Coursework Requirements

Core Courses
Three core courses are required for all Anthropology graduate students:

ANT 500 Pro-seminar
ANT 501 History of Anthropological Thought
ANT 503 Evolutionary Processes

Elective Core Courses
Three additional elective core courses are required. At least one course must be biological and at least one must be cultural. (See below for a list of Anthropology graduate courses taught in recent years).

Research Seminar in Biological Anthropology
Graduate students specializing in Biological and Physical Anthropology are required to enroll in a 1-credit Research Seminar in Biological Anthropology (ANT 555) each semester of their first three years in the program.

Methodology Requirement
Students must fulfill a methodology requirement. Criteria for fulfilling the methodology requirement will be established by the student’s advisor, according to the research priorities of the student.  The requirement may, for instance, stipulate language training, statistics courses, or training in laboratory techniques.  The following methods courses are also recommended:

ANT 560 Methods and Research Proposal Preparation
ANT 562 Ethnographic Methods and Writing
ANT 575 Biomedical Methods in Anthropology
ILA 782 Proposal Writing and Research Design in the Humanities
Graduate School Proposal Writing Program

Required Grade Point Average
Students must have a B+ average in their graduate courses at the end of their first and second years in order to be eligible to continue in the program.  Any incomplete (I) grades must be resolved within one calendar year.

Anthropology Graduate Courses Recently Offered
The following graduate courses have been offered by the Anthropology Department in recent years (some have been cross-listed courses originating in other departments):