, healthcare, cultural resource management, government, education, and many more. Most recently, our students have been hired at the White Rock Museum, The Museum of Vancouver, and at cultural resource management companies. They have also recently volunteered for Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Roedde House Museum, and Nlaka’pamux Nation Tribal Council. These opportunities allow students to develop valuable workplace skills, grow connections, and build their resumes.
Anthropology Courses for Spring Term 2026
ANTH 1120: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 1131: Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Human Origins
ANTH 1160: Regional Studies in Latin America
ANTH 1170: Introduction to Myth and Folklore
ANTH 1180: Colonialism and Reconciliation in British Columbia
ANTH 1400: Forensic Anthropology
ANTH 1410: Human Rights/Human Bodies
