Sometime in September 2003:
ANT436H1 Primate Ecology & Social Behaviour (hmmm...sounds pretty good, i think i'll sign up for it)

today:
1. Mid-term test 25 %
2. Final test 25%
3. GRANT PROPOSAL 50%

1 & 2: There will be two tests, each 25% which account for 50% of your final grade. BOTH tests must be taken to pass the course.
3. A total of 50% of your final grade will come from your preparation of a research grant proposal similar to that for a "PGS A Post graduate Scholarship" from the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. You must download and complete an abridged pdf version of Form 200 "Application for an NSERC Scholarship or Fellowship." This form must be completed using either a computer or typwriter, no hand-completed forms will be accepted.

Your research project must be field-based (ie. data collection on free-ranging primates and/or their habitats) and have an overall focus on one of the lecture topics listed below. Within that overall topic, you must select only one research question that can be completed for fulfillment of a hypothetical MASTER'S degree. Thus, you should pick a topic that can be completed with 2-4 months of field research. You can choose any primate species for your study animals. Please note that I expect you to also include your research site, data collection methods, and data analysis methods. Your proposal must address at least two questions or two alternative hypotheses.

(OMG.....i'm going to die....)

well other than this course, everything else seems pretty good. actually, that statement made it seem like this course is bull...it's not. it really looks good...just really overwhelming....and HARD. i bought some course books and the TWO books combined totalled even MORE then what i paid for my cd discman...

*sob* my poor bank account!