General Graduate Program Requirements

Graduate School policies and standards can be found on the Graduate School Policies page. 

The minimum GPA for any graduate program is 3.0. Individual programs may require more than a 3.0 to remain in good standing. 

The minimum grade for a course to be accepted toward any requirement is C. Individual programs may require higher grades for specific courses.

MASTER OF ARTS - ANTHROPOLOGY

Successful completion of the M.A. in Anthropology requires coursework, successful completion of a comprehensive evaluation, and significant original scholarly work. The Anthropology faculty expects that students will complete the requirements for the M.A. degree in two years.

Some background classes are required for all students in the Anthropology Graduate Program. These classes may have been taken previously as an undergraduate and may be used as electives.

• We strongly recommend one class in each of the four fields of Anthropology: cultural or social anthropology, linguistic anthropology, biological or physical anthropology, and archaeology. 
• We strongly recommend one or more classes in statistics or quantitative methods. 
• We strongly recommend one year of a second language.

Course Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Course
Complete the following course:
ANTY 500	Contemporary Anthropological Thought	3
Methods
Complete one of the following courses:		3
ANTY 401	Anthropological Data Analysis
ANTY 412	Osteology
ANTY 413	Forensic and Mortuary Archaeology
ANTY 431	Ethnographic Field Methods
ANTY 451	Cultural Resource Management
ANTY 452	GIS in Archaeology
ANTY 454	Lithic Technology
ANTY 455	Artifact Analysis
ANTY 466	Archaeological Survey
ANTY 467	Archaeological Field School
ANTY 476	Methods for Native Languages
ANTY 494	Seminar/Workshop
ANTY 508	Applied Anthropological Statistics
ANTY 512	Advanced Forensic Anthropology
ANTY 602	Cultural Heritage Policy & Practice
LING 571	Phonetics and Phonology
LING 574	Historical Linguistics
LING 575	Linguistic Field Methods
LING 584	NA Indigenous Language and Linguistics
LING 589	Morphology
Electives
Complete three additional Anthropology (ANTY) or Native American Studies (NASX) courses.		12
Thesis, Professional Project, or Non-Thesis Options
Complete one of the following options:		12-18
Thesis/Professional Project Option - Complete 12 credits of the following to achieve a total of 30 credits:
ANTY 599	Thesis/Professional Project
Additional graduate-level courses
Defense of thesis or professional paper/project
Non-Thesis Option - Complete 18 credits of the following to achieve a total of 36 credits:
ANTY 590	Research
Additional Anthropology (ANTY) or Linguistics (LING) graduate seminar
Additional graduate-level courses
A scholarly work or portfolio
Review of the scholarly work or portfolio or a comprehensive examination
Total Hours		30-36