Individual programs are planned by the student and the student's faculty adviser. Effective fall semester 1989, all candidates for the master's degree in anthropology must meet the same University wide foreign language requirement as described specifically for the master of arts degree at The Florida State University. Students working toward the master of arts degree also must complete a University wide humanities requirement. Both requirements are described in the Graduate Bulletin. The master of science degree must also satisfy the foreign language requirement but not the humanities requirement.
Special regulations outlining the several programs offered are available from the department.
Upon admission, the doctoral student's Master's degree program will be evaluated by the departmental doctoral studies committee. Recommendations will be made regarding major field area selections, sufficiency of the Master's program, elective course work at the doctoral level, and appropriate language proficiency. To be eligible for admission, an applicant must have an M.A. or M.S. degree in anthropology from an accredited college or university. Students must demonstrate reading competency of anthropological literature in at least one foreign language. A qualifying examination , with both written and oral components, will be taken when at least 30 credit hours of course work have been completed by the student.