Cultural Track Requirements
Cultural Track Requirements
Requirements
Requirements
Students are expected to have Advanced to Candidacy by the end of their third year. In order to advance to candidacy in Cultural Anthropology, students must complete:
Graduate Core Courses – ANTH 200A (Fall) and ANTH 200B (Winter) – in the first year. Note: Incompletes are not allowed in the Core Courses.
Ethnographic writing requirement (ANTH 208A or pre-approved independent research project)
Three additional substantive graduate-level seminars in Anthropology. Grant Writing (ANTH 228), Colloquia (ANTH 292), Independent Study (ANTH 297/299), and tutorials do not count toward this requirement.
Survey of Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 252) is recommended if the student does not have an undergraduate or Masters background in anthropology.
Language requirement
Pass the Qualifying Exam
Ethnographic Writing Requirement
Ethnographic Writing Requirement
This requirement may be completed by passing Ethnographic Practice (ANTH 208A) or through an independent research project in which the student engages in research based on participant observation or other ethnographic methodology, and in which the student adequately translates that research experience into a written text.
For details on these requirements, including which courses count toward which requirements, consult your advisor and/or the General Catalog. Please note that the UCSC Catalog is the reference of record for all program requirements.
First-Year Checklist
First-Year Checklist
Fall Quarter
☐ Core Course (ANTH 200A)
☐ Graduate Seminar, preferably in the department; or Language course (consult with your first-year advisor)
☐ Colloquium and Ethnographic Engagements (ANTH 292)
☐ Begin to explore options for Preliminary Committee (your first-year advisor and one other faculty member)
Winter Quarter
☐ Core Course (ANTH 200B)
☐ Colloquium and Ethnographic Engagements (ANTH 292)
☐ Graduate Seminar or Language course (consult with your first-year advisor)
☐ If you do not have a BA in Anthropology, Survey of Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 252)
☐ Apply for FLAS (Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship)
☐ Continue to explore options for Preliminary Committee (your first-year advisor and one other faculty member)
Spring Quarter
☐ Ethnographic Practice (ANTH 208A) or otherwise complete Ethnographic Writing Requirement in consultation with your first-year advisor and department approval
☐ Colloquium and Ethnographic Engagements (ANTH 292)
☐ Graduate Seminar or Language course (consult with your first-year advisor)
☐ Apply for Summer Travel Funds
☐ Submit request for TAships to department and outside departments
☐ Submit a portfolio of first-year work to Preliminary Committee and schedule First-Year Review
☐ Select faculty advisor (this will be your advisor throughout your graduate career; however, you are allowed to change advisors)
Second-Year Checklist
Second-Year Checklist
☐ Write up reflective paper on summer fieldwork
☐ Complete graduate-level seminars
☐ Continue to attend the Cultural Colloquium and Ethnographic Engagements
☐ Complete Grant Writing (ANTH 228) in Fall
☐ Complete Constructing Regions (ANTH 229) in Winter
☐ Begin to develop Regional/Area Statement for Qualifying Exam
☐ Complete Second-Year Review Form
Develop QE committee
Begin QE statements
Make progress on language requirement
☐ Be enrolled in at least 10 units each quarter (speak to faculty advisor regarding which courses are best suited for your dissertation/academic objectives)
May enroll in elective seminars
May enroll in Independent Study courses
Third-Year Checklist
Third-Year Checklist
☐ Complete graduate-level seminars
☐ Continue to attend Cultural Colloquium and Ethnographic Engagements
☐ Complete QEs: prospectus due in Fall, topical statement due in Winter; defense in Spring
☐ Be enrolled in at least 10 units each quarter (speak to faculty advisor regarding which courses are best suited for your dissertation/academic objectives)
May enroll in elective seminars
May enroll in Independent Study courses
Post-QE (Fourth Year and beyond)
Post-QE (Fourth Year and beyond)
☐ Be enrolled in at least 5 units per quarter - ANTH 299A
Archaeology Track Requirements
Archaeology Track Requirements
Requirements
Requirements
Students are expected to pass a first-year review and have advanced to Ph.D. candidacy by the end of their third year. In order to advance to candidacy in archaeology, students must complete:
Two core theory courses (270A & 270B) in the first year of the program
Two research methods/laboratory courses (Students may substitute courses in another department, laboratory or field research tutorial, or participation in an accredited field school, with advisor approval)
Two courses on the Archaeology of a Geographical, Temporal, or Topical Area (Student may substitute courses in another department with advisor approval; ANTH 292 [Constructing Regions] also counts toward this requirement)
Two additional graduate seminars in Archaeology (Students may substitute a graduate seminar in cultural or biological anthropology or in another department with advisor approval. Tutorials that are taught in conjunction with undergraduate courses do not count toward this requirement.)
One Course in Grant Writing or Research Design (ANTH 228 or 272)
Quantitative Methods Requirement
Two laboratory apprenticeships (ANTH 298)
Language requirement
Pass Qualifying exam
Quantitative Methods Requirement
Quantitative Methods Requirement
Students in the Archaeology PhD track must demonstrate competency in statistical or computational analysis techniques appropriate to their specific dissertation research projects and professional goals. Plans for gaining and demonstrating this competency should be developed as part of the first year review for each student, in consultation with their advisor and first year committee and with the approval of the department. This competency must be demonstrated and approved by the department prior to taking the qualifying exam and advancing to candidacy.
For details on these requirements, including which courses count toward which requirements, consult your advisor and/or the General Catalog. Please note that the UCSC Catalog is the reference of record for all program requirements.
Funding
Funding
Apply for FLAS (Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship)
Apply for Summer Research Funds
Apply for extramural funds (in consultation with your advisor)
Submit request for TAships to department and Division of Graduate Studies (for TAships outside of the department)
First-Year Checklist
First-Year Checklist
☐ Prepare Ford Foundation application (Fall)
☐ ANTH 270A (Fall)
☐ ANTH 270B (Winter)
☐ Complete first-year review (Spring)
Determine quantitative methods requirement
Determine langiage requirement
☐ Prepare bibliography (~50 references) for first (theory, methods, or area) QE statement over summer
Second-Year Checklist
Second-Year Checklist
☐ Prepare NSF GRFP and/or Ford Foundation application (Fall)
☐ Submit QE statement bibliography to advisors (Fall)
☐ Complete first QE statement using bibliography (Fall)
☐ Prepare bibliography for second QE statement by Winter Quarter
☐ Develop second QE Statement (due Spring)
☐ Prepare bibliography for third QE statement over summer
☐ Begin language requirement
Third-Year Checklist
Third-Year Checklist
☐ Develop third QE statement (Fall)
☐ Take ANTH 272 (Advanced Archaeological Research Design) and develop QE prospectus and dissertation grant proposals (Fall)
☐ Complete language requirement
☐ Finalize QE statements and prospectus (Winter)
☐ QE defense (Spring)
Biological Track Requirements
Biological Track Requirements
Requirements
Requirements
Students are expected to pass a first-year review and have advanced to Ph.D. candidacy by the end of their third year. In order to advance to candidacy in biological anthropology, students must complete:
295A: Scientific Method (Fall or Winter of first year)
Ecology and Evolutionary Theory Requirement
One Advanced Anthropological Methods and Research Course (completed during first year)
One Additional Advanced Methods and Research Course (Must be completed by the end of the second year. Student may substitute a course in another department with advisor approval).
One Graduate Seminar in Archaeology or Cultural Anthropology (Tutorials that are taught in conjunction with undergraduate courses do not count toward this requirement. Must be completed by the end of the second year.)
Quantitative or Computational Requirement
Up to nine Quarters of Advanced Reading in Biological Anthropology (ANTH 294R). (Students are expected to enroll in ANTH 294R every quarter prior to advancing to candidacy.)
Two Laboratory Apprenticeships (ANTH 298 or its equivalent in another department)
Six Quarters of Methods in Biological Anthropology (ANTH 216; Students are expected to enroll in ANTH 216 in every quarter prior to advancing to candidacy starting their second year.)
Nine Quarters of Seminar Series (Students are required to attend at least 8 talks per quarter in the Cultural Colloquia, Ethnographic Engagements, Arch-BioAnth Lunch Series, EEB Seminar Series, or EPS Seminar Series.)
Comprehensive Exam
Two Quarters as Teaching Assistant
Presentation of a Seminar on Proposed Research
Complete the Language Requirement
Pass the Qualifying Exam
Ecology and Evolutionary Theory Requirement
Ecology and Evolutionary Theory Requirement
Students in the biological anthropology Ph.D. track must demonstrate competency in ecology and evolutionary theory appropriate to their specific dissertation research projects and professional goals. Plans for gaining and demonstrating this competency should be developed during the first quarter in the program, in consultation with their advisor. This competency must be demonstrated and approved by the department by the end of the first year.
Advanced Anthropological Methods and Research Course Requirement
Advanced Anthropological Methods and Research Course Requirement
Students in the biological anthropology Ph.D. track must demonstrate competency in advanced methods in human skeletal biology, forensics and bioarchaeology, molecular analysis (genetics), or stable isotope analysis. Plans for gaining and demonstrating this competency should be developed during the first quarter in the program, in consultation with their adviser. This competency must be demonstrated and approved by the department by the end of the first year.
Quantitative or Computational Requirement
Quantitative or Computational Requirement
Students in the biological anthropology Ph.D. track must demonstrate competency in statistical or computational analysis techniques appropriate to their specific dissertation research projects and professional goals. Plans for gaining and demonstrating this competency should be developed as part of the first year review for each student, in consultation with their advisor and first-year committee and with the approval of the department. This competency must be demonstrated and approved by the department prior to taking the qualifying exam and advancing to candidacy.
Comprehensive Exam
Comprehensive Exam
This must be completed prior to the end of the second year. Students must demonstrate knowledge in Ecological and Evolutionary Theory, expertise in at least two subfields of Biological Anthropology, and sufficient background in either Archaeology or Cultural Anthropology, especially Medical or Environmental Anthropology. The exam format is a written essay and a two-hour oral exam.
Students may satisfy both the oral and written requirement with a manuscript (worthy of submission to a professional journal) based on a research project undertaken in the second year with adviser approval. They have to be first author of this manuscript in order to satisfy the requirement.
For details on these requirements, including which courses count toward which requirements, consult your advisor and/or the General Catalog. Please note that the UCSC Catalog is the reference of record for all program requirements.
First-Year Checklist
First-Year Checklist
☐ ANTH 295A: Scientific Method (Fall)
☐ BIOE 279: Evolutionary Ecology (Winter)
☐ ANTH 294R: Readings in Advanced Biological Anthropology (every quarter)
☐ One course for Methods and Research Requirement
☐ First-Year Review
Second-Year Checklist
Second-Year Checklist
☐ Final course for Methods and Research Requirement
☐ Archaeology or Cultural Anthropology Graduate Seminar
☐ ANTH 294R: Readings in Advanced Biological Anthropology (every quarter)
☐ ANTH 216: Methods in Biological Anthropology (every quarter)
☐ Begin Language Requirement
☐ Second-Year Review
☐ Comprehensive Exam
Third-Year Checklist
Third-Year Checklist
☐ Quantitative Requirement
☐ Lab Apprenticeship Requirement
☐ ANTH 294R: Readings in Advanced Biological Anthropology (every quarter)
☐ ANTH 216: Methods in Biological Anthropology (every quarter)
☐ Present on proposed research
☐ Complete Language Requirement
☐ Complete TAship Requirement
☐ Qualifying Exam
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