Please review all college-wide degree requirements summarized in the "College of Arts and Sciences" chapter of this Graduate Bulletin.

The Department of Anthropology offers the Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Science (MS) degrees. Acceptance into the degree programs is based on a satisfactory Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) score (minimum 1000), an undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better, the applicant's statement of interest and career objectives, and three letters of recommendation.

For a course-type master's degree, students must complete a minimum of thirty-two (32) semester hours, of which at least twenty-one (21) hours must be taken on a letter-grade basis. Students also must write and defend a pre-doctoral paper in addition to meeting other college requirements. For a thesis-type master's degree, students must complete a minimum of thirty (30) semester hours, of which at least twenty-four (24) hours must be taken on a letter-grade basis. Students also must write and defend a master's thesis. Individual programs are planned by students and their adviser. For additional information, please refer to http://www.anthro.fsu.edu.

All candidates for the master's degree in anthropology must meet the same University-wide foreign language requirement as that described specifically for the Master of Arts (MA) degree at Florida State University. Students working toward the Master of Arts (MA) degree also must complete a University-wide humanities requirement. Both requirements are described in the "Graduate Degree Requirements" chapter of this Graduate Bulletin. For the Master of Science (MS) degree, the student must also satisfy the foreign language requirement but not the humanities requirement. Special regulations outlining the several programs offered are available from the Department of Anthropology. For additional information, please refer to http://www.anthro.fsu.edu.

Admission Requirements

Acceptance into the doctoral program directly from a bachelor's degree program is based on a satisfactory Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) score (combined score of 1200 on quantitative and verbal), an undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or better, a statement of interest and career objectives, and three letters of recommendation. Students with a master's degree from another institution who meet the University requirements (minimum combined score of 1000 on the quantitative and verbal sections of the GRE and a 3.0 GPA) also are welcome to apply.

Upon admission, the doctoral student's previous course work and experience will be evaluated by the departmental Graduate Affairs Committee. Recommendations will be made regarding major field area selections, elective course work and appropriate language proficiency.

Each student will declare a major field within anthropology: socio-cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, or archaeological anthropology.

Course Requirements

Please review all college-wide degree requirements summarized in the "College of Arts and Sciences" chapter of this Graduate Bulletin.

Students must complete twenty-four (24) semester hours of graded course work beyond the master's level and twenty-four (24) dissertation hours for a total of forty-eight (48) semester hours. Undergraduate students who enter the doctoral program directly will complete a course-type master's degree, which does not require a thesis or paper in lieu of thesis, but which requires completion of thirty-two (32) semester hours of course work, at least twenty-one (21) of which must be taken on a letter-grade basis. Distribution of the twenty-four (24) hours of course work is as follows: most of the hours will be taken in graded courses within the department, but up to six (6) hours of course work outside the Department of Anthropology may be applied to the twenty-four (24) hour requirement, subject to the student's committee and the graduate coordinator. No more than six (6) hours of graded Directed Individual Study (DIS) may be taken for credit.

Specific course requirements are as follows:

1. Students will be required to take core courses in the sub-fields of anthropology in their first year. These courses are as follows:

ANG 5117 Core Seminar in Archaeology (3)

ANG 5493 Core Seminar in Cultural Anthropology (3)

ANG 5513 Core Seminar in Physical Anthropology (3)

2. An advanced seminar at the 6000 level in the major field and a course in research methods, unless this has been completed at the Master's level

3. An advanced course in method and theory in each student's major area of study is highly recommended.

Additional Requirements

The doctoral studies committee will evaluate each student's language preparation and make recommendations regarding the appropriate level of language proficiency. Students must demonstrate reading competency of anthropological literature in at least one foreign language. Students will be required to pass the departmental comprehensive examination at the beginning of their third semester in the program. Each student must pass a qualifying examination or complete and defend a pre-doctoral paper before submitting a dissertation prospectus. Each student must have a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) and have satisfied the language requirement before taking the qualifying examinations or defending the pre-doctoral paper. Successful completion of the qualifying examination or defense of the pre-doctoral paper admits the student to candidacy for the doctoral degree.

A dissertation prospectus is due within six weeks of passing the qualifying examination. It is expected that the full dissertation committee will meet for the defense of the prospectus. The dissertation committee is composed of at least three eligible members of the Department of Anthropology faculty and one outside member of the Florida State University graduate faculty.

Dissertation credit hours are anticipated to include fieldwork, data collection and analysis, synthesis, and writing. An oral defense of the dissertation will be held by the dissertation committee and the candidate upon completion of the dissertation. The dissertation must be available to the committee members at least one month before the defense may be scheduled.

Sequenced Course of Study

Students entering the doctoral program with a bachelor's degree will be required to complete the hours required for a master's degree before they begin taking courses at the doctoral level. Full-time PhD students with master's degree in-hand will be expected to complete the required twenty-four (24) semester hours of course work during the first three to four (3-4) semesters. Because of the nature of anthropological fieldwork and its intimate relation to the dissertation, it is expected that the fieldwork and analysis portion of the dissertation hours (the first twelve [12] semester hours) will take up to one and one-half years following the qualifying examination. Dissertation writing (the last twelve [12] semester hours of dissertation credit) should be completed in another six months to one year. This sequence will allow a motivated student to progress through the program in a timely manner. Florida State University requires that the dissertation be completed within five years of admission to candidacy.

Florida State University offers an interdepartmental doctoral program in humanities. Some areas of anthropological interest (e.g., historical archaeology, religion, and literature) may be appropriate for this program. Students interested in this program should contact the Director of the Program in Humanities for further information.

ANG—Anthropology Graduate

ANG 5091. Seminar in Research Methods (3). This course will acquaint students with the elements of scientific research designs as used in anthropology including research designs, consideration of the variations for field work and for laboratory/library projects. It also will consider the format for the publication of results. Each of the elements of research design will be considered and a variety of readings will be utilized to understand the basic elements.

ANG 5110. Seminar in Archaeological Method and Theory (3). In-depth exploration of current theoretical and methodological topics in American archaeology. Aim is to develop a critical assessment and understanding of underlying principles and assumptions in the field of archaeology.

ANG 5115. Seminar in Archaeology (3). Seminar topics vary from semester to semester. Past topics have included paleodemography, quantitative methods, research design, and others.

ANG 5116. Regional Analysis in Archaeology (3). This is an advanced graduate-level seminar designed to explore archaeological approaches to modeling regional social processes. The course is restricted to graduate students who have had some training in archaeological methods and theory at the graduate level. The course considers theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches to understanding anthropological processes that are best studied with the region as the primary unit of analysis. The course also introduces students to classic and contemporary literature related to regional models in geography, anthropology and sociology, and assesses how those models have been applied in specific archaeological contexts. Students are required to gain hands-on experience conducting their own analysis of archaeological data at the regional level.

ANG 5117. Core Seminar in Archaeology (3). This course is designed to guide students to the essential works in archaeology of different parts of the world, whether they are classic readings or cutting-edge research.

ANG 5124. Archaeobotany (3). This course is an introduction to the study of humans' use of plants during prehistoric and historic times, focusing on techniques to recover, analyze and interpret plant remains from archaeological sites.

ANG 5129. Wetlands Archaeology (3). This course provides an introduction to wet site archaeology, incorporating an overview of wet sites, their geographic distribution, methods of excavation, conservation requirements, and the field's contribution to our understanding of the past.

ANG 5134. Nautical Archaeology of the Americas (3). Students will study human interaction with bodies of water, particularly in the maritime environment. Illustrated presentations, readings, and discussions will focus on a variety of cultures and watercraft built or used in the Americas.

ANG 5137. Nautical Archaeology: Global View (3). In this course, students will study human interaction with bodies of water, particularly in the maritime environment. Illustrated presentations, readings, and discussions will focus on a variety of cultures and watercraft from Asia, Australia, the Mediterranean and Europe.

ANG 5145. Origins of Complex Society (3). This course examines the evolution of ancient complex societies and theories of state origins using a comparative method involving ecological, economic and social approaches to investigate their origins, collapse and sustainability.

ANG 5155. Regional Archaeology: Southeast United States (3). Critical evaluation of special problems and processes of cultural evolution and adaptation in the southeast.

ANG 5163r. Regional Civilizations in Ancient Mesoamerica (3). Each topic focuses on a regional civilization of Mesoamerica (such as the Maya, Olmec, or Mixtec). Aspects of prehistoric society covered include subsistence systems, trade, social and political organizations, ideology, calendries and astronomy, language and writing, artifacts, architecture, sculpture and painting. Format is seminar with presentations, research reports, and discussion. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.

ANG 5172. Historic Archaeology (3). Serves as an introduction to the goals, methods, and theoretical base of this relatively new subfield of archaeology. Particular emphasis is placed on acculturation, ethnicity, archaeological methodology, and documentary research. Regional emphasis is North America and the Caribbean.

ANG 5194r. Analysis and Interpretation of Archaeological Research (3). Principles of analysis and interpretation. Bridges the gap between archaeological field data and activities that produced the data. May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours.

ANG 5196. Public Archaeology (3). This course outlines the historic development of public archaeology and cultural resource management. Techniques and approaches applying anthropological perspectives contributing to the development of public archaeology as a viable method of dealing with prehistoric and historic materials in the United States are stressed.

ANG 5240. Anthropology of Religion (3). This course addresses the cultural conceptions of supernatural reality, with emphasis on comparative understanding of myth and ritual, the religious experience, and religious evolution and revitalization movements.

ANG 5242. Symbol and Ritual (3). This course is an introduction to symbolic approaches in anthropology and the study of ritual. It critically analyzes conceptual mechanisms that anthropologists use in analyzing symbolic activity. Material comes from various parts of the world.

ANG 5246. Contemporary Folk Religion (3). Research and fieldwork among contemporary religious groups in the southern United States; attention to basic readings on anthropology of religion, religion of the South, and current religious movements. Prepares student in methods of data collection and interpretation.

ANG 5266. Economic Anthropology (3). This course is an introduction to the issues and literature of economic anthropology. This class explores exchange theory, gift and commodity distinctions, and the anthropological use of world-systems theory.

ANG 5275. Human Conflict: Theory and Resolution (3). This course provides an introduction to the nature and theories of human conflict from the interdisciplinary perspectives of biological and cultural anthropology, political economy, and the history of warfare. Particular emphasis is placed upon cross-cultural applications.

ANG 5309. Conquest of the Americas (3). This course examines the conquest of the Americas. It explores the arts of domination, power and resistance and specific historical encounters where such arts are employed.

ANG 5352. Peoples and Cultures of Africa (3). This course approaches the study of Africa through the reading and discussion of ethnographies of African life. While situating Africa within broad historical dynamics that shaped the continent, the course also focuses on particular economic, gender, medical, political, and ritual circumstances within which people lead their lives. Ultimately, the course explores African ethnography as a key source for current questions and debates within anthropology, African studies, and other disciplines interested in the analysis of human socio-cultural life.

ANG 5426. Kinship and Social Organization (3). This course reviews historical and contemporary anthropological approaches to the study of kinship and social organization by reading and discussing ethnographies of family, marriage, and society throughout the world. Topics include classic theories of descent and alliance, symbolic approaches to kinship and social organization, genetic definitions of human relations, and the impact of new reproductive technologies on definitions of family, bringing the vast ethnographic literature on kinship to bear upon ongoing debates about definitions of family and society.

ANG 5471. Technology and Social Change (3). This course introduces the student to anthropological approaches to the study of technology and examines the relationship between technology and social change throughout human prehistory and history. The course explores the systemic relationship between technological developments and economics, politics and social structure in both the past and present, using technology as a reference point for discussing important themes of anthropological and archaeological interest.

ANG 5478. Cultural Evolution (3). This course explores ethnographic and archaeological models to understand and explain the various forms of political and economic organizations exhibited by human societies.

ANG 5491r. Seminar in Social Anthropology (3). May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours within the same term.

ANG 5493. Core Seminar in Cultural Anthropology (3). This course introduces students to the body of literature in cultural anthropology, including the corpus of knowledge, the basic concepts, major scholars, and the debates over current issues in the profession.

ANG 5511r. Seminar in Physical Anthropology (3). May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours within the same term.

ANG 5513. Core Seminar in Physical Anthropology (3). This course is a fundamental guide to the nature and progress of physical and biological anthropology, and will present the primary topics. It will include both historic and modern perspectives.

ANG 5580. Biocultural Adaptation and Paleodemography (3). Focuses on the methods and strategies of biocultural and paleodemographic analysis. While it uses substantial bodies of archaeological data, the course is primarily a physical anthropology class. Course stresses the identification of appropriate data sets and methods.

ANG 5581. Method and Theory in Human Biology (3). This course provides an overview of current methods and theory in human biology research with emphasis on adaptation, variation, and biocultural interactions in living human populations. This course also trains students in field methods for assessment of nutrition, growth and development, stress, and health, providing training in systematic ethnographic methods and modeling biocultural interactions.

ANG 5611. Linguistic Prehistory (3). This course provides an introduction to underlying concepts and methodology of cross-disciplinary studies that use linguistic data in the investigation of prehistory. Selected case studies convey some of the results of such research.

ANG 5641. Ethnopoetics (3). Ethnopoetics uses linguistic patterns to trace the formal structures of texts. Topics addressed in this course include oral poetry, anthropological linguistics, linguistic relativity, ethnopoetic and discourse analyses, speech genres, linguistic transcription and performance, symbolism, ethnomusicology, writing and ethnography.

ANG 5675. Core Seminar in Linguistic Anthropology (3). This course offers a broad survey of anthropological linguistics, from the origin and characteristics of human language and its relation to the other animal communication systems, to language structure and its description, principles of linguistic fieldwork, and historical/comparative linguistics. Other topics covered include the following: the interaction of language and culture; sociolinguistics; the ethnography of communication; ethnoscience; language acquisition; language policy and bilingual education; and linguistic prehistory.

ANG 5677r. Seminar in Linguistic Anthropology (3). Topics offered will include strong methodological and theoretical components, combined with in-depth coverage of an area or thematic subject. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours within the same term.

ANG 5737. Medical Anthropology (3). This course examines health and healing in a cross-cultural and evolutionary perspective and investigates the biocultural basis of nutrition, reproduction, and health; biomedicine and other healing systems; and the role of anthropology in global public health.

ANG 5801. Field Methods in Cultural Anthropology (3). Course covers the methods and theories associated with cultural anthropological field work, from research design and project preparation to the presentation of reports based on research. Includes supervised field work projects.

ANG 5824r. Anthropological Fieldwork: Archaeology (1–9). Use of methodology learned in seminars. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.

ANG 5905r. Directed Individual Study (1–3). (S/U grade only.) May be repeated to a maximum of twelve (12) semester hours within the same term.

ANG 5906r. Directed Individual Study (1–3). May be repeated to a maximum of three (3) semester hours within the same term.

ANG 5910r. Supervised Research (1–3). (S/U grade only.) May be repeated to a maximum of three (3) semester hours.

ANG 5940r. Supervised Teaching (1–3). (S/U grade only.) May be repeated to a maximum of three (3) semester hours.

ANG 5942r. Internship in Museum Studies (3–9). Internships in collaborating museums and curatorial institutions provide students with a variety of professional work experiences, under the supervision of the student's academic adviser and a collaborating museum professional. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours within the same term.

ANG 5971r. Master's Thesis (1–6). (S/U grade only.) Six (6) semester hours credit required.

ANG 5976r. Master's Thesis Defense (0). (P/F grade only.)

ANG 6484. Cultural Analysis (3). Cultural analysis describes an empirical approach to human behavior that recognizes culture as an organizing principle in all dimensions of human social life, from economic and political pursuits to gender, health, ritual, and reproduction. This course examines the place of culture in such anthropological schools as structural-functionalism, transactionalism, structuralism, symbolic anthropology, and practice theory, as well as in such alternative approaches as cultural materialism and evolutionary psychology.

ANG 6907r. Directed Independent Study (1–3). May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours within the same term.

ANG 6908r. Directed Independent Study (1–3). May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours within the same term.

ANG 6930r. Advanced Seminar in Anthropology (3). Topics vary. May be repeated to a maximum of twenty-four (24) semester hours within the same term.

ANG 6980r. Dissertation (1–12). May be repeated to a maximum of twelve (12) semester hours within the same term.

ANG 8964. Doctoral Qualifying Examination (0). (P/F grade only.)

ANG 8966r. Master's Comprehensive Examination (0). (P/F grade only.)

ANG 8985. Defense of Dissertation (0). (P/F grade only.)