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phd in anthropology canada

    PhD

    The Doctoral program prepares candidates for a career in teaching, research or as an anthropologist employed in the public or private sector. Graduates are expected to have acquired autonomy in conducting in-depth, full-scale field research projects. They are expected to be able to conduct research, write, revise and publish scholarly manuscripts. These objectives are achieved beginning with a first year of formal course work that includes the possibility of internships as well as directed reading courses. The second year of the program is geared towards developing intellectual independence and a comprehensive understanding of theory, method and area, in preparing for comprehensive requirements: two comprehensive examinations and a research proposal. The next phase of training tests students’ abilities to conduct independent field research in diverse social and cultural settings and locales. Field sites are various and range widely both spatially and temporally and in concept. The final phase of the program involves writing the dissertation culminating in an oral defense.

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    All doctoral students are encouraged to gain experience as teaching and/or research assistants. Our Faculty of Graduate Studies was the first in Canada to offer graduate students the opportunity for a teaching practicum. Our students regularly take advantage of the weekly teaching development workshops offered at the university’s Centre for the Support of Teaching.

    Program overview

    Students in the Anthropology (PhD Thesis) program will benefit from study and research under a department that combines rigorous training with extensive field experience and lab investigations around the world. The Department of Anthropology and Archaeology embraces an integrative approach, offering innovative studies in anthropology that include the socio-cultural stream. This ranges from anthropology and militarization to medical anthropology, natural resources and environment, political economy and globalization, sustainability, and urban anthropology. The biological anthropology stream includes behavioral ecology, conservation, health and nutrition, human osteology, sex differences and reproduction, population genetics, primatology, and paleoanthropology.

    Completing this program

    • Select a Specialization: Either primatology or social and cultural anthropology.
    • Field Work: Field work for social and cultural anthropology is required.
    • Candidacy: Students will complete both oral and written candidacy exams.
    • Courses Requirements: Independent study and a reading course in the student’s substantive area.
    • Language Requirement: Demonstrated proficiency in a language other than English.
    • Thesis: Students will be required to submit and defend an original research thesis.

    Specializations

    Biological Anthropology (Interdisciplinary)

    Outcomes

    Cultural Resource Management, Corporate Consulting, International health organizations, International and community development, Market research, Law, Humanitarian efforts, forensics, medicine, veterinary medicine, conservation, academic positions.

    With a PhD in anthropology, you may be able to pursue post-doctoral opportunities.

    Thesis-based program

    Thesis-based with written and oral examination components

    Courses

    One reading course; additional courses tailored to the student’s needs

    Learn more about program requirements in the Academic Calendar

    Classroom delivery

    Time commitment

    Four years full-time; six years maximum

    Supervisor

    A supervisor is required, but is not required prior to the start of the program

    Fees and funding

    See the Graduate Calendar for information on fees and fee regulations, and for information on awards and financial assistance.

    Doctorate Anthropology courses in Canada

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