Honours

Gain global perspectives, deeper insight into human relationships, and specialized knowledge of Anthropology through our honours program at UBC Vancouver.

Admission Requirements

  • Students must have a cumulative grade average of 78% or higher (high B average) in order to be considered.
  • Students must complete ANTH_V 100 (3), ARCL_V 103 (3) or ARCL_V 140 (3), and 6 credits chosen from other ANTH_V or ARCL_V courses at the 200-level.

Application Process

Steps to Apply

Students can start preparing their application during the summer prior to their fourth year.

  1. Students must have a cumulative grade average of 78% or higher (high B average) and complete ANTH_V 100, ARCL_V 103 or 140, and 6 credits chosen from other 200-level ANTH_V or ARCL_V courses.
  2. Students must seek out a professor in the Department of Anthropology who will agree to act as their Research Advisor (i.e., a Honours Thesis Supervisor).
  3. Students develop a thesis topic and proposal, which must be approved by their Research Advisor; thesis proposals should be approximately two pages (minimum) in length.
  4. Students develop an initial bibliography, which must be approved by their Research Advisor; initial bibliographies should be approximately one page (minimum) in length.

Students can apply to the Honours Program at the beginning of their fourth year. An application must be submitted via the Honours Application Form by September 1st and include:

Steps After Acceptance
  1. Students accepted into the Honours Program will be notified by the undergraduate advisor via email.
  2. The undergraduate advisor will register students into ANTH 449 (6) Honours Tutorial. Please make sure you leave enough credit space to be register in ANTH 449.
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Program Completion

Degree Requirements

A total of 60 credits in anthropology is required for students to complete an Honours in Anthropology.

Students must complete a minimum of 12 credits at the lower level, including:

  • ANTH_V 100 (3)
  • ARCL_V 103 (3) or ARCL_V 140 (3)
  • 6 credits chosen from other ANTH_V or ARCL_V courses at the 200-level

Students must complete at least 48 credits of upper-level ANTH_V or ARCL_V courses, including:

  • ANTH_V 300 (3)
  • ANTH_V 400 (3)
  • 3 credits in research methods and techniques: ANTH_V 317, 407, 408, 409, 417, 418, 431, 433, 451, 452, 471, 478, 480; ARCL_V 306, 345, 405, 406, 419, 424, 425, 430, 495
  • An undergraduate Honours thesis: ANTH_V 449 (6)
Honours Thesis

Students must successfully complete the Honours thesis for an Honours in Anthropology.

  1. Students must submit the Honours thesis to their Research Advisor by April 1st.
  2. Students must email the Honours thesis to anth.ugrad@ubc.ca for recordkeeping purposes. Students may also consider submitting the Honours thesis to cIRcle UBC.
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