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Department of Sociology and Anthropology
5053 Academic Quadrangle, 778.782.3518 Tel, 778.782.5799 Fax,
Chair
J. Pulkingham MA, PhD (Edin)
Faculty and Areas of Research
See “Department of Sociology and Anthropology” on page 133 for a complete list of faculty.
Y. Atasoy – political economy, globalization, political sociology, development studies, gender relations, cultural politics, Islamic politics, Turkey, Middle East
M. Boelscher Ignace – practice theory, language and culture, aboriginal resource management, aboriginal peoples of northwestern North America
J. Bogardus – critical anthropology, political sociology, critical pedagogy, participatory action research
A. Burk – public space, monuments, and imagined communities; politics of visibility; geographical fictions; critical adult education; writing
W. Chan – feminist and critical criminology; racism, racialization, and criminal justice; immigration control; social exclusion; welfare fraud; violence against women; domestic homicides
D. Chunn – feminism and law; critical media and family studies; historical sociology of crime, madness and social welfare
D. Culhane – critical anthropology, anthropology of/and law and health, contemporary ethnography, visual anthropology
F. de Maio – medical sociology, income inequality, quantitative methods, Latin America
P. Dossa – migration, gender and health, critical feminist anthropology, medical anthropology, aging and health policy, politics of disablement
N. Dyck – social, political, urban anthropology; sport, childhood, nationality; theories of tutelage, discipline
K. Froschauer – new Canadian political economy, natural resource development, immigration entrepreneurship
M. Hathaway – globalization and science, transnational organizations and networks, politics of the environment
M. Kenny – social and cultural effects of genetics, genomics and neuroscience
D. Lacombe – contemporary social theory, sexuality and moral panic, deviance and social problems
R.J. Menzies – sociology and history of psychiatry and public health; cultural and institutional constructions of madness; law, governance and social control; sociology of citizenship and social justice, contemporary men’s and fathers’ rights movements; qualitative research methods
B. Mitchell – families and aging, youth transitions, family relationships, health and well-being
G. Otero – states, nations and indigenous movements; sociology of agriculture and food, NAFTA, region and Latin America
C.K. Patton – social study of medicine, especially social aspects of AIDS and wilderness medicine, continental theory
S. Pigg – medicine, science and transnational processes; biomedicine modernity; AIDS; sexuality; reproductive health
J. Pulkingham – gender and the state; critical social policy studies; income security policy; gender, family law and divorce
G.B. Teeple – human rights, global division of labour, sociology of art, Marxism and sociological theory, political economy of Canada
A. Travers – sociological theory (feminist and queer), gender and technology, sociology of sport, social issues and movements
H. Wittman – environmental sociology, social movements, food and society, qualitative methods, Brazil and Guatemala
J. Yang – linguistic and cultural anthropology, including contemporary China, post-socialism and neo-liberalism, development and environment
Four graduate programs are offered: MA in sociology, MA in anthropology, PhD in sociology, and PhD in anthropology.
The full-time master of arts (MA) programs offer comprehensive foundation in social theory in sociology and anthropology disciplines, and rigorous training in research methodologies, a particular strength of the department. The programs facilitate and support completion within two years, in six or seven terms. Graduates will be well prepared to enter doctoral (PhD) programs, and to hold professional positions in public, private and non-profit sectors.
See “1.3 Admission” on page 219 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’s proposed research coincides with the research and teaching interests of the faculty is an important admission consideration. PhD applicants must submit a work sample from earlier or ongoing graduate studies.
Admission 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.
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
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.
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.
Anthropology
Students complete all of
SA 840-1 Graduate Seminar I
SA 841-1 Graduate Seminar II
SA 856-5 Qualitative Methodology
SA 857-5 Research Design Seminar
SA 870-5 Contemporary Theory in Anthropology
SA 874-5 Historical Perspectives on Anthropological Theory
SA 896-6 MA Research
SA 898-6 MA Thesis
plus two elective courses from
SA 871-5 Readings in Anthropology I*
SA 872-5 Readings in Anthropology II*
SA 875-5 Ethnographic Methodology: Social/Cultural Anthropology
SA 886-5 Selected Problems in Social Analysis
Sociology
Students complete all of
SA 840-1 Graduate Seminar I
SA 841-1 Graduate Seminar II
SA 849-5 Selected Topics in the History of Sociological Thought
SA 850-5 Selected Topics in Contemporary Social Theory
SA 856-5 Qualitative Methodology
SA 857-5 Research Design Seminar
SA 896-6 MA Research
SA 898-6 MA Thesis
plus two elective courses from the following.
SA 853-5 Readings in Sociology I*
SA 854-5 Readings in Sociology II*
SA 855-5 Advanced Quantitative Methods in Sociology
SA 886-5 Selected Problems in Social Analysis
Students in both the anthropology MA or the sociology MA programs may also choose a graduate course or graduate directed readings course in another 91ÅÝܽ department, or from another university on a Western Dean's Agreement.*
*supervisory committee and departmental graduate program committee approval required.
Thesis
The thesis, completed by both anthropology and sociology 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.
Normally, the MA program is completed within six terms, or two full years of study.
Students may be required to complete more than the eight required courses at the discretion of the supervisory committees.
Required courses are normally completed within the first three terms of MA program enrolment.
Students complete the following courses plus the PhD qualifying examinations (by registering in SA 897).
Anthropology
Students complete all of
SA 840-1 Graduate Seminar I
SA 841-1 Graduate Seminar II
SA 856-5 Qualitative Methodology
SA 857-5 Research Design Seminar
SA 870-5 Contemporary Theory in Anthropology
SA 874-5 Historical Perspectives on Anthropological Theory
SA 897-5 PhD Qualifying Examinations
SA 899-6 PhD Thesis
plus one of
SA 871-5 Readings in Anthropology I*
SA 872-5 Readings in Anthropology II*
SA 875-5 Ethnographic Methodology: Social/Cultural Anthropology
SA 886-6 Selected Problems in Social Analysis
Sociology
Students complete all of
SA 840-1 Graduate Seminar I
SA 841-1 Graduate Seminar II
SA 849-5 Selected Topics in the History of Sociological Thought
SA 850-5 Selected Topics in Contemporary Social Theory
SA 856-5 Qualitative Methodology
SA 857-5 Research Design Seminar
SA 897-6 PhD Qualifying Examinations
SA 899-6 PhD Thesis
plus one of
SA 853-5 Readings in Sociology I*
SA 854-5 Readings in Sociology II*
SA 855-5 Advanced Quantitative Methods in Sociology
SA 886-5 Selected Problems in Social Analysis
Students in either anthropology PhD or sociology PhD programs may also choose a graduate course or graduate directed readings course in another 91ÅÝܽ department, or from another university on a Western Dean's Agreement.)*
*supervisory committee and departmental graduate program committee approval required for these courses and/or extra-departmental courses
Required courses, including qualifying examinations, and preparation and defence of the thesis prospectus, are normally completed within the first six terms of enrolment.
Course requirements are the same whether the student has completed an MA in this department, or completed a comparable MA program at another university. However, the department's graduate program committee may make special arrangements so that required courses in theory and methodology are not repeated.
Qualifying Exam, Defence
At the conclusion of SA 897, students must complete a written qualifying examination. After successfully completing the qualifying exam, and prior to commencing work on the thesis, students defend a written prospectus that the student has prepared during SA 857. This oral defence is public.
Thesis
After the above is complete, then the thesis is written, and finally defended in an oral examination.
In this program students gain work experience that complements their academic studies. MA students in good standing with a minimum 3.0 GPA may apply after satisfactory completion of SA 850 or 870, and 857 plus one of SA 853, 854, 871, 872, 886, or equivalent. Supervisory committee recommendation and departmental graduate program committee approval is required. Students may complete the traditional two separate work term co-op program, or the three consecutive work term co-op internship. Arrangements are made through the faculty’s co-op co-ordinator at least one term prior. See page 212.
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