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Orientation to university, professional development, and cohort building. Required course for the first year MA and PhD students in Sociology and Anthropology.

Presentations by faculty members, senior graduate students, and guest speakers. Required course for first year MA and PhD students in Sociology and Anthropology.

Examines contemporary approaches to qualitative methodology in Sociology and Anthropology including epistemological and ethical debates surrounding the practice of qualitative methodology in diverse contexts. Students will investigate qualitative research methods applicable to their graduate research projects. Required course for MA and PhD students in Sociology and Anthropology. Students from other departments and faculties may enrol with permission of instructor.

Guides students through the process of designing a prospectus for MA or PhD thesis research. Required course for MA and PhD students in Sociology and Anthropology. Students from other departments and faculties may enrol with permission of instructor. Offered each summer term. Prerequisite: SA 856 or permission of instructor.

Examines the dynamic relationship among conceptual aims, social relations in research, and the socio-political contexts of anthropological work through close study of selected works in anthropology since 1970. Required course for MA and PhD students in Anthropology. Students from other departments and faculties may enrol with permission of instructor. Offered each fall term.

Examines anthropology in its historical context. An examination of the political, cultural, and intellectual factors that shaped disciplinary discourse of a particular period, and continue to affect present practice. Emphasis may be on particular theorists, and/or particular schools of thought, and/or persistent guiding themes. The goal is to think about anthropology anthropologically, thus complementing the more contemporary focus of SA 870. Prerequisite: SA 870, or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

Course objective is to provide a framework and process for students and supervisors to work within to facilitate students' satisfactory preparation for qualifying examinations; and to complete qualifying examinations required for admission to doctoral candidate standing. Prerequisite: All PhD course requirements, with the exception of SA 857 must be completed before student may enrol in SA 897.

Asynthetic introduction to historical and contemporary theories of development in Latin America. Topics include political economy of development, sociological theories of development, an introduction to neoliberalsim, and the contemporary experience of globalization and development in Latin America. Students who have taken IS 815 or LAS 815 for credit may not take this course for further credit.

A general overview of social and political change in Latin America, including revolutions, independence, transition to democracy, and contemporary social movements. Theoretical approaches may include social-movement theory, democratic theory, etc. Students who have taken IS 835 or LAS 835 for credit may not take this course for further credit.

In depth study of ethnographic methodology as practiced, theorized and debated by social and cultural anthropologists. Course will include anthropological analyses of multi- and interdisciplinary approaches to, and adaptations of, ethnographic methodology and methods. Elective course for MA and PhD students in Sociology and Anthropology. Students from other departments and faculties may enrol with permission of instructor. Course will be offered in response to student demand, dependent on availability of departmental resources.