丁香园AV

Department of Sociology and Anthropology | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Summer

丁香园AV Requirements

See graduate general regulation 1.3 for general requirements. In addition to these requirements, the department also requires a written statement about current interests and prospective research. How well the applicant鈥檚 proposed research coincides with the research and teaching interests of the faculty is an important admission consideration.

丁香园AV applications are normally considered once each year at the end of January. The program commences in September. Contact the graduate program chair or secretary for further information.

Areas of Study

The department offers the following areas of study.

anthropology and sociology of medicine, health and society (particularly politics of knowledge production, disability, mental health, AIDS)

Canadian society (ethnic relations, demographic issues, social inequality, political economy)

critical pedagogy

development studies (especially the Third World, including studies of tourism and international health)

environmental issues

minority indigenous peoples (particularly Canadian Native peoples)

political sociology (with emphasis on political economy, ethnic relations and social movements)

social and cultural anthropology (with emphasis on the anthropology of contemporary life)

social policy issues (aging, family, gender relations, government administration of native peoples)

sociological and anthropological studies of law and legal systems

sociological theory, anthropological theory, and the philosophy of the social sciences (European intellectual history, holistic, comparative, historical and post colonial perspectives)

sociology of agriculture, and science, technology and society

sociology of sexuality and moral panic, and social problems and deviance

Graduate Seminar

All full-time graduate students must attend and actively participate in the graduate seminar during their first two program terms. In subsequent terms, attendance and enrolment is voluntary. Special arrangements will be made for part-time students to fulfil this requirement.

Language Requirement

Although French or a foreign language is desirable, there is no prescribed language requirement but, where a language other than English is necessary for field work or reading, proficiency is required.

Time Limits

Normally, the MA program is completed within six terms, or two full years of study. Required courses are normally completed within the first three terms of MA program enrolment.

Program Requirements

Students may be required to complete more than the following seven required courses at the discretion of the supervisory committees.

Students complete a total of 38 units, including all of

• SA 840 Graduate Seminar I (1)
• SA 841 Graduate Seminar II (1)
• SA 849 Selected Topics in the History of Sociological Thought (5)
• SA 850 Selected Topics in Contemporary Social Theory (5)
• SA 856 Qualitative Methodology (5)
• SA 857 Research Design Seminar (5)
• SA 898 MA Thesis (6)

and two elective courses from the following.

• SA 853 Readings in Sociology I ^* (5)
• SA 854 Readings in Sociology II (5)
• SA 855 Advanced Quantitative Methods in Sociology (5)
• SA 886 Selected Problems in Social Analysis (5)

Thesis

The thesis, completed by all students, will normally consist of no more than 75-100 pages, inclusive of bibliographies, appendices and tables. At the discretion of the supervisory committee, the maximum number of pages may be increased, normally only to facilitate the inclusion of large appendices and tables. The student?s supervisory committee and a qualified external examiner will examine the thesis, and a public oral defence will be held. Theses are bound and placed in the library.

Academic Requirements within the Graduate General Regulations

All graduate students must satisfy the academic requirements that are specified in the graduate general regulations (residence, course work, academic progress, supervision, research competence requirement, completion time, and degree completion), as well as the specific requirements for the program in which they are enrolled, as shown above.

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