Anthropology Program - Courses Needed for Graduation

The Anthropology Graduate Program is a 36-hour, two-year long Masters of Art thesis program

All Students will take six hours of common core courses in theory and qualitative research and then select one of the three specializations: cultural anthropology, environmental anthropology, or bioarcheaology. Students in all three concentrations will take six hours of thesis research credit (695).

1. Cultural Anthropology Concentration
   6 hours in area of Environment or Identity
   3 additional Cultural Anthropology hours
   Up to 6 hours may be from courses outside Anthropology
   6 hours of Foreign Language
   3 hours of additional Foreign Language or Research Skills or Statistics
   Total of 36 credit hours
   
   
2. Environmental Anthropology Concentration
   3 hours in Environmental Anthropology
   3 hours in Environmental Archaeology
   3 hours of EITHER Applied or Urban Anthropology
   Up to 9 hours of electives, of which 6 hours may be from outside Anthropology
   3 hours of GIS
   3 hours of Quantitative Methods or Research Skills or Statistics
   Total of 36 credit hours
   
   
3. Bioarchaeology Concentration
   3 hours in Archaeology Methods
   3 hours in Osteology
   3 hours in Skeletal Biology
   6 additional Anthropology hours
   Up to 3 hours may be from courses outside Anthropology
   6 hours of Biological Statistics
   Total of 36 credit hours