Northwestern University The Graduate School 20 courses
The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School Policy Guide. The Department of Anthropology is devoted to the preparation of professional anthropologists. Only students who intend to pursue the PhD are accepted into the program. The MA in Anthropology is an intermediate degree granted upon application to students who fulfill second-year department requirements. The Department of Anthropology’s core requirements for all PhD students include:
Course Requirements
Course Requirements
Subfield specific methods course (1 unit)
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTHRO 519-0 | Responsible Conduct of Research Training | 0 |
Cultural Anthropology
ANTHRO 460 "Ethnographic Methods"
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTHRO 361-0 | Talk as Social Action | 1 |
Cultural Anthropology
ANTHRO 462 “Ethnographic Writing”
Linguistic Anthropology
ANTHRO 460 “Ethnographic Methods”
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTHRO 361-0 | Talk as Social Action | 1 |
Linguistic Anthropology
ANTHRO 462 “Ethnographic Writing”
Archaeology
In addition to the core requirements Archaeology, Anthropology students are required to complete the following:
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTHRO 490-0 | Topics in Anthropology | 1 |
| ANTHRO 431-0 | Writing for Impact in the Social Sciences | 1 |
| ANTHRO 432-0 | Advanced research design and proposal writing | 1 |
Biological Anthropology
In addition to the core requirements, Biological Anthropology students are required to complete the following:
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTHRO 425-0 | Human Population Biology | 1 |
| ANTHRO 486-0 | Evolution & Biological Anthropology | 1 |
| ANTHRO 426-0 | Primate Diversity | 1 |
Biological Anthropology
At least one quarter of any statistics course at NU (course determined at the discretion of students & advisor)
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTHRO 431-0 | Writing for Impact in the Social Sciences | 1 |
| ANTHRO 432-0 | Advanced research design and proposal writing | 1 |
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