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ECS8901 - Doctoral Seminar I
Seminar aimed at enabling students to gain expertise in Conflict Studies, from a multidisciplinary approach. Epistemologies of Conflict Studies. Exploration of the field in connection with the student’s research interests.
Prerequisite: Active knowledge of English or French and passive knowledge of the other language.
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ECS8903 - Research Methodology
Critical evaluation of research findings in the human sciences. Qualitative and quantitative methods of gathering, validating, and interpreting evidence. Issues in research ethics. Applications in graduate research projects and theses.
Prerequisite: Active knowledge of English or French and passive knowledge of the other language.
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ECS8905 - Theories of Conflict
Study of theoretical models of conflict drawn from the social and behavioral sciences. Applications to the analysis of different types of conflict.
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ECS8906 - Ethical Dimensions of Conflicts
Conceptual and procedural ethical issues related to norms of social justice and reconciliation. Links of ethical themes to the dialectic of self and other, to the dynamics of discourse and power, to gender and class, to memory and the role of human agents.
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ECS8911 - Selected Readings and Research
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ECS9997 - Thesis Proposal
The Thesis proposal must be submitted to the Thesis Advisory Committee for evaluation and approval before the end of the fifth term. In the event of failure, the proposal can be resubmitted and defended the following term at the latest. A second failure leads to withdrawal from the program. The proposal must be approved by the Research Ethics Board before undertaking data collection.
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ECS9998 - Comprehensive Examination
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ECS9999 - Doctoral Thesis
Prerequisites: ECS9997 and ECS9998