Requirements

Requirements

All M.A. and Ph.D. students will take a core course in each of the four subfields of anthropology. The M.A. requires 30 credit hours, including the four cores, elective seminars, and four hours of thesis research. The Ph.D. requires 90 credit hours, including 30 hours of dissertation research. Students in the M.A. in applied linguistic anthropology take 30 credit hours, substituting linguistic methods courses for the core classes in biological and archaeological theory.

In their first year of the program, doctoral students will work closely with their committees to complete the advisory conference report. That document will list any courses beyond the departmental requirements that the committee deems critical for well-rounded scholarship.  The faculty expects students at both the Ph.D. and M.A. levels to be familiar with the tools necessary for research, including foreign or Native American languages and statistics, and may require students to demonstrate proficiency.

The M.A. can be completed in two to three years following a timeline such as this suggestion:

Master of Arts
30 credit hours = 26 hours coursework + 4 thesis hours

Sociocultural and linguistic track
                           Fall semester                        Spring semester

First year	5223 sociocultural core One or two electives Select a committee chair	5363 linguistic core One or two electives Select a master’s committee
Second year	6713 archaeology core One or two electives Have thesis topic approved by committee	6633 biological core One or two electives Begin data collection (and over summer)
Third year	Thesis hours File for admission to candidacy by first Monday in October	Thesis hours 5693 Thesis writing seminar** Defend thesis File for graduation by March 1

Archaeological and biological track

First year	6713 archaeology core One or two electives Select a committee chair	6633 biological core One or two electives Select a master’s committee
Second year	5223 sociocultural core One or two electives Have thesis topic approved by committee	5363 linguistic core One or two electives Begin data collection (and over summer)
Third year	Thesis hours File for admission to candidacy by first Monday in October	Thesis hours 5693 Thesis writing seminar** Defend thesis File for graduation by March 1

The Ph.D. is designed to take between five and six years to complete, as shown in this hypothetical timeline:

Doctor of Philosophy
90 credit hours = 60 hours coursework + 30 dissertation hours (Up to 30 hours from M.A. coursework may be counted)

Sociocultural and linguistic track
                                    Fall semester                            Spring semester

First year	5223 sociocultural core* 6713 archaeology core* or Elective Begin language training Select a committee chair	5123 sociocultural II 5363 linguistic core* or Elective Language training (and over summer) Select a committee Schedule advisory conference
Second year	6713 archaeology core* 5213 methods* Work on dissertation proposal	6633 biological core* 5543 research design* Course with outside member** General exam fields approved Apply for Human Subjects Permit
Third year	Electives Apply for extramural funding	Electives Apply for permission to take general exams two weeks prior Take general exams
Fourth year	Fieldwork	Fieldwork
Fifth year	Dissertation hours	Dissertation hours 5693 Writing seminar**
Sixth year	Dissertation hours Apply for jobs	Dissertation hours Apply for graduation by March 1 Defend dissertation and file

 

 

Archaeological and biological track
The archaeology faculty recommends that all Ph.D. students in archaeology take Public Archaeology, an appropriate regional archaeology course, at least one topics course, and at least one methods course. They also recommend that archaeology students take a sociocultural course beyond ANTH 5223
   Fall semester                                Spring semester

First year	6713 archaeology core* 5223 sociocultural core* or Elective Begin language or tool training Select a committee chair	6633 biological core* 5363 linguistic core* or Elective 5543 research design Language or tool training Select a committee Schedule advisory conference
Second year	6803 advanced theory 5223 sociocultural core* Course with outside member** Work on dissertation proposal	5413 public archaeology** 5363 linguistic core* General exam fields approved
Third year	Electives Apply for extramural funding	Electives Apply for permission to take general exams two weeks prior Take general exams
Fourth year	Research	Research
Fifth year	Dissertation hours	Dissertation hours 5693 Writing seminar**
Sixth year	Dissertation hours Apply for jobs	Dissertation hours Apply for graduation by March 1 Defend dissertation and file

*If not previously taken
**Recommended