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(Not offered in 2012-2013.)
ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) have joined forces to offer graduate studies in neotropical environment. These are offered as options within existing programs in Biology, Bioresource Engineering, Geography, Political Science, Plant Science, Renewable Resources, and Sociology. Students must meet the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies admission requirements, enter through one of the participating departments and meet the requirements of that unit. Advisers will be ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ professors and STRI scientists. The degree is granted by ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ.
To provide students with some research experience, all candidates in this program must present a thesis based on their own research with the thesis fieldwork conducted in Latin America on a topic approved by the Neotropical Environment Option coordinating committee.
Sociology (Arts) : Exploratory thesis research for the selection of a thesis topic.
Terms: Fall 2012, Winter 2013, Summer 2013
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Restriction: Open only to graduate students registered in the M.A. thesis program of the Sociology Department.
Sociology (Arts) : Preparation, submission and approval of the thesis proposal by the student to his/her committee.
Terms: Fall 2012, Winter 2013, Summer 2013
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Restriction: Open only to graduate students registered in the M.A. thesis program of the Sociology Department.
Sociology (Arts) : Fieldwork and data analysis on the thesis. Progress report to the supervisor.
Terms: Fall 2012, Winter 2013, Summer 2013
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Restriction: Open only to graduate students registered in the M.A. thesis program of the Sociology Department.
Sociology (Arts) : Completion, submission, and approval of the M.A. Thesis by the committee and the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Restriction: Open only to graduate students registered in the Medical Sociology thesis program.
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: Winter 2013
Instructors: Herre, Edward; Puebla, Oscar (Winter)
Restriction: students enrolled in Neotropical Environment Option (NEO) or permission of the instructor
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 2012, Winter 2013
Instructors: Brown, Peter Gilbert; Naylor, Robin Thomas; Goldberg, Mark (Fall) Hickey, Gordon (Winter)
Restriction: Enrolment in the Graduate Environment Option or enrolment in the Neotropical Environment Option (NEO) or permission of the instructor.
Sociology (Arts) : Analysis of quantitative information, especially in large, survey-type, data sets. Use of computer programs such as SPSS and SAS. Topics include: cross tabulations with an emphasis on multi-dimensional tables, multiple correlation and regression, and, the relationship between individual and aggregate level statistical analyses. Special reference to demographic techniques.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Clark, Shelley (Winter)
Sociology (Arts) : Qualitative methodology, mainly participant observation, structured and unstructured interviewing. Students begin a research project using these techniques and submit field notes once a week.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Weiner, Elaine (Winter)
Restrictions: open to Sociology Honours students, and Sociology Major Concentration students with the instructor's permission
Sociology (Arts) : Asking researchable sociological questions and evaluation of different research designs used to answer such questions. Development of cogent research proposals, including data collection procedures. Principles, dynamics, strengths and practical limitations of research designs. Examples from recent publications.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Ancelovici, Marc (Fall)
Restriction: Open to U3 and graduate students
Sociology (Arts) : Examination of works in some major areas of Sociology with a focus on: antecedent thought and research in the area; the internal structure and consistency of these works; the validity of the major claims made; and the implications for future theoretical development and research.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Hall, John Anthony (Winter)
Prerequisite: SOCI 330
* All students must have taken these courses or take them during the first year of the program. Students granted an exemption from any one or more of these courses by the Graduate Studies Committee must substitute another substantive seminar in its place.
3 credits from one of the following courses:
Agriculture : Contrast theory and practice in defining agricultural environmental "challenges" in the Neotropics. Indigenous and appropriate technological means of mitigation. Soil management and erosion, water scarcity, water over-abundance, and water quality. Explore agro-ecosystem protection via field trips and project designs. Institutional context of conservation strategies, NGO links, and public participation.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Biology (Sci) : Ecology revisited in view of tropical conditions. Exploring species richness. Sampling and measuring biodiversity. Conservation status of ecosystems, communities and species. Indigenous knowledge.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Potvin, Catherine (Winter)
Environment : Seminars and discussion of advanced, interdisciplinary aspects of current problems in environment led by staff and/or special guests.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Restriction: students taking the Neotropical Environment Option.
Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor
Sociology (Arts) : Analysis of social change in Panama, particularly during the 20th century: demography, social and economic structures, rural and urban activities and landscapes, indigenous peoples, the effects of the Canal and the Free Trade Zone. Focus throughout on the interaction of human society and the environment.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.