How to Apply
Applications to the Anthropology Graduate Program must be made through the Graduate School; please do not send any application materials directly to the Anthropology Department.
Applications for the Fall 2024 term will be available in late October 2023.
Important Dates & Deadlines
Feb. 1: All application documents must be uploaded by 11:59 p.m. Applications received after the Feb. 1 deadline, or for alternative term admission will not be reviewed, except in extenuating circumstance and by special request from the faculty member the student intends to work with.
April 1: Applicants will be notified of their admission results no later than April 1.
Prior Coursework
The Master’s program has been designed for students who hold an undergraduate degree in anthropology or its equivalent in coursework.
If you do not have an undergraduate degree in anthropology, you may still apply but we will ask that you take some undergraduate courses to bring you up to speed in any subfield with which you are not yet familiar. Your chance of admission increases if you have already taken some or all of the remediating courses mentioned below, or courses like them, at another institution.
- Anth 304: Social Theory or Anth 305: Culture Theory
- Anth 350: Archaeological Method and Theory
- Anth 370: Paleoanthropology or Anth 372: Human Variability
Courses in related disciplines may also serve. For example, if you have a BS in Biology, we are unlikely to ask you to take background classes in Physical Anthropology, and if you have a BA in Sociology, we are unlikely to ask you to take background classes in Socio-Cultural Anthropology. We prefer that your background courses be at the 300 (junior) or 400 (senior) level.