Participants in the Post-Conflict, Peace and Development Field School in Colombia in 2023
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ANTH 3373/3374/4464 Fieldwork in Archaeology This course offers detailed instruction in archaeological field techniques working off-campus at an archaeological site. It is normally a 3000-level credit but students returning to the project for a second season, or coming to the project having previously completed an archaeological field school for university credit, may be granted permission to enrol at the 4000-level and be assigned additional duties. Prerequisite: ANTH 1271 Introduction to Archaeology (or equivalent) and permission of instructor. For more information about the options above, contact anthropology@smu.ca.
GERM 1101/1102/ 2201/2202/3301/3302 Canadian Summer School in Germany (CSSG) This German immersion study abroad program offers one full-year university course in six and a half weeks, as well as living with a host family and a full cultural program. You'll have unforgettable experiences like visiting Berlin, watching a Bundesliga soccer match, and touring the city of Kassel with your German tandem partner! This year, it runs from May 7 to June 25, 2025. You must have at least one semester of university German to apply. Visit cssg.ca for complete details.
IPHH 3000 Public Humanities and Heritage Field PlacementSaint Mary's students gain hands-on experience in the cultural sector as a core aspect of the Public Humanities and Heritage program. The IPHH 3000 course enables students to build skills and earn course credits (3 credit hours) plus a stipend while working in museums, archives and heritage sites. For more information on the registration process, visit the IPHH Field Placements page or contact iphh@smu.ca.
IPHH: Barbados Field Course and Placement (new!)Study and work in Barbados for six weeks in June-July 2025! Get hands-on experience in a field course and work placement focusing on Caribbean culture, history, heritage and environment. This 4000-level, 6 credit-hour program includes a 3-week field course and a 3-week placement in a Barbadian heritage organization. Tuition includes accommodation and all field activities. For more info, contact iphh@smu.ca.
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ANCS 3610/3611 Field Study / Laboratory Methods in Roman Archaeology These courses are available at active research sites in two locations in Italy:
Villa of Titus Archaeological Field School This field course takes place in the village of Castel Sant'Angelo, roughly 70 km northeast of Rome in the Apennine Mountains of central Italy. Learn archaeological field techniques and artifact analysis skills while helping to excavate the Villa of Titus, a 2,200-year-old rural complex that may once have been a residence of the Flavian Emperor Titus. For more details, see the field school's website or the Villa di Titus Expression of Interest Form (fillable PDF), or contact Dr. Myles McCallum. Read more: Archaeology field school illuminates everyday life in ancient Roman villa.
Metaponto Archaeological Field School This field school is located in Basilicata, on the 'instep of the boot' of southern Italy. It carries out archaeological excavations at the Iron Age Indigenous site of Incoronata “greca” (Pisticci), which was eventually incorporated into the territory of the Greek city of Metaponto. Students gain skills in excavation as well as sorting/cataloguing of finds and archaeological data management. For details, contact Dr. Sveva Savelli or see the Metaponto Expression of Interest Form . Read more: Unearthing the story of Italy's Indigenous communities.
ANTH 3275 Archaeological Remote Sensing The archaeologist’s toolkit is changing rapidly as new technologies allow us to map sites and features without digging. In this course, learn how to use Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR), Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), and other remote sensing techniques to find and map archaeological sites and landscapes. Prerequisite: ANTH 1271 Introduction to Archaeology (or equivalent). For more information, contact Dr. Jonathan Fowler.
ANTH 3374/4465 Archaeology Laboratory The course offers training in the laboratory analysis of material cultural evidence recovered from an archaeological site. Like the fieldwork course, this course may be taken at either the 3000 or 4000 level. Typically, the laboratory course is offered in tandem with the fieldwork course, which is its prerequisite. In the lab, students clean, sort, catalogue, and interpret finds, and help to assemble excavation records leading to the production of a site report. For more information, contact anthropology@smu.ca.
GEOG 4100 Geography International Field School: The Gambia Every other year, the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies offers a field school in The Gambia during the reading week of the fall semester. Students meet on Fridays all semester to prepare for and debrief the experience. You’ll learn about the history, culture and geography of The Gambia. For information, contact Dr. Cathy Conrad. See this article about the lasting impact from the 2018 class.
GEOG/HIST 4800 Sites of Difficult Heritage in Western EuropeIn this Fall 2024 seminar class, students explored Western European heritage sites associated with the Third Reich and the Second World War. Course material and discussions focused on how the experiences of victims, bystanders, resisters, collaborators and perpetrators have been commemorated and contested in material memoryscapes, including a field study trip to Paris and Berlin. 6 credit hours. For information, contact Dr. Jason Grek-Martin and Dr. Kirrily Freeman.
HIST 3835 A History of Women ArtistsThis course charts the history of women in the arts over the past half century and examines how academies of art, galleries and art historians came to ignore or erase their contributions. With a focus on Europe, the course extends to women's creative works around the globe. The Spring 2024 class met on campus, with a field trip to Toronto. Students visited artworks by women artists at the Royal Ontario Museum, the Gardiner Museum and the Art Gallery of Ontario's exhibition 'Making her Mark: A History of Women Artists, 1400-1800'. For more details, visit the Department of History's Field Study website and contact Dr. Lyndan Warner.
POLI 4402 Model United NationsThe Model United Nations course trains a delegation of students to compete at the National Model United Nations (NMUN) simulation held in New York City at the end of each winter term. Students represent a UN member country, conduct in-depth research on pressing global issues, draft position papers, negotiate resolutions and learn how UN diplomacy functions in simulated real-world scenarios. Read more: SMU Model UN group returns from New York with two awards.
SPAN 3777/4400 Post-Conflict, Peace and Development: Field School in Colombia In this field school program, explore how different grassroots organizations work with historical memory, reconciliation and peace projects in Colombia. Taught in English, the three-week program begins with classes on campus at Saint Mary's for the first week, followed by two weeks in Colombia. For information on the application process, visit the Colombia Field School website or contact Dr. Andrés Arteaga.