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Date DECEMBER 22, 1971
MOTION:
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"That Senate approve, as set forth in Paper
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S.72'5 the new courses:
Geography 823-3 Themes in the Geography of Canada
Geography 824
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5 Themes in the Geography of Canada."
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MEMORANDUM
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New ... Graduate ... C.Q.ur.sie ... F.r.Qpasals
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MOTION: "That the following courses be approved:
Geog 823-3 Themes in the Geography of Canada
Geog 824-5 Themes in the Geography of Canada"
These courses were approved by the Executive Committee
of the Senate Graduate Studies Committee at its meeting
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on November 22, 1971.
J. Wheatley
Dean
Graduate Studies.
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Dcpartr.cntal Graduate Studies Committee:
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New Graduate Course Propoa). Forin
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ALENDAR_INFORMATION:
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Course Number:____________________
Title:
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'Thens in the Geography of Canada"
Description: Studies
in
selected topics ofenadian geogra
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cartograpiic foundations.
Independent investigations and group discussions.
Credit Hours: ?
3 or 5 ?
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prerequisite(s) if any:
none
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ENROLLMENTANDSCHEDULING:
Estimated Enrollment: -10
When will
the course first be offered: 8ncs.
after
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How often will the course be offered:
available every semester, according -to demandorrs
3.
JUSTIFICATION:
Anberofgraduate students (and faculty) workingon Canadian therreswouldbenefit
•omthecriticalexchangearidmutualaidprovidedbyaspecialseminar.Suchtherrasare
no bcconting prominent in the work of this departrrent.
4.
RESOURCES:
Which Faculty member will normally
teach the course:
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all available facu.-tv
What are te budgetary implications of
uunting the course:_ ?
none
Are there sufficient Library resources (append details):
Yes
Appended: a) Outline of the Course
b)
An indication of the competence of the Faculty member to iv the
c)
Library resources
S-late Craduate Studies Coummittee:.
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Course Outline:
1. The topic will vary, responding to interests of faculty
and students.
2. Ordinarily, the generaJ. scherre would be:
(a)
Several weeks meetings devoted to the ex
p
osition of
major scholarly aspects of the chosen topic (orientatic)
conducted through presentations by the faculty rreirbar in
charge, as well as through group discussion.
(b)
Soms work
on
relevant bibliography, involving preparation
• of materials to be distributed by student mrrbers, and
.connrent on the available sources and guides.
3. Topical reports based on individual student research, occupying
rnDst of the seminars msetings after the first three or four
weeks.
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A concluding session featuring sunming up of the seminar's
work by the faculty mesrber in charge.
Comretence of Faculty:
Alrrrxst all of the present faculty of the departent are at present
actively involved in research, and freqntly in teaching, conorning
Canadian prd)lens.
Library 'Resource-s:
The holdings of the SIFIU. Library, suppleirented by those at
U. B. C., Vancouver Public Library, Lhiversity of Washington (Seattle),
and certain other smaller collections, if not fully sufficia:t are
helpful.
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Seminar - TOPICS IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF CANADA
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"Geographical Aspects of British Columbia Coast Cultures"
Biblio. Refs. : Mintz, C.A. "A preliminary bibliography and
checklist of material pertaining to the study
of British Columbia's native inhabitants."
(Mimeo) 192
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Vancouver, 1971.
Orientation :
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Drucker, Philip. Indians of the Northwest Coast.
American Museum Science Books, B3. New York:
American Museum of Natural History, 1963.
xiv + 224 pp.
Duff,-Wilson. Indian History of British Columbia.
Vol. 1. "The impact of the white man".
(Anthropology in British Columbia Memoir No. 5).
Victoria: Provincial Museum, 1964. 117 pp.
McFeat, Tom, (ed.). Indians of the North Pacific
Coast: studies in selected topics. (The
Carleton Library, No. 25.) Toronto:
McClelland C Stewart, Ltd. , 1966.
xvi + 277 pp.
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Tentative program of seminars on:
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"Geographical Aspects of British Columbia Coast Cultures"
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1.
Orientation to the literature.
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Ecological and historical
problems of Northwest Indian cultures.
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(Students to
prepare bibliographies of individual areas and cultures.)
Reading: ?
Drucker, McFeat (cf. Bibliography)
2.
Population history of B.C. coast and in other areas of
conquest (Peru, California, 1lanesia, etc.).
(Reports* by members of seminar on assigned reading topics.)
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Duff,
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Continuation of 2.
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Settlement pattern:
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options and determinants.
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(Reports on the standard literature.)
5.
Continuation of ii.
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Livelihood
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its controls.
(Assigned reports on the major groups.)
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Continuation of
6.
8.
Trade and navigation.
(Assigned reports.)
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Continuation of 8.
10.
Historical evaluation.
* Each student to present orally his reports on readings assigned
according to area or culture, and a short (one page) wr::.en summary
of each. Discussion and critique to follow presentatioi:.
