Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

2 - Social Sciences, Psychology and Law

23 - Disciplines in the Social Sciences

45.02 - Anthropology

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 45.0201 to 45.0299.

45.0201 - Anthropology, General

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the systematic study of human beings, their antecedents and related primates, and their cultural behaviour and institutions, in comparative perspective. These programs include courses in biological/physical anthropology, primatology, human paleontology and prehistoric archeology, hominid evolution, anthropological linguistics, ethnography, ethnology, ethnohistory, sociocultural anthropology, psychological anthropology, research methods, and applications to areas such as medicine, forensic pathology, museum studies, and international affairs.

• Example Program Names:

  • Anthropology
  • Ethnology
  • Human paleontology
  • Primatology

• Exclusion

  • Museology(30.1401)
  • Ancient studies(30.2201)
  • Physical anthropology(45.0202)
  • Archeology(45.0301)
  • Ancient history(54.0199)

45.0202 - Physical Anthropology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of the biological sciences and anthropology to the study of the adaptations, variability, and the evolution of human beings and their living and fossil relatives. These programs include courses in anthropology, human and mammalian anatomy, cell biology, paleontology, human culture and behaviour, neuroscience, forensic anthropology, anatomical reconstruction, comparative anatomy, and laboratory science and methods.

• Example Program Names:

  • Anthropological sciences
  • Forensic anthropology
  • Physical anthropology

• Exclusion

  • Anatomy(26.0403)
  • Ancient studies(30.2201)
  • Forensic science(43.0106)
  • Anthropology(45.0201)

45.0299 - Anthropology, Other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Anthropology.

• Exclusion

  • Cultural resource management(30.1202)
  • Museology(30.1401)
  • Ancient studies(30.2201)
  • Anthropology(45.0201)
  • Physical anthropology(45.0202)