Introduction

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Regina offers a Master’s program on a special case basis only. Because we do not have a standardized Master’s Program, we design an individualized program for each student, consisting of five approved classes and a thesis topic. Our special case program is well suited for self-motivated learners who wish to explore in-depth a particular aspect of social, cultural, or linguistic anthropology with two or more of our faculty members. We are especially interested in applicants whose interests overlap with those of our faculty.

Currently, our department has five regular faculty members, all of whom are socio-cultural anthropologists. Our small size prevents us from offering a broad program, or guaranteeing that you will have the benefit of studying with other graduate students in anthropology. Nonetheless, we will soon have three MA students, and a pledge of some financial resources to sustain them—at least one research and teaching assistantship per year. We are eager to have more graduate students, and encourage you to informally discuss your interests with us at an early stage, since you cannot make a formal application without first negotiating aprogram of study with us.

Please contact Department Head, Dr. Carlos Londoño Sulkin, at carlos.londono@uregina.ca , or Graduate Coordinator, Dr. Tobias Sperlich, at tobias.sperlich@uregina.ca

Submitting an application

Students interested in applying for a special case MA must first apply to Graduate Studies at the University of Regina. The deadline for applying to Graduate Studies for Fall admission is January 31st and the deadline for Winter admission is September 30th. Please note that Graduate Studies requires and application fee.

Your application package should include a sample of writing and a “letter of intent”, that is, a 1-2 page statement describing the topic you would like to work on in your MA thesis. The “letter of intent” should suggest an appropriate research supervisor and at least one other committee member from among our faculty. The “letter of intent” should also indicate what courses you would like to take. These courses may be devised within our department, or taken within other departments or programs at the University of Regina. Courses may also be taken at other universities in western Canada for credit towards a degree at this institution. There is a great deal of flexibility here, the only major exception being that no more than two of the five courses can be taught by any one faculty member. Once we have received your application package from Graduate Studies, we will discuss it and reply to you as quickly as possible, perhaps with some questions and suggestions of our own.

Please address all correspondence to:

Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Regina,

Regina, SK Canada S4S 0A4       http://www.uregina.ca/gradstudies/

tel: (306) 585-4161/4461             

fax:(306) 585-4893                  e-mail: grad.studies@uregina.ca