Doctor of Philosophy - Anthropology

Required Credits: 60 (30 + 30 from M.A.)

Required Cumulative GPA: 3.0

Notes

• The PhD in Anthropology with General Option requires 60 credits total beyond the bachelor’s degree, completion of the coursework for one of the UM Anthropology MA Options or an equivalent 30+ credit master’s degree from another institution, completion of courses in specific areas of the curriculum, a comprehensive examination consisting of a defense of the student’s research proposal, a dissertation on a topic of relevance to Anthropology, and a defense of the dissertation.
• Please refer to the Graduate Student Manual for specific curriculum that is required of the General Option Ph.D.

Degree Requirements

The General Option requires coursework, a reviewed portfolio, a comprehensive examination, and a defended dissertation. The faculty expects completion of the Ph.D. within three years of earning the master’s degree. All students entering the Ph.D. program must have the equivalent of an M.A. degree before they can proceed to Ph.D. status. For students accepted into the program with only an undergraduate degree, they must complete the requirements of an M.A. degree prior to moving into the Ph.D. program. Students initially accepted into the M.A. program can continue into the Ph.D. program, but they must complete the M.A. degree prior to continuing; those students must also apply for the Ph.D. program during the regular application cycle (even though they are extant M.A. students).

Coursework

Coursework for the Ph.D. General Option requires 30 credits beyond those required for the master’s degree, for a total of 60 credits. At least 20 of these credits must be in ANTY or LING. A maximum of 10 credits in research courses may be applied to these 30 credits. No more than 9 credits total in any combination of Independent Studies and Internship courses may be applied to these 30 credits.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Research Courses
ANTY 593	Professional Project	1-10
ANTY 597	Research	1-10
ANTY 599	Thesis	1-10
ANTY 697	Advanced Research	1-6
ANTY 699	Dissertation	1-10

Curriculum

The curriculum for the 60 credits required for the General Ph.D. Option focuses on a solid grounding in anthropological theory and methods. All students must take (or have taken) ANTY 500 and ANTY 601. In addition, at least one course must be taken from each of the two areas below. Reasonable substitutions of courses, including courses from other departments and institutions, may be approved by the student’s committee.

Anthropological Theory

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ANTY 510	Seminar on Human Variation & Evolution	3
ANTY 513	Seminar in Bioarcheaology & Skeletal Biology	3
ANTY 515	Theory & Methods in Bioanthropology	3
ANTY 520	Seminar in Contemporary Ethnography	3
ANTY 550	Seminar in Archaeology	3
ANTY 551	Seminar Historical Archaeology	3
ANTY 553	Evolutionary Archaeology	3
ANTY 600	Issues in Cultural Heritage	3
LING 570	Seminar in Linguistics	3
LING 573	Language and Culture	3

Methods for Collecting, Generating and Analyzing Anthropological Data

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ANTY 401	Anthropological Data Analysis	3
ANTY 412	Osteology	4
ANTY 413	Forensic and Mortuary Archaeology	3
ANTY 431	Ethnographic Field Methods	3
ANTY 451	Cultural Resource Management	3
ANTY 452	GIS in Archaeology	3
ANTY 454	Lithic Technology	3
ANTY 455	Artifact Analysis	3
ANTY 466	Archaeological Survey	1-12
ANTY 467	Archaeological Field School	3-12
ANTY 476	Methods for Native Languages	3
ANTY 495	Field Experience/Practicum	1-12
ANTY 508	Applied Anthropological Statistics	3
ANTY 512	Advanced Forensic Anthropology	3
ANTY 602	Cultural Heritage Policy & Practice	3
LING 571	Phonetics and Phonology	3
LING 574	Historical Linguistics	3
LING 575	Linguistic Field Methods	3
LING 584	NA Indigenous Language and Linguistics	3
LING 589	Morphology	3