Re: [xmca] Fwd: New Degree Programs Oxford

I want to take this! Robin Dunbar is amazing....I don't know the others.
Ahhh,,,to be young again!

Deb

On 6/19/07, Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> *Announcing two new degree programs at University of Oxford that are
> relevant to those interested in cognition and religion.*
>
> *Please pass on to interested students (or colleagues who might have
> interested students).*
>
> *Thanks,*
>
> *Justin Barrett*
>
> * *
>
> *ICEA MSc *
>
> What makes us human? What makes culture possible? The University of
> Oxford's new Institute for Cognitive & Evolutionary Anthropology announces
> a
> new 12 month MSc degree to commence in October 2007. This program in
> "Human
> Biology" explores human thought, behaviour, and culture from the
> perspectives of the evolutionary and cognitive sciences. Degree
> candidates
> will read in primate behavioral ecology, human evolution (with a
> behavioral
> ecology emphasis), mind and culture, and quantitative methods in the human
> sciences; and complete a supervised 10,000 word dissertation. Program
> staff
> includes Professor Robin Dunbar, Professor Harvey Whitehouse, and Dr.
> Justin
> Barrett. Additional information about the course and how to apply is
> available at http://www.isca.ox.ac.uk/admissions/how_to_apply.shtml.
> Applications for the 2007-2008 year will be accepted until July 26, 2007.
>
> *ICEA DPhil *
>
> How can cognitive or evolutionary insights help explain patterns in
> cultural
> expression? The University of Oxford's new Institute for Cognitive &
> Evolutionary Anthropology announces a new 3 year DPhil degree to commence
> in
> October 2007. This research program offers the opportunity to explore
> human
> thought, behaviour, and culture from the perspectives of the evolutionary
> and cognitive sciences. Those who already have an appropriate graduate
> degree in a related area (e.g., experimental psychology, anthropology,
> evolution) may apply as Probationer Research Students (PRS) in the first
> instance; they may nonetheless subsequently be advised that one of the
> master's degrees may be more suitable for them to start with. Program
> staff
> includes Professor Robin Dunbar, Professor Harvey Whitehouse, and Dr.
> Justin
> Barrett. Additional information about how to apply is available at
> http://www.isca.ox.ac.uk/admissions/how_to_apply.shtml. Applications for
> the 2007-2008 year will be accepted until July 26, 2007.
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Deborah Downing Wilson
Laboratory for Comparative Human Cognition
University of California San Diego
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