明尼苏达大学双城分校

Program Requirements

Plan A: Plan A requires 14 major credits, 6 credits outside the major, and 10 thesis credits. The final exam is oral.

Plan B: Plan B requires 14 major credits and 6 credits outside the major. The final exam is oral. A capstone project is required.

Capstone Project: The Plan B project is a demonstration of familiarity with the tools of research or scholarship in the graduate student's area of study, the ability to work independently, and the ability to present the results of their investigation effectively, by completing at least one Plan B project, though advisors may require as many as three such projects. The norm in anthropology is two to three projects. Master's-level projects are often the result of work carried out in a seminar or course (e.g., a paper), and are generally polished in a directed reading or research course. Plan B project(s) should involve a combined total of approximately 120 hours of work. With the approval of their advisors, graduate students have considerable flexibility in defining the nature of their Plan B project(s).

This program may be completed with a minor.

Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.

A minimum GPA of 2.80 is required for students to remain in good standing.

Concentrations

Sociocultural Anthropology

Required Core Courses

ANTH 8001 - Ethnography, Theory, History (3.0 cr)

ANTH 8002 - Ethnography: Contemporary Theory and Practice (3.0 cr)

ANTH 8203 - Research Methods in Social and Cultural Anthropology (3.0 cr)

Major Electives

Take 5 or more credit(s) from the following:

· ANTH 5xxx

· ANTH 8xxx

· or other 5xxx or 8xxx level that is approved by advisor and director of Graduate Studies.

-OR-

Biological Anthropology

Required Core Courses

ANTH 8111 - Evolutionary Morphology (3.0 cr)

ANTH 8112 - Reconstructing Hominin Behavior (3.0 cr)

ANTH 8114 - Biological Anthropology Graduate Program Seminar: Behavioral Ecology of Primates (3.0 cr)

Major Electives

Take 5 or more credit(s) from the following:

· ANTH 5xxx

· ANTH 8xxx

· or other 5xxx or 8xxx level that is approved by advisor and director of Graduate Studies.

-OR-

Archaeology

Required Core Courses

ANTH 8002 - Ethnography: Contemporary Theory and Practice (3.0 cr)

ANTH 8004 - Foundations of Anthropological Archaeology (3.0 cr)

ANTH 8230 - Anthropological Research Design (3.0 cr)

Methods Course

Take 3 or more credit(s) from the following:

· ANTH 5269 - Analysis of Stone Tool Technology (4.0 cr)

· ANTH 5444 - Archaeological Ceramics (4.0 cr)

· ANTH 5403 - Quantitative Methods in Biological Anthropology (4.0 cr)

· ANTH 4101 - Archival Analysis for Anthropologists (3.0 cr)

· ANTH 5402 - Zooarchaeology Laboratory (3.0 cr)

Major Electives

Take 2 or more credit(s) from the following:

· ANTH 5xxx

· ANTH 8xxx

· or other 5xxx or 8xxx level that is approved by advisor and director of Graduate Studies.

-OR-

Cultural Heritage Management

Required Core Courses

ANTH 8004 - Foundations of Anthropological Archaeology (3.0 cr)

Additional Required Course

Take 3 or more credit(s) from the following:

· ANTH 5448 - Applied Heritage Management (3.0 cr)

· MST 5011 - Museum History and Philosophy (3.0 cr)

· ANTH 5601 - Archaeology and Native Americans [DSJ] (3.0 cr)

Major Electives

Take 8 or more credit(s) from the following:

· ANTH 5xxx

· ANTH 8xxx

· or other 5xxx or 8xxx level that is approved by advisor and director of Graduate Studies.