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Program Requirements
All new Neotropical Environment students will be encouraged to spend the month of August (prior to September admission) in Panama to take their first core course and familiarize themselves with the country.Thesis
Required Courses (15 credits)
If admitted to Ph.D 2
Note: To ensure that students understand prior research, they must define three subfields that intersect with the thesis topic. Students must register for the three Ph.D. tutorial listed below
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ANTH 700 Ph.D. Preliminary Examination
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: Fall 2011, Summer 2012, Winter 2012
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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ANTH 790 Ph.D. Tutorial 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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ANTH 791 Ph.D. Tutorial 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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ANTH 792 Ph.D. Tutorial 3 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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BIOL 640 Tropical Biology and Conservation (3 credits)
Overview
Biology (Sci) : Long-term research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute will be organized and synthesized to examine historical assembly and ecological maintenance of tropical communities. This synthesis will draw on phylogenetic concepts for historical insight and will examine the probable resilience of these communities to global change, pollution and biodiversity loss.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Basset, Yves (Fall)
- Restriction: students enrolled in Neotropical Environment Option (NEO) or permission of the instructor
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ENVR 610 Foundations of Environmental Policy (3 credits)
Overview
Environment : Analysis of current environmental policies to reveal implicit and explicit assumptions regarding scientific methods, hypothesis testing, subject/object, causality, certainty, deities, health, development, North-South concerns for resources, commons, national sovereignty, equity. Discussion of implications of such assumptions for building future environmental policies.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Brown, Peter Gilbert; Naylor, Robin Thomas; Goldberg, Mark (Fall)
Restriction: Enrolment in the Graduate Environment Option or enrolment in the Neotropical Environment Option (NEO) or permission of the instructor.
Complementary Courses (3 credits)
3 credits, at the 500, 600, or 700 level, deemed suitable by the student's supervisor, and pre-approved by the Neotropical Environment Director.
Language Requirement
A language examination, normally French, must be passed before an oral examination of the research proposal may be scheduled. Francophone students can satisfy the language requirement by demonstrating competency in English. The purpose of the language requirement is to ensure that the student has access to anthropological literature in at least two languages. Under special circumstances, a language other than English or French may be substituted, provided that there is sufficient anthropological literature on the student's research topic in that language.
Required Courses (48 credits)
If admitted to Ph.D. 1
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ANTH 602 Theory 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Niezen, Ronald (Fall)
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ANTH 605 Culture Area (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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ANTH 609 Proseminar in Anthropology (6 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: Vaccaro, Ismael (Winter)
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ANTH 611 Research Design (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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ANTH 660 Research Methods (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Rousseau, Jerome (Winter)
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ANTH 665 Quantitative Methods (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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ANTH 685 Research Tutorial 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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ANTH 686 Research Tutorial 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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ANTH 700 Ph.D. Preliminary Examination
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: Fall 2011, Summer 2012, Winter 2012
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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ANTH 702 Advanced Anthropological Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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ANTH 760 Advanced Anthropological Methods (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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ANTH 790 Ph.D. Tutorial 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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ANTH 791 Ph.D. Tutorial 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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ANTH 792 Ph.D. Tutorial 3 (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology
Terms: Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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BIOL 640 Tropical Biology and Conservation (3 credits)
Overview
Biology (Sci) : Long-term research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute will be organized and synthesized to examine historical assembly and ecological maintenance of tropical communities. This synthesis will draw on phylogenetic concepts for historical insight and will examine the probable resilience of these communities to global change, pollution and biodiversity loss.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Basset, Yves (Fall)
- Restriction: students enrolled in Neotropical Environment Option (NEO) or permission of the instructor
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ENVR 610 Foundations of Environmental Policy (3 credits)
Overview
Environment : Analysis of current environmental policies to reveal implicit and explicit assumptions regarding scientific methods, hypothesis testing, subject/object, causality, certainty, deities, health, development, North-South concerns for resources, commons, national sovereignty, equity. Discussion of implications of such assumptions for building future environmental policies.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Brown, Peter Gilbert; Naylor, Robin Thomas; Goldberg, Mark (Fall)
Restriction: Enrolment in the Graduate Environment Option or enrolment in the Neotropical Environment Option (NEO) or permission of the instructor.
Complementary Courses (3 credits)
3 credits, at the 500, 600, or 700 level, deemed suitable by the student's supervisor, and pre-approved by the Neotropical Environment Director.
Language Requirement
A language examination, normally French, must be passed before an oral examination of the research proposal may be scheduled. Francophone students can satisfy the language requirement by demonstrating competency in English. The purpose of the language requirement is to ensure that the student has access to anthropological literature in at least two languages. Under special circumstances, a language other than English or French may be substituted, provided that there is sufficient anthropological literature on the student's research topic in that language.
Faculty of Arts—2011-2012 (last updated Jan. 26, 2012) (disclaimer)