Anthropology (ANTH) 406

Special Topics in Anthropology (Revision 2)

Status:

Open

Delivery mode:

Individualized study

Credits:

Areas of study:

Arts or Social Science

Prerequisites:

Permission of course coordinator and a minimum of 12 credits in anthropology.

Course start date:

If you are a:

Self-funded student: register by the 10th of the month, start on the 1st of the next.
Funded student: please check the next enrolment deadline and course start date.

Precluded:

None

Challenge:

ANTH 406 is not available for challenge.

Faculty:

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Overview

ANTH 406 provides students with an opportunity to investigate problems or issues in greater depth than is possible in a lower-level course. Before registering in ANTH 406, students must discuss the topic they wish to explore with the course coordinator.

This is a flexible course. Students, in consultation with the course coordinator, design their own course objectives and carry out tasks enabling them to accomplish those objectives, guided and supported by the course supervisor and staff members at Athabasca University Library or other libraries to which the students have access. Upon completion of ANTH 406, students will have designed and carried out a program of research and written a major paper (approximately 20–25 pages, double-spaced) on an area within the discipline of anthropology.

Evaluation

To receive credit for ANTH 406, students must complete all assignments and achieve a course composite mark of D (50 percent).

Activity	Weight
Proposal	15%
Draft Paper	25%
Final Paper	60%
Total	100%

Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery modes may vary from their individualized study counterparts.

Opened in Revision 2, September 4, 2026

Updated September 9, 2026

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