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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Graduate Studies Bulletin 2007-2008

Policies and Courses

Anthropology

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Department of Anthropology and Geography Chair: David Wishart, Ph.D.

Graduate Committee Chair: Professor Hames

The department offers graduate courses leading to the degree of master of arts. The requirements for admission, for Candidacy, and for courses and thesis are those established and maintained by the Graduate College. Applicants should accompany their application for admission with a statement of educational goals and their scores from the general Graduate Record Examination.

With the exception of students in the Professional Archaeology Specialization, all graduate students will be required to take three core courses in the Department of Anthropology: ANTH 812, 832, and 842. If a student has taken any of these courses at the 400 level (412, 432, and 442), and they were taken within five years prior to the student’s admission to the Graduate College, they need not be repeated at the graduate level.

Upon admission to this program, all graduate students are required to have a course in statistics. If a statistics course has not been taken prior to admission, this will be regarded as a deficiency, which will have to be remediated.

Any class taken to remediate a deficiency will not count as part of the credits required for the master of arts in anthropology.

Program Assessment

In order to assist the department in evaluating the effectiveness of its program, majors will be required at the end of their graduate program:

1. to complete an oral examination which focuses on the breadth of the field as well as on the student’s field of specialization.

2. to complete a written exit survey, submitted anonymously.

The graduate adviser will inform students of the scheduling and format of assessment activities.

These assessment activities will in no way affect a student’s GPA or graduation.

Specializations available:

Environmental Studies; Great Plains Studies; International Human Rights and Diversity; Professional Archaeology; Women's and Gender Studies

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