Dr. Matthew Walls

Associate Professor

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Biography

Matthew Walls studies the deep history of community-environment relationships and how people perceive and act together in a world of flux. His work contributes to the theory on the role of creativity in long-term processes and focuses on questions that address ecological knowledge, constructed over generations, and the dynamics of practice-based communities over time. Walls obtained a Master’s degree in Archaeology from the University of Calgary and his PhD from the University of Toronto. He served as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford from 2014 to 2016 before returning to the University of Calgary as a faculty member. He teaches a variety of courses related to archaeology, particularly concerning the Arctic and the High North. His current research projects are focused on hunter-gatherer communities and involve archaeological and ethnographic fieldwork in Greenland and the Czech Republic.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2016-01-01 — Present

University of Calgary • Calgary, AB, Canada

Teaches courses in archaeology, focusing on Arctic and High North archaeology, and conducts archaeological ethnographic fieldwork.

Courses

Arctic Archaeology Archaeology of the Changing North Cognitive Archaeology GIS Archaeology Roots of the Anthropocene

Requirements for University of Calgary

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:97
GRE General
Verbal
Required:150
Quantitative
Required:159
Analytical Writing
Required:5.5
Overall
Required:5.5
Prerequisites
4-year Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent 3rd or 4th year course in Theory of Computation 3rd or 4th year course in Software Engineering 3rd or 4th year course in Systems (OS, Compilers, Networking) 3rd or 4th year course in Application (AI, Graphics, Databases)
Application Checklist
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  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Two Letters of Reference
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science Master's program. GRE scores are expected for international students.