Today, its graduates, trained for professional careers in socio-cultural anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics, are employed in a range of teaching, research, and museum positions, as well as in other fields where anthropological expertise is required. Department of Anthropology faculty are trained as archaeologists, social and cultural anthropologists and anthropological linguists. Click here for Faculty Profiles. Click here to view current graduate student profiles , and a list of past M.A. and Ph.D. theses from the department. The program of instruction in the Department of Anthropology prepares students for a professional career in social and cultural anthropology, including archaeology and linguistics.
All graduate students enroll in the A.M.-Ph.
D Degree Program . Required for both are eight courses, comprehensive examinations, and a research paper. The comprehensive exams come at the end of four core courses in theory in history of ethnological theory, socio-cultural anthropology, anthropological archaeology, and anthropological linguistics. Students who desire the master's in Anthropology-Museum Studies take in addition two core seminars which focus on material culture and museological practice. The doctoral degree involves meeting A.M. requirements and successfully completing twelve other courses, a preliminary examination, a language requirement, and a dissertation based on original research.