Hons in Anthropology: General (HBA)

The Anthropology: General program at the University of Toronto St. George campus surveys the discipline's three core areas: archaeology, which studies past societies through their material remains; evolutionary anthropology, covering human biological diversity and the relationship between humans and non-human primates; and the study of society, culture and language, which examines how people organize social life, meaning, ritual, and identity across cultures. Rather than concentrating in a single area, the General specialization lets students draw courses from across the three fields alongside a shared first- and second-year foundation. The program is interdisciplinary, spanning the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. It is offered as a Major or Minor within the Faculty of Arts & Science, leading to the Honours Bachelor of Arts. Training in anthropology develops critical thinking and engagement with diverse perspectives and world views, useful for careers spanning business, public service, and non-profit sectors with an international or human-diversity focus.