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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.