GRE General Test scores are required for all applicants. Admissions evaluations are based on GRE scores, previous academic performance, letters of recommendation, and experience in related fields. Chair, Environmental Policy Graduate Committe Department of Social Sciences Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, MI 49931-1295 Applications for the fall term received by March 1 are generally evaluated by April 15. Most financial aid decisions are also made at this time. Applications received later, as well as applications for other terms, are evaluated on an individual basis.
Most financial aid is available in the form of graduate teaching and research assistantships.
Graduate teaching assistants are generally assigned to assist faculty with introductory undergraduate classes. Some financial support for graduate students is also provided through ongoing research projects. It draws on their diverse perspectives to train students in the discovery, recording, interpretation, and preservation of the physical remains of industrial artifacts, sites, and systems within their social contexts. This graduate program is one of the few in the world to focus explicitly on the archaeology of industry and to fuse the perspectives of archaeology, history of technology, and anthropology. The interdisciplinary nature of the field is reflected in the backgrounds of the students, with applicants possessing bachelor's degrees in such diverse areas as history, anthropology, historic preservation, architecture, mechanical engineering, and civil engineering.