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 Graduate Studies Calendar 2014-2015 Courses of Instruction Course Descriptions A Anthropology ANTH
Anthropology ANTH
ANTH 501 505 523 535 541 552 553 571 573 589 601 603 605 611 613 631 635 641 659 701
 

Instruction offered by members of the Department of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts.

Department Head – M. Pavelka

 
Anthropology 501       Conference Course in Anthropology
Arranged for various topics of anthropology on the basis of special interest and need.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 203, one additional senior Anthropology  course and consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology 505       Conference Course in Primatology
Arranged for various topics of primatology on the basis of special interests and need.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 311 and one additional senior primatology course and consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology 523       Human Ecology
Current directions in various subfields of human ecology as they apply to Anthropology, Archaeology, and Geography.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
Antirequisite(s): Not open to students with credit in Anthropology 609, Archaeology 609, and Geography 609.
Also known as: (Archaeology 523) (Geography 523)
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Anthropology 535       History and Theory in Primatology and Physical Anthropology
Historical and theoretical survey of ideas about the biological bases of human and non-human primate social behaviour. Impacts of the theoretical models of the modern synthesis, ethology, behavioural ecology, socio-ecology, and sociobiology or the study of human and non-human primates.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 413.
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Anthropology 541       Field Study in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Research projects carried out off campus, under the supervision of a member of academic staff, and resulting in a graded project report.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
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Anthropology 552       Field Studies in Primatology
Intensive training and practice in field methods of observational primate behaviour or behavioural ecology.
Course Hours: F(3-3)
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 413 and consent of the Department.
Corequisite(s): Anthropology 553.
Notes: Normally offered during Spring Term.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology 553       Primate Behavioural Research Design
Design of a research project, including the identification and operationalization of a research question and the collection and analysis of data.
Course Hours: H(3-3)
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 413 and consent of the Department.
Corequisite(s): Anthropology 552.
Notes: Normally offered during Spring Term.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology 571       Advanced Seminar in Primatology

Current theoretical and methodological issues will be explored in a discussion-based seminar format.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 413.
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Anthropology 573       Advanced Seminar in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Current theoretical and methodological issues will be explored in a discussion-based seminar format, with the possibility of development of a research project.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 411.
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Anthropology 589       Nutritional Anthropology
The study of human dietary practices from biological and cultural perspectives. Subjects covered include the development of nutritional anthropology, principles of nutrition, principles of ecology, diet from an evolutionary, comparative and historic perspective, the impact of undernutrition on human physiology, and behaviour and methods in nutritional anthropology.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 201 or Archaeology 203 or Archaeology 305, and consent of the Department.
Also known as: (Archaeology 589)
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Graduate Courses

Only where appropriate to a student's program may graduate credit be received for courses numbered 500-599.
 
Anthropology 601       Conference Course in Anthropology
A specialized area of Anthropology selected on the basis of particular interest and need.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology 603       Thesis Development
A reading and conference course in the student's substantive area conducted jointly by at least two faculty members.
Course Hours: H(3S-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology 605       Professional Skills for Anthropologists
Training and practice in research/teaching skills: grantsmanship, conference and classroom presentations, academic publishing, job interviews.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
Antirequisite(s): Not open to students with credit in Anthropology 601.90 or the equivalent.
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
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Anthropology 611       Methods in Anthropological Research
A variety of topics relevant to research and the logic of inquiry in Anthropology.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
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Anthropology 613       Current Issues in Methodology in Primatology
A variety of topics relating to aspects of data collection and data analysis in primatology, with a focus on ecological and behavioural data.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology 631       Anthropological Theory

Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
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Anthropology 635       Primatological Theory
Seminar dealing with the theoretical material of primatological and biobehavioural perspectives in Anthropology.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
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Anthropology 641       Seminar in Civil-Military Relations
Comparative analysis of relations between civil society and military institutions. A critical approach to analysing how civil and military institutions mutually constitute each other, rather than taking the military and civilian sectors as a given. Special attention will be paid to twentieth century militarization as a social process that has dramatically changed the shape of both civilian and military spheres.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
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Anthropology 659       Primatology
Specialized topics and laboratory training in this field will vary from year to year and may include: behavioural ecology, biomechanics, evolution, biosociality, and field methodology.
Course Hours: H(3-3)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Anthropology 701       Independent Studies

Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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