Faculty Spotlight of the Month: Social Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences
The Faculty of Social Sciences focuses on the dynamics of social interaction in contexts ranging across culture, markets, politics, and society, exploring how we live together and in relation to the world around us. The Faculty offers a wide range of international and local field schools in anthropology, environmental studies and geography. Our students travel to Angers, France to explore terroir-driven food systems; cities in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany to study sustainability issues; BC mountains to study meteorology; Mexico to explore ethnographic methods; and Belize to examine the production of cocoa and the global food supply chain.
Global Impact
Our Faculty scholars have a global impact. Have a look into this interactive world Map to discover all the places where faculty members of the Department of Anthropology are making a difference.
Did you know?
Our zooarchaelogy collection of animal skeletons is the largest in the Pacific Northwest.
School of Environmental Studies Field Schools
Students take their learning outside of the classroom with one of our multiple Environmental Studies experiential field courses abroad.
Mexico Ethnographic Field School
While exploring ethnographic methods, participants discover some of the unique cultural practices dynamics that characterize contemporary Maya culture in the Yucatán Peninsula.
Special Stories
Murals and stingless bees
What do murals and stingless bees have in common? This field school explores the powerful connections between culture, environment, and storytelling.