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Faculty of Graduate Studies
Section 5: Programs in Graduate Studies
5.3 Faculty of Arts
5.3.1 Anthropology
The department offers instruction leading to the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Programs of graduate study and research may range from the general to the relatively specialized. Subject to the approval of the student's advisor, programs are designed individually according to the student's interests. Where appropriate, graduate credit will be given for 400-level courses as well as for courses in other disciplines.
Pre-Master's Year
Master of Arts
The general requirements for the Ph.D. degree are as follows:
The Ph.D. program conforms to the regulations of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Specific details of the degree guidelines are presented in the department's Graduate Handbook.
Facilities
The Anthropology Laboratory offers facilities for a wide range of archaeological research (especially faunal analysis), and for physical anthropology emphases on human skeletal analysis. Training in anthropological linguistics is available in cooperation with the Department of Linguistics. Excellent fieldwork opportunities in all of the specialties of anthropology are complemented by the unique collections of the Hudson's Bay Company Archives.
Courses
An Advanced (four year) degree in Anthropology is the normal preparation for the M.A. program. Students with a different background will normally take a year of pre-M.A. studies consisting of up to 24 hours of courses from the undergraduate, and especially the Advanced, curriculum. These courses are to be assigned by the department head, who is advisor for all pre-M.A. students, upon recommendation of the Graduate Programs Committee.
The general requirements for the M.A. degree are as follows:
Doctor of Philosophy
All requirements for the M.A. degree must be completed. Preference will be given to applicants who have demonstrated independent research competence at the Master of Arts level. Students holding the M.A. degree in another field than Anthropology will be required to take a qualifying examination before the end of the first term in the Ph.D. program, and may be required to make up any deficiencies before continuing on with the normal requirements.
General and specialized programs of study and research in sociocultural anthropology, archaeology, and medical anthropology are designed individually by students and their advisors, both at the M.A. and the Ph.D. level. Sociocultural foci include social theory, global political economy, symbolic anthropology, ecology, industrial and market economy impacts, migration and displacement, women and development, and applied anthropology in Canada, Mesoamerica, South America, the Caribbean, West Africa, China, and Bangladesh. Archaeology foci include environmental archaeology, settlement patterns, zooarchaeology, domestication, ethnohistory, and historic and fur trade archaeology, in Canada (especially Manitoba, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territories) the Caribbean, Europe (especially Eastern Europe and Greece), the Near East, and South Africa. An archaeology field school is offered alternate summers. Medical anthropology foci include population biology, epidemiology, palaeo-pathology, culture and health, drugs and culture, and health care delivery, in North America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa.
Since certain graduate courses may not be offered every year, students interested in a particular course are encouraged to consult the department as early as possible.
