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The M.A. program is normally completed in two years. During the first year, the Director of Graduate Studies serves as a student's advisor until the student has requested and been accepted by another full-time faculty member. In consultation with the advisor, each student designs a program to meet his/her educational and professional needs. Students are expected to meet the requirements for the M.A, which includes satisfactorily completing coursework and submitting a thesis that is acceptable to their committee, by the end of their second year in the program.

Course Requirements

A minimum of 45 quarter hours of graduate study are required for the M.A., of which 32 hours must be derived from formal course work (i.e., any course taken for graduate credit for which the student receives a letter grade - A, B, C, etc.). Course requirements may be adjusted to take into account undergraduate studies and the acquisition of specialized skills or methods that are relevant to the student's program of study.

Core Requirements (16 credit hours total)

• All incoming students must take ANTH 700, Fundamentals of Anthropology
• Students must take at least one course in each subdiscipline (lists A, B, and C below).

II. Subdisciplinary Requirements (8 credit hours total)

• Students focusing on archaeology must take 696 and either 723, 771, 772, or 773.
• Students focusing on cultural anthropology must take 648 and 504.
• Students focusing on biocultural anthropology must take 510 and a methods course approved by their advisor.

Graduate Courses (* = offered) 2009-2010.

A. Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology

B. Archaeology

C. Biological Anthropology

D. Additional Electives

NOTE: It is strongly recommended that students take a course in quantitative methods or GIS.

Waiver of Course Requirements
Students with strong undergraduate preparation in Anthropology may request that specific requirements be altered or waived. A written petition for a waiver or change should be submitted to the Director of Graduate Studies. The decision to accept or reject the petition will be made by the Director of Graduate Studies, the student's advisor, and the faculty member responsible for the course(s) in question. Such waivers or alterations do not alter the student's obligation to take 45 quarter hours of graduate study, of which 32 hours must be derived from formal course work.

M. A. Thesis

A thesis represents original research conducted by an individual student (no joint projects are allowed) that has a clear and appropriate problem focus.

Bibliographic style should conform to major anthropology journals, such as American Anthropologist, American Antiquity, Language, or the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, as appropriate to the subfield and subject matter.

The Graduate School provides detailed information about thesis format and the mechanics of preparing the final draft and abstract.

Students must provide each committee member with a final copy of the thesis in either electronic or paper format. A final copy of the thesis, in electronic and hard copy format, must also be delivered to the Director of Graduate Studies.

M. A. Thesis Committee

The M.A. Thesis Committee consists of the student's advisor and at least one additional member of the full-time department faculty. Additional department members or, in appropriate cases, faculty from other departments, may be added at the request of the candidate, the Committee, or the Director of Graduate Studies.