University at Buffalo:
The minimum GPA for admission to the PhD program in Anthropology is 3.2.
The minimum GPA for admission to the MA program in Anthropology is 3.0.
The department has no set GRE score minimum, but expects students to present strong scores for admission to both the MA and PhD programs in Anthropology.
University of Pennsylvania:
GRE scores are optional for all applicants.
Anthropology
College description: The university will discuss the place of archaeology in the broader field of anthropology and debate issues facing the discipline today. The course will rely on case studies from around the world and from many different time periods to introduce students to the research process, field and lab methods, and essential questions of archaeological anthropology.The course includes sections on the ethnographic research method and on the library of ethnographic material relating to cultural change in different parts of the world that anthropology has produced since the 19th century.Applicant will also have the opportunity, during recitations, to conduct hands-on exercises collecting and analyzing behavioral, morphological, and genetic data on both humans and nonhuman primates and working with the Anthropology extensive collection of fossil casts.ANTH 100 Topics In Anthropology and the Modern World.This course will involve the analysis of hominid fossil casts and human skeletal material from the Penn Museum Physical Anthropology section.As a result, they provide a useful framework to investigate a classic problem in anthropology, the intersection between biology and culture. This class investigates the senses as cultural and historical phenomena, drawing on readings from a range of disciplines, including anthropology, history, psychology, musicology, and cultural studies.This course examines the distribution of water resources throughout the Middle East and the archaeology and anthropology of water exploitation and management over the last 9000 years, looking at continuities and changes through time.
The application system will close at midnight E.S.T. on December 15.
Any technical issues with the CollegeNet application should be addressed to Technical Support on the CollegeNet application system and not with the Graduate Anthropology Department.
Three letters of recommendation
A personal statement
See the Resume/CV section for instructions.
GRE scores are optional for all applicants. If a student chooses to submit GRE scores, they will be considered as part of the application package. There is no minimum GRE or TOEFL score requirement. Please arrange to take their exam by a date that will guarantee that their scores will be forwarded to the University of Pennsylvania by the December 15th deadline.
TOEFL Exam scores are required for all international applicants. There is no minimum TOEFL score requirment. The TOEFL is not required if applicant are currently enrolled in or have already graduated from another graduate program in the United States.
The SAS Application Waiver must be requested and cannnot be guaranteed for international applicants.
Graduate Admissions
College description: The MA degree program includes 30 credit hours of Anthropology coursework, completion of first-year student requirements and a master’s project paper.Graduate students must abide by the rules as they existed in the year of their admission. See the Department’s Graduate Coordinator in 380 Academic Center to obtain a copy of previous handbooks.Students may be admitted into an MA-only track or directly to the PhD program, depending upon interests and qualifications. If applicant intend to get a PhD in Anthropology the university encourage applicant to apply directly to the PhD program.The Anthropology M.A., Medical Anthropology concentration consists of 30 credit hours, most of these taken in formal courses, a research project and a research paper or thesis based on that project.Students take courses in a required core , a Medical Anthropology core , and electives offered within the Anthropology. Only six credits from non-anthropology courses may be counted toward the MA degree.The Medical Anthropology track does not require a qualifying exam, but each student will undertake an approved research project developed in consultation with the adviser. The research paper or thesis must be approved by the adviser and one other member of the Anthropology.Students in the Medical Anthropology concentration may PhD program in Anthropology and will be subject to the same admissions criteria and procedures as other PhD program applicants.Up to 6 credits may be taken from outside of APY with prior approval.
The minimum GPA for admission to the PhD program in Anthropology is 3.2.
The minimum GPA for admission to the MA program in Anthropology is 3.0.
Schomburg Fellowship applicants must submit a statement within the completed application by December 15.
Use the link to access the university online application system. Once created, applicant will be promoted to choose an application, select their term year and program. Please read the directions on their College of Arts and Sciences application carefully Returning users can use this link to log in to their existing application
Submit a Master's application for formal review to a department in the College of Arts and Sciences
Information about fee waiver eligiblity is supplied upon submission of their application.
These documents are submitted after applicant have completed their online application.
Statement of Purpose Generally, successful applicants have a strong background in either a geographic, cultural region and/or a particular topical or theoretical interest in anthropology.
The department has no set GRE score minimum, but expects students to present strong scores for admission to both the MA and PhD programs in Anthropology.
Test of English as a Foreign Language Results
If their request for non-matriculated status is approved by the department then applicant may submit the online application. There is a $35 application fee that may be paid online using a credit card through the UB e-Pay system.
See the Pay the Application Fee section on this page for details.
Ph.D. Program in Anthropology
College description: The primary educational mission of the Anthropology is teaching, research, and professional service to impart the critical importance of understanding the human condition and its relevancy to an increasingly diverse world. To accomplish this task, the Anthropology provides a curriculum that will help students understand and appreciate the range of human cultures as well as the significance of biological evolution of the human condition.A wonderful talk coming up by one of the university fab grad students! #griztagram #universityofmontana #Anthropology #gradstudent #womanshistory #historicalarchaeology #historicalarchitecture #womensvoices #archaeology #missoula #montana.Some of the university amazing graduate students presenting in GradCon today!Like other areas of anthropology, archaeologists are concerned with explaining differences and similarities in human societies across space and time.
There is no minimum GRE score, and GRE scores are only one measure used to assess an applicant's suitability for the program.
Applicants to the Ph.D. program should include a significant writing sample as part of their application.
Students initially accepted into the M.A. program can continue into the Ph.D. program, but they must complete the M.A. degree prior to continuing; those students must also apply for the Ph.D. program during the regular application cycle
Vanderbilt Sociology
College description: Anthropology is a holistic discipline, centered on the study of human cultures. Using methods from both the sciences and the humanities, anthropology helps us to understand the world around us.The discipline of Anthropology includes four major sub-fields: Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, and Linguistics.Social and Cultural Anthropology is the study of contemporary societies, their social organization, ideologies, beliefs, and practices. Classes at Vanderbilt introduce students to the anthropology of North, Central, and South America. They address a broad variety of topics, including medical anthropology the anthropology of religion activism gender cognitive anthropology and globalization, from various theoretical perspectives.As a subdiscipline of anthropology, archaeology is both a set of investigative methods and an ever-changing body of knowledge and theory human socio-cultural diversity and change.Biological anthropology focuses on biological and biocultural aspects of human experiences. Dr. Jada Benn Torres is a bioanthropologist with a focus in Genetic Anthropology, a sub-discipline within Biological Anthropology borrows the tools and techniques of molecular genetics to address anthropological questions.In Vanderbilt anthropology program, Senior Lecturer Mareike Sattler focuses on modern Mayan languages. The University offers courses in linguistic anthropology and Mayan languages.As a holistic field, Vanderbilt Anthropology also benefits from its association with interdisciplinary centers including the Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies, and the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the Center for Digital Humanities.
The Vanderbilt University does not have a minimum GRE score for admission.
A One Year MBA Program
Applicant need to take the GMAT or the GRE to be accepted into the Bridge Program. There is no minimum GMAT or GRE requirement.
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