The Ph.D. in Anthropology at CSU supports advanced coursework and research with a focus on place, space, and adaptation. Students achieve this perspective on the discipline by engaging with a curriculum infused with geographic methods and approaches. This program provides students with the skills and expertise to address research questions that 1) sit at the intersection of anthropology and geography; 2) apply geographic methods to anthropological questions; and 3) critically evaluate the impact of place and space on human/ecosystem adaptation.
Effective Fall 2017
Code | Title | Credits |
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Core Courses | ||
ANTH 500 | Development of Anthropological Theory | 3 |
ANTH 692 | Seminar | 3 |
Method Courses – 9 credits total | ||
Select at least 3 credits in ANTH method courses: | 3-6 | |
Human Osteology | ||
Approaches to Community-Based Development | ||
Method in Cultural Anthropology | ||
Ethnographic Field School | ||
Ethnographic Field Methods | ||
Cultures of Virtual Worlds–Research Methods | ||
Community Development from the Ground Up | ||
Zooarchaeology | ||
Methods of Analysis in Paleoanthropology | ||
Human-Environment Interactions | ||
Seminar in Archaeological Method | ||
Foundations of Ethnographic Research | ||
From Death to Discovery | ||
Global Mental Health--Theory and Method | ||
Ecological and Social Agent-based Modeling | ||
Field Methods Training in Online Environments | ||
Paleoclimate and Human Evolution | ||
Field Archaeology | ||
Practicum-Field Archaeology | ||
Select at least 3 credits in GR method courses: | 3-6 | |
GIS for Social Scientists | ||
Spatial Analysis with GIS | ||
Land Change Science and Remote Sensing | ||
Land Change Science Lab | ||
Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | ||
Theory/Topical electives – 15 credits total (Select at least 3 credits from each of the four categories below – these can be fulfilled at the Master's level) | ||
Depending on specific content covered, the following courses could satisfy any of the 3 anthropology (ANTH) sub-disciplines below: | ||
Supervised College Teaching | ||
Seminar | ||
Special Topics in Anthropology | ||
Independent Study | ||
Archaeology courses: | 3-6 | |
Seminar in Archaeological Theory | ||
Regional Prehistory: Great Plains | ||
Regional Prehistory: Great Basin | ||
Regional Prehistory: Southwestern | ||
Historical Archaeology | ||
Archaeology of Complex Societies | ||
Paleoindian Archaeology | ||
Field Archaeology | ||
Practicum-Field Archaeology | ||
Biological Anthropology courses: | 3-6 | |
Medical Anthropology | ||
Contemporary Issues-Biological Anthropology | ||
Anthropology and Global Health | ||
Human Origins | ||
Cultural Anthropology courses: | 3-6 | |
Culture and Environment | ||
Women, Health, and Culture | ||
Gender, Sexuality, and Culture | ||
Economic Anthropology | ||
Anthropology and Sustainable Development | ||
The Culture of Disaster | ||
Globalization and Culture Change | ||
Culture, Mind, and Cognitive Science | ||
Mind, Medicine, and Culture | ||
Applications of International Development | ||
Geography courses: | 3-6 | |
Climate Change: Science, Policy, Implications | ||
The Geography of Commodities | ||
Forest Biogeography and Climate Change | ||
Special Topics in Geography | ||
Dissertation | ||
ANTH 799 | Dissertation | 3-12 |
Outside Department Elective (Select at least 3 credits from subject code other than ANTH or GR) | 3 | |
Additional Credits: | 3-6 | |
Supervised College Teaching | ||
Seminar | ||
Special Topics in Anthropology | ||
Independent Study | ||
Electives | ||
Master's Degree Credit (a maximum of 30 credits may be accepted from a master's degree) | 30 | |
Program Total Credits: | 72 |
A minimum of 72 credits are required to complete this program.
Most students entering the Ph.D. program in anthropology will bring in 30 credits from a Master's program in a related field. The above curriculum represents a total of 42 credits beyond the Master's level. If a prospective student has less than 30 credits toward the program, an individualized curriculum plan will be developed by working with primary advisor that will cover possible anthropology deficiencies.