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Required Courses (Department)

Credit Hours M. A. Ph.D. (from M.A. ) Ph. D. (from B.A.)
ANTH 701-2 Social Theory & Ethnog 6 6 6
ANTH 703-4 Evolution/Ecology 6 6 6
ANTH 817 Teaching Anthropology 3 3 3
Total Credit Hours 15 15 15

Required Courses (Program)

Credit Hours M. A. Ph.D. (from M.A.) Ph. D.(from B.A.)
ANTH XXX Archaeology course in area of interest 3 0-3* 3
ANTH 451 Field School in Arch.
(or approved equivalent)
6 6** 6
ANTH 222 Res. Meth. in Arch. 3 3*** 3***
ANTH 898 Archaeological Theory 3 3 3
Total Credit Hours 15 12-15 15

Recommended 100-Level Courses

Credit Hours M. A. Ph.D.(from M.A. Ph. D.(from B.A.)
ANTH 100 Old World Prehistory
ANTH 101 Archaeology of the Far East
ANTH 412 Human Origins
ANTH 414 Human Osteology
ANTH 317 Evolutionary Perspectives
ANTH 127 Arch. of Mexico & Central Amer.
ANTH 230 Native North Americans
ANTH 231 Archaeology of South America
ANTH 459 Ecological Anthropology
ANTH 450 Archaeology of North American Indians
ANTH 455 Methodologies in Ethnohistory
ANTH 468 Emergence of the State
Student chooses appropriate number of courses from this group in consultation with committee.
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS 3 3-6**** 6

Recommended 200-Level Courses

Credit Hours M. A. Ph.D. (from M.A. Ph. D. (from B.A.)
ANTH 710 Writing & Publishing in Anthropology
ANTH 724 Seminar in Anthropology & Cybernetics
ANTH 726 Quant. Methods in Archaeology
ANTH 760 Seminar in Evolutionary Ecology
ANTH 766 Seminar in Ethnobotany
Student chooses appropriate number of courses from this group in consultation with committee.
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS 3 3 6

 

Credit Hours M. A. Ph.D. (from M.A. Ph. D. (from B.A.)
Courses in Sociocultural and Physical Anthropology
as Recommended by Committee
3-6 3-6 6-9
Courses Outside the Department as Recommended by Committee 3-6 3-6 6-9
Total Credit Hours, excluding Language/Skills Courses and Thesis/Dissertation Hours 42-48 42-48 54-60

NOTES:
* To be taken by Ph.D. students unless already taken at M.A. level.
** UNC field school (if offered) usually required of students specializing in Southeastern Archaeology.
*** Ph.D. students in Southeastern Archaeology may be expected to take this seminar more than once.
**** Two courses required if area course is not taken at UNC.
(Two sample curricula are given on the following pages)

Sample Curriculum for Ph.D. (from B.A.) Student with Interest in Southeastern Archaeology and Ethnohistory

First Year Credit Hours

Fall:

Anth 701 Social Theory & Ethnogragphy I 3
Anth 703 Evolution/Ecology 3
Anth 450 Arch. of North America 3

Spring:

Anth 702 Social Theory & Ethnog. II 3
Anth 704 Evolution/Ecology II 3
Anth 222 Research Methods in Archchaeology 3

Summer:

Anth 451 Field School in Arch. 6 6
Second Year

Fall:

Anth 455 Methods in Ethnohistory 3
Anth 136 Kinship and Social Org. 3
Anth 726 Quant. Meths. in Arch. 3

Spring:

Anth 127 Archaeology of Mexico & Central Amer. 3
Anth 766 Seminar in Ethnobotany 3
Anth 485 Intro. to Folklore 3

Summer:

Anth Dissertation Fieldwork 3
Third Year

Fall:

Anth 817 Teaching Anthropology 3
Anth 254 Hist. Geog. of U.S. 3
Language/Skill Course 3

Spring:

GEOG 150 Population Geography 3
Anth 898 Archaeological Theory 3
Language/Skill Course 3

Summer:

Dissertation Fieldwork/Writing 3
Fourth Year

Fall:

Anth Doctoral Dissertation 3

Spring:

Anth Doctoral Dissertation 3
Total Credit Hours 66

Sample Curriculum for Ph.D. (from M.A.) Student with Interest in Old World Archaeology and Cultural Ecology

First Year

Fall:

ANTH 701 Social Theory & Ethnog. I 3
ANTH 703 Evolution/Ecology I 3
ANTH 100 Old World Prehistory 3

Spring:

ANTH 702 Social Theory & Ethnog. II 3
ANTH 704 Evolution/Ecology II 3
ANTH 222 Research Meths. in Arch. 3

Summer:

ANTH 451 Field School in Arch. 6
(or equivalent)
3
Second Year

Fall:

ANTH 459 Environmental Anth. 3
ANTH 317 Evolutionary Perspectives 3
ANTH 412 Human Origins 3

Spring:

ANTH 724 Sem. in Anth. and Cyber. 3
ANTH 760 Sem. in Evo. Ecology 3
ANTH 898 Archaeological Theory 3

Summer:

Dissertation Fieldwork 3
Third Year

Fall:

ANTH 817 Teaching Anthropology 3
BIOL 185 Population Ecology 3
Language/Skill Course 3

Spring:

ANTH 994 Doctoral Dissertation 3
Total Credit Hours 54