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SENATE GRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE 

GRADUATE STUDIES - ARCHAEOLOGY 

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Date

DECEMBER 27, 1973 

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MOTION: ? 

"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.74-2, 

the following changes: 

a)

That the Archaeology graduate program be 

disconnected from the Department of Political 

Science, Sociology and Anthropology. 

b)

That the paragraph "The following graduate 

courses are offered. These courses may be 

taken by students from other departments as 

electives and may be used to satisfy depart- 

mental requirements in the PSA degree program" 

be deleted from the Calendar. 

c)

That the paragraph "Students who wish to write 

the graduate thesis (898 or 899) in Archaeology 

may do so with the concurrence of both the PSA 

Department and the Department of Archaeology 

unit in which case the supervising committee 

will be partly comprised of Archaeologists" 

be deleted from the Calendar. 

d)

That the following courses be instituted: 

ARC. 898 - M.A. Thesis 

ARC. 899 - Ph.D. Thesis." 

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The following motion passed the Senate Graduate Studies Committee on Dec. 10: 

MOTION: "That the following motion be forwarded to Senate for approval: 

Motion (a) That the Archeaology graduate program be 

disconnected from the Department of Political 

Science, Sociology and Anthropology. 

(b)

That the paragraph "The following graduate courses are 

offered. These courses may be taken by students from 

other departments as electives and may be used to 

satisfy departmental requirements in the PSA degree program" 

be deleted from the Calendar. 

(c)

That the paragraph "Students who wish to write the 

graduate thesis (898 or 899) in Archaeology may do so 

with the concurrence of both the PSA Department and the 

Department of Archaeology unit in whi'ch case the 

supervising committee will be partly comprised of 

Archaeologists" be deleted from the Calendar. 

(d)

That the following courses be instituted: 

Arch 898 - M.A. Thesis 

Arch 899 - Ph.D. Thesis 

The CommLttee also passed the following paragraph 

(e)

It is recognized that the matter of Ethnology is open 

to negotiation in any possible reorganization of the 

social sciences at Simon Fraser University. 

However, as this is a matter of what the Committee recognizes rather than 

legislation, it is not being forwarded to Senate for action. 

Rationale. The Archeology department was originally part of the P.S.A. 

department and split off in 1969. For reasons I do not fully understand, the 

Archaeology graduate program was not fully split off: the thesis courses remained 

in P.S.A. and legal supervision emanated from the P.S.A. Departmental Graduate 

Studies Committee. This uneasy arrangemnt functioned fairly well, on a good-will 

basis, but is, to my mind, basically unsatisfactory. 

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1 Department of Archaeology

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Ro 1.. Carlson BA..

M.A. (W.ishington), Pn.D. (Arizona),

Professor and Chairman

Thomas W.

McKeris PuB., M.S.

(Wisconsin). Pu.D. (Berkeley).

Professor

Philip

Hobter

B.A.

(New Mexico). M.A. (Arizona),

Associate Professor

Herbert L. Alexander

B.A. (Texas), M.A. (Yale), Pu.D. (Oregon),

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The department offers specialization in Archaeology, Physical Anthro-

pology and Ethnology. Students are expected to gain a broad theoretical

knowledge in the discipline and engage in one or more areas of specific

research.

The following graduate courses are offered. These courses may be

taken by students from other departments as electives and may be used

to satisfy departmental requirements in the PSA degree programs.

Description of Graduate Courses

871-5 Selected Topics In Archaeological Theory

Critical evaluation of new 'approaches to the study of man's past.

875-S

Seminar

Fossil Man

Selected topics in human osteology, physical anthropology, and Fossil

Man.

881-5

North American Prrhistorv

882-S African Prehistory

883-5 Mesoamerican Prehistory

896-S Readings in Archaeology

897-5 Field Work Seminar

Seminar in field research.

articipants will present their recent field

work to the class for critical discussion.

Admission

For admission requirements, refer to General Regulations section, page

27.

Degree

Requirements

A graduate student's main concentration will be on a thesis and not on

formal course work. Forthe M.A. degree, minimum requirements are lout

one semester courses and a thesis. For the Ph.!). degree, requirements

are one course and a thesis, excluding seminars. This cotirse may extend

beyond one semester's dtir.itlun and is designed particularly to equip the

candidate for his research and thesis.

Although the Dep.irtment recognizes that a knowledge of foreign lan•

gunges Is desirable, it does not have any prescribed language require-

ments. However, where it is cs

ident that a langu;ige knowledge is nrces.

sary for the candidate's field ssork or reading, he will be required to

Main the necessary language proficiency.

Studcnt wL, s to write the graduate thesis (MYM or 8)) in

Archaeology may do so with the concurrence of both the PSA Dtp.irt.

ment

and the Dep.irtment of Arch.ieulogv unit in which case the super-

vising committee will be partly comprised of Archaeologists.