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Program Requirements
The purpose of this program is to enable students to analyze and influence repeated patterns of action in groups and organizations. Required courses in leadership, human resource management, and team management introduce students to concepts of management at multiple levels of the organization. Additionally, to provide a foundational disciplinary view, students are required to specialize in one of the following social science disciplines: psychology, sociology, or anthropology.
Required Courses (9 credits)
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ORGB 321 Leadership (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Leadership theories provide students with opportunities to assess and work on improving their leadership skills. Topics include: the ability to know oneself as a leader, to formulate a vision, to have the courage to lead, to lead creatively, and to lead effectively with others.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Sonberg, Melissa; Beaton, Miriam J (Winter)
Prerequisite: only BCom students require MGCR 222.
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ORGB 420 Managing Organizational Teams (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Theory, research, and applications. Principles of team processes and effectiveness in organizational settings, specifically the theoretical developments and empirical findings of group dynamics and team effectiveness, and practical strategies and skills for successful management of organizational teams.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017
Instructors: Sonberg, Melissa; Du Couturier-Nichol, Garrfield (Fall) Sonberg, Melissa (Winter) Brosseau, Ann; Du Couturier-Nichol, Garrfield (Summer)
Prerequisite: MGCR 222
Continuing Studies: requirement for I.C.B.
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ORGB 423 Human Resources Management (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Issues involved in personnel administration. Topics include: human resource planning, job analysis, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance appraisal, organization development and change, issues in compensation and benefits, and labour-management relations.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017
Instructors: Callender, Shauna (Fall) Daoud, Maha; Crichton, Rohan (Winter) Feder, Michelle (Summer)
Prerequisite: MGCR 222
Requirement for the Institute of Internal Auditors
Complementary Courses (21 credits)
9 credits from the following:
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INDR 294 Introduction to Labour-Management Relations (3 credits)
Overview
Industrial Relations : An introduction to labour-management relations, the structure, function and government of labour unions, labour legislation, the collective bargaining process, and the public interest in industrial relations.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017
Instructors: Westgate, Chantal; Guerin, Richard (Fall) Westgate, Chantal; Boghoskhan, Arlette (Winter) Westgate, Chantal (Summer)
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INDR 496 Collective Bargaining (3 credits)
Overview
Industrial Relations : Principles of collective bargaining in Canada and abroad. Problem oriented. Mock collective bargaining sessions provide an opportunity for students to apply knowledge gained.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Westgate, Chantal (Winter)
Prerequisite: INDR 294
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ORGB 325 Negotiations and Conflict Resolution (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : A conceptual framework to guide participants through negotiation and conflict resolution process.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Hewlin, Jay (Fall) Cohen, Lisa (Winter)
Prerequisites: MGCR 222
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ORGB 380 Cross Cultural Management (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Addresses dilemmas and opportunities that managers experience in international, multicultural environments. Development of conceptual knowledge and behavioural skills (e.g. bridging skills, communication, tolerance of ambiguity, cognitive complexity) relevant to the interaction of different cultures in business and organizational settings, using several methods including research, case studies and experiential learning.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017
Instructors: Westgate, Chantal; Diaz, Karen K (Fall) Hollister, Matissa (Winter) Jaeger, Alfred M (Summer)
Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
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ORGB 401 Leadership Practicum in Social Sector (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Students apply a wealth of OB concepts and leadership strategies by spending the equivalent of one full day (8 hours) per week at an organization within Montreal’s social sector. Course material will supplement field experiences. The Practicum complements ORGB 321, which offers a more comprehensive survey of leadership theory.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Restrictions: Only open to U2 and U3 students.
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ORGB 409 Organizational Research Methods (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Field research in organizational behaviour.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Masi, Anthony C (Fall)
Prerequisite: MGCR 222
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ORGB 421 Managing Organizational Change (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Organizational change theory and techniques are examined with an emphasis on techno-structural interventions such as Quality-of-Work-Life approaches. Through simulations and case-studies, the course explores initiatives in organizational change, primarily in contemporary Canadian organizations. It also includes opportunities for "hands-on" experience in work and organization redesign.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Diaz, Karen K (Fall) Campbell, Elizabeth; Saggers, Robert E (Winter)
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ORGB 434 Topics in Organizational Behaviour 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : This is an advanced course for students with a special interest in Organizational Behaviour. Topics will be selected from current issues or themes in literature.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Prerequisite: MGCR 222
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ORGB 440 Career Theory and Development (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Includes state of the art theory and research on careers and opportunity for exploration and development of personal career goals and dreams. Analytical and practical skills are honed through the study of careers of "real life" individuals as presented in films, panels of guest speakers, and interview assignments.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Hollister, Matissa (Winter)
Prerequisite: MGCR 222
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ORGB 525 Compensation Management (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Compensation policies and practices, consistent with motivational theories, are examined. Topics include: design and evaluation of job evaluation systems, salary structures, and performance-based pay; compensation of special employee groups; and current pay equity laws. Projects and simulations provide "hands-on" experience in the use of compensation techniques.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Sonberg, Melissa; Courtois, Richard (Fall) Susel, Roman (Winter)
12 credits from one of the following Specialty Areas*.
*Students select one of the three specialty areas and take 12 credits from that area. At least two courses must be above the 200 level. Individualized or customized programs are possible upon consultation with an area advisor.
1) Psychology
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PSYC 211 Introductory Behavioural Neuroscience (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : An introduction to contemporary research on the relationship between brain and behaviour. Topics include learning, memory and cognition, brain damage and neuroplasticity, emotion and motivation, and drug addiction and brain reward circuits. Much of the evidence will be drawn from the experimental literature on research with animals.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Britt, Jonathan (Fall)
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PSYC 213 Cognition (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Where do thoughts come from? What is the nature of thought, and how does it arise in the mind and the brain? Cognition is the study of human information processing, and we will explore topics such as memory, attention, categorization, decision making, intelligence, philosophy of mind, and the mind-as computer metaphor.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Sheldon, Signy (Winter)
Winter
2 lectures, 1 conference
Prerequisite: One previous course in Psychology.
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PSYC 215 Social Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : The course offers students an overview of the major topics in social psychology. Three levels of analysis are explored beginning with individual processes (e.g., attitudes, attribution), then interpersonal processes (e.g., attraction, communication, love) and finally social influence processes (e.g., conformity, norms, roles, reference groups).
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017
Instructors: Baldwin, Mark W (Fall) Human, Jacqueline (Winter)
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PSYC 331 Inter-Group Relations (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : The course focuses on the social psychology of societal groups such as racial minorities, aboriginal groups and women. The ideological biases of current theories is first established. This is followed by a review of current theories and finally current controversies are explored including new forms of racism and affirmative action.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Winter
2 lectures
Prerequisite: PSYC 215
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PSYC 332 Introduction to Personality (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : This course examines some of the major theories of personality, e.g., those of Freud, Rogers, and Bandura. Empirical research inspired by these theories will also be examined. Topics include the nature of human motivation, the role of the self-concept, and the consistency and stability of personality.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Koestner, Richard (Winter)
Winter
3 lectures
Prerequisite: PSYC 100
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PSYC 333 Personality and Social Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : The course builds on and is an extension of Social Psychology (PSYC 215). Traditional approaches to person-situation interactions and a more dynamic approach based on recent research on goals and social cognition.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Bartz, Jennifer (Winter)
Winter
2 lectures
Prerequisite: PSYC 215
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PSYC 351 Research Methods in Social Psychology (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Designed to introduce students to the issues, strategies, and applications of various research methodologies in social psychology. Through demonstrations, exercises, and pilot studies, students will gain experience with lab and field methods using both correlational and experimental procedures. Classic and contemporary approaches will be examined.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Fall
1 hour lecture, 6 hour lab and/or field work
Restriction: U2 level and above. Requires departmental approval.
Students will be admitted on the basis of a written application on forms available from the Department (Room N7/9). Applications must be submitted by August 1st
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PSYC 352 Cognitive Psychology Laboratory (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Introduction to research methods and experimental techniques in cognitive psychology for exploring topics such as attention, memory, categorization, reasoning, and language processing.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Farivar-Mohseni, Reza (Winter)
Winter
1 hour lecture, weekly lab
Prerequisite: PSYC 213 and PYSC 305.
Corequisite: PSYC 305 or equivalent.
Restriction: Requires departmental approval.
Students will be admitted on the basis of a written application on forms available from the Department (Room N7/9). Applications must be submitted by first day of class
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PSYC 406 Psychological Tests (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : An introduction to the theory and practice of psychological measurement in health, educational, clinical and industrial/organizational settings. Attention to procedures for developing and validating tests and questionnaires. Techniques include: intelligence tests, projective tests, questionnaires, structured interviews, rating scales, and behavioural/performance tests.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Vachon, David (Fall)
Winter
2 lectures
Prerequisite: PSYC 204 or equivalent
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PSYC 471 Human Motivation (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : The course is designed to explore questions such as "Why do people often fail to reach their personal goals?" Current goal-based and need-based theories of human motivation will be reviewed. The instructor will highlight the relevance of motivation research to the domains of education, sports and management.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Koestner, Richard (Winter)
Fall
3 hours lectures
Prerequisite: PSYC 215
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PSYC 473 Social Cognition and the Self (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : This course examines the social psychological literature emphasizing a) social cognition - how people think about and make sense of their social experiences; and b) self theory - how people create and maintain a sense of identity. These frameworks will be applied to social psychological topics including close relationships, attitudes and self-esteem.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
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PSYC 474 Interpersonal Relationships (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Psychological science approach to interpersonal relationships. Organized in terms of the development of relationships, focusing first on impression formation as a platform for the development of relationships. Then we focus on close relationships, examining interpersonal constructs (intimacy, trust, commitment) and reconsidering social cognitive constructs (attributions, schemas) in an interpersonal context.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
2) Sociology
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SOCI 210 Sociological Perspectives (3 credits)
Overview
Sociology (Arts) : Major theoretical perspectives and research methods in sociology. The linkages of theory and method in various substantive areas including: the family, community and urban life, religion, ethnicity, occupations and stratification, education, and social change.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017
Instructors: Lange, Matthew (Fall) Elrick, Jennifer (Winter) Quamruzzaman, Amm (Summer)
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SOCI 211 Sociological Inquiry (3 credits)
Overview
Sociology (Arts) : An introductory review of methods of sociological research including research design, elementary quantitative data analysis, observation, and use of official statistics. Detailed examination of published examples of the use of each of the major techniques of data analysis and collection.
Terms: Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017
Instructors: Quamruzzaman, Amm (Fall) Eidlin, Carl; Karim, Sakeef (Winter) Miltsov, Alexandre (Summer)
Prerequisite or Corequisite: SOCI 210
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SOCI 235 Technology and Society (3 credits)
Overview
Sociology (Arts) : An examination of the extent to which technological developments impose constraints on ways of arranging social relationships in bureaucratic organizations and in the wider society: the compatibility of current social structures with the effective utilization of technology.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Quamruzzaman, Amm (Fall)
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SOCI 250 Social Problems (3 credits)
Overview
Sociology (Arts) : Contrasting theoretical approaches to social problems.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Carmichael, Jason (Fall)
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SOCI 307 Globalization (3 credits)
Overview
Sociology (Arts) : Socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics related to processes of globalization. An examination of the following: key theoretical foundations of the globalization debate; the extent and implications of economic globalization; global governance and the continuing relevance of nation-states; instances of transnational activism; the diffusion of cultural practices; patterns and management of global migration and mobility.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Elrick, Jennifer (Winter)
Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or Permission of Instructor
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SOCI 312 Sociology of Work and Industry (3 credits)
Overview
Sociology (Arts) : The development of the world of work from the rise of industrial capitalism to the postindustrial age. Responses of workers and managers to changing organizational, technological and economic realities. Interrelations between changing demands in the workplace and the functioning of the labour market. Canadian materials in comparative perspective.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Del Balso, Michael (Winter)
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SOCI 321 Gender and Work (3 credits)
Overview
Sociology (Arts) : Focus on men's and women's work in North American societies, historically and contemporarily, in order to understand the dynamisms of gender (in)equality in and outside of the home. Topics explored include: housework; the relationship(s) between gender, organizations and bureaucracy; emotional labour; occupational segregation and stratification; sexual harassment; and work-family policy.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Weiner, Elaine (Winter)
Course for the Women's Studies Concentrations
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SOCI 330 Sociological Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Sociology (Arts) : Major sociological theoretical traditions are seen in their historical contexts, as the background to current theoretical issues. Emphasis on Smith, Tocqueville, Marx, Durkheim, Weber and Parsons.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Hall, John Anthony (Fall)
Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or permission of instructor
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SOCI 386 Contemporary Social Movements (3 credits)
Overview
Sociology (Arts) : This course will focus on contemporary social movements in Canada, the U.S., and Western Europe, such as the civil rights movement, the women's movement, and the environmental movement. Empirical studies of movements will be used to explore such general issues as how social movements emerge, grow, and decline.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Quamruzzaman, Amm (Winter)
- SOCI 420 Organizations (3 credits)
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SOCI 424 Networks and Social Structures (3 credits)
Overview
Sociology (Arts) : The study of relations and networks. Concepts and techniques of network analysis. Issues include: interlocking directorates, social relationships among individuals in heterogeneous communities and organizations, and relations among elites. Students will be required to design an inquiry into one of these substantive domains.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
3) Anthropology
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ANTH 202 Socio-Cultural Anthropology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : An introduction to ways of understanding what it means to be human from the perspective of socio-cultural anthropology. Students will be introduced to diverse approaches to this question through engagement with a wide range of ethnographic cases.
Terms: Fall 2016, Summer 2017
Instructors: Kohn, Edward (Fall) McAllister, Karen Elisabeth (Summer)
Fall
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ANTH 204 Anthropology of Meaning (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Through the analysis of language, symbols and cultural constructions of meaning, this course explores how people in different societies make sense of their world, and the ways in which they organise that knowledge, and how ideologies represent the different interests present in a society.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Veissière, Samuel (Winter)
Winter
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ANTH 206 Environment and Culture (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Introduction to ecological anthropology, focusing on social and cultural adaptations to different environments, human impact on the environment, cultural constructions of the environment, management of common resources, and conflict over the use of resources.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Fall
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ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Winter
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ANTH 222 Legal Anthropology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Exploration of dispute resolutions and means of social cohesion in various societies of the world. Themes: dichotomy between law and custom, local definitions of justice and rights, forms of conflict resolution, access to justice, gender and law, universality of human rights, legal pluralism.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Niezen, Ronald (Winter)
Winter
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ANTH 303 Ethnographies of Post-socialism (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Understanding postsocialism through engagement with ethnography that explores how markets interact with political rule, social forms, and the production of cultural values across different geographies and histories. This course focuses primarily on the former Soviet Union, East Germany, and China.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Winter
Prerequisites: ANTH 202 and one other 200-level anthropology course, U2 standing or above, or permission of instructor.
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ANTH 318 Globalization and Religion (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : The interactions between religion and the economic, social and cultural transformations of globalization: relations between globalization and contemporary religious practice, meaning, and influence at personal and collective levels.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
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ANTH 320 Social Evolution (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : The evolution of human social organization, with a focus on pre-industrial societies (hunter-gatherers, small-scale sedentary societies, complex chiefdoms and small scale states).
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
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ANTH 342 Gender, Inequality and the State (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Comparative studies of gender in stratified societies: Asia, the Mid-East, Latin and North America. Economic, political and social manifestations of gender inequality. Oppressive and egalitarian ideologies. State and institutional policies on gender, and male-female strategies. Sexual apartheid and integration.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
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ANTH 352 History of Anthropological Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Exploration in the history of anthropological theory; schools, controversies, intellectual history, sociology of knowledge.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Manoukian, Setrag (Fall)
Fall
Prerequisites: one 200-level anthropology course and one other anthropology course at any level
Restriction: Honours, Joint Honours, Major and Minor students in Anthropology, U2 standing or above
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ANTH 355 Theories of Culture and Society (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Contributions to contemporary anthropological theory; theoretical paradigms and debates; forms of anthropological explanation; the role of theory in the practice of anthropology; concepts of society, culture and structure; cultural evolution and relativity; interpretive anthropology, post-modernism.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Galaty, John (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisites: one 200-level anthropology course and one other anthropology course at any level
Restriction: Honours, Joint Honours, Major and Minor students in Anthropology, U2 standing or above
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ANTH 358 The Process of Anthropological Research (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : The nature of anthropological research as evidenced in monographs and articles; processes of concept formation and interpretation of data; the problem of objectivity.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Allan, Diana (Fall)
Fall
Prerequisites: one 200-level anthropology course and one other anthropology course at any level
Restrictions: Honours, Joint Honours, Major and Minor students in Anthropology, U2 standing or above
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ANTH 423 Mind, Brain and Psychopathology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Evolutionary origins of the human mind and the 'social brain', and the psychopathologies that are said to provide access to this evolutionary history, through the perspective of the anthropology of science and psychiatry.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Young, Allan (Fall)
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ANTH 440 Cognitive Anthropology (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : The problem of knowledge; the nature of perception; the concept of mind; the relation between thought and language. The concept of meaning: communication, interpretation and symbolism. Social aspects of cognition; ideology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Desautels Faculty of Management—2016-2017 (last updated Aug. 26, 2016) (disclaimer)