Concurrent Certificate in Cultural Perceptions of Death

Department of Anthropology
Chester New Hall, Room 524
https://anthropology.mcmaster.ca/

This certificate provides students with the opportunity to explore the concept of death in both ancient and contemporary societies from a cross-cultural perspective.

15-units total

6 units required:

ANTHROP 1AA3 - Introduction to Anthropology: Sex, Food and Death
SCAR 2M03 - Death and Dying: Comparative Views or SCAR 2N03 - Death and Dying: The Western Experience *

9 units electives from:

ANTHROP 2U03 - Plagues and People
ANTHROP 3BD3 - The Black Death
ANTHROP 3DD3 - Archaeology of Death
ANTHROP 3FA3 - Forensic Anthropology
ANTHROP 3LD3 - Learning from the Dead
ANTHROP 3MD3 - Matters of Life and Death
ANTHROP 3X03 - Zooarchaeology
ANTHROP 4DD3 - Anthropology of Zombies and the Undead
GKROMST 4H03 - Death and Commemoration in the Roman World
HLTHAGE 4B03 - Death and Dying in Later Life
PHILOS 2D03 - Bioethics
POLSCI 4DV3 - Death and Violence
SCAR 2M03 - Death and Dying: Comparative Views
SCAR 2N03 - Death and Dying: The Western Experience
SCAR 3R03 - Death and the Afterlife in Early Judaism and Christianity
*Note that if you take both SCAR 2M03 and SCAR 2N03 , then one of these courses may count toward your 9 units of electives for the certificate.