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ANTHPHD - Anthropology

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Anthropology, Sch ofGraduate Degree SeekingPHD - Doctor of Philosophy
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Completion requirement

The Doctoral Degree
The candidate for the doctorate must show a broad factual and theoretical background in the fields of anthropology, an authoritative knowledge of a special field of research, a thorough grasp of research methods, and good critical judgment.  Each student in the doctoral program will be advised by a major advisor and other faculty members representing the student's major and minor foci of study. The minimum unit requirement is 36 units in the major and 12 to 15 units in the minor. Unit requirements for minors outside of Anthropology are set by the minor field department. An additional 18 units will be devoted to preparing the dissertation. A minimum of 30 units must be taken in residence.

Required for all ANTH PHD students: (3 units each)
ANTH 636 Foundations of Archaeological Interpretation
ANTH 637 Archaeological Methodology
ANTH 562 Archaeological Quantitative Methods or equivalent statistics course
 

Other Sample Coursework: (3 units each)

ANTH 512A Geoarchaeology

ANTH 540A Cultural Resource Management

ANTH 546A Mapping Ancient Cities

ANTH 547 Pueblo Archaeology

ANTH 552 Archaeology of the Southwest

ANTH 553 Mesoamerican Archaeology

ANTH 556 Old World Prehistory

ANTH 557 Contesting the Past: Archaeology and Heritage

ANTH 558 Historical Archaeology

ANTH 572 Zooarchaeology

ANTH 574 Archaeometry

ANTH 595A Critical Issues in Mediterranean Archaeology

ANTH 596F Ceramic Analysis (Practicumor Seminar)

ANTH 596H Experimental Archaeology

ANTH 596N Archaeology of Performance

ANTH 606 Archaeology and Descendent Communities

Completion requirement

12 units of electives from the list below (or additional methods classes from the list above):
ANTH 548 Writing Culture
ANTH 576 Language in Culture
ANTH 613 Culture and Power
ANTH 696C Linguistic Anthropology Seminar (may be repeated for credit)

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Completion requirement

A minor is required during the PhD portion of your degree. 

A minimum of 9 units is required for the minor. Unit requirements for minors outside of Anthropology are set by the minor field department.

Completion requirement