This is an archived copy of the 2020-2021 catalog. To access the most recent version of the catalog, please visit http://catalog.ufl.edu.
Program Information
The department of Anthropology offers graduate work leading to the Master of Arts (thesis or non-thesis option) and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Requirements for these degrees are given in the General Information section of this catalog. For more information, visit the departmental website: http://anthro.ufl.edu. Graduate training is offered in cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, and linguistic anthropology.
Each graduate student should specify a major field of study among the four fields of anthropology. In addition, each must choose one of three tracks: the specialized track in which a student focuses on one field of anthropology, the multifield track in which a student combines two fields, or the interdisciplinary track in which a student adds study in a second discipline to anthropology. Knowledge of a foreign language or of statistics may be required by the student’s supervisory committee.
The department generally requires applicants to have acceptable scores on the GRE (verbal and quantitative portions) and a 3.5 overall grade point average based on a 4.0 system. Previous work in anthropology is an asset but not a strict requirement for admission. Potential applicants are urged to visit the website to familiarize themselves with the specializations of our faculty and to indicate in their application those faculty with whom they might work. Barring special circumstances, the Department restricts admission to applicants interested in earning a Ph.D. Entering students who have earned a master’s degree in anthropology may apply for direct admission to the doctoral program. Students who enter without an M.A. in anthropology will generally work for their M.A. on the way to the Ph.D. This requires either a formally-defended thesis or written comprehensive exams combined with a publishable paper or research report. With their adviser’s permission, they may opt to bypass the M.A, although this is not recommended.
Students enrolled in the M.A. program who wish to continue their studies for a Ph.D. must apply to the Department for certification.
New students are admitted into the graduate program only in the fall of each academic year. The deadline for receiving completed applications for admission into the graduate program is December 15 of the previous year.
Degrees Offered with a Major in Anthropology
- Doctor of Philosophy
- without a concentration
- concentration in Clinical and Translational Science
- concentration in Historic Preservation
- concentration in Tropical Conservation and Development
- concentration in Women's/Gender Studies
- Master of Arts
- without a concentration
- concentration in Historic Preservation
- concentration in Tropical Conservation and Development
- Master of Arts in Teaching
- without a concentration
- concentration in Tropical Conservation and Development
Requirements for these degrees are given in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.
Anthropology Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANG 5012 | Fantastic Anthropology and Fringe Science | 3 |
| ANG 5085 | 3 | |
| ANG 5126 | Zooarcheology | 3 |
| ANG 5162 | 3 | |
| ANG 5164 | The Inca and Their Ancestors | 3 |
| ANG 5172 | Historical Archeology | 3 |
| ANG 5184 | Principles of Archaeology | 3 |
| ANG 5265 | Methods in Ethnoecology | 3 |
| ANG 5266 | Economic Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 5303 | Women and Development | 3 |
| ANG 5336 | The Peoples of Brazil | 3 |
| ANG 5354 | Anthropology of Modern Africa | 3 |
| ANG 5393 | Media Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 5395 | Visual Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 5420 | Social Network Analysis in Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 5464 | Culture and Aging | 3 |
| ANG 5485 | Research Design in Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 5488 | Geospatial Analysis in Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 5494 | Text Analysis | 3 |
| ANG 5525 | Human Osteology and Osteometry | 3 |
| ANG 5531 | Culture and Nutrition | 3 |
| ANG 5620 | Language and Culture | 3 |
| ANG 5621 | Proseminar in Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 5702 | Anthropology and Development | 3 |
| ANG 5802 | Methods for the Observation of Behavior | 3 |
| ANG 5824L | Field Sessions in Archeology | 6 |
| ANG 6034 | Seminar in Anthropological History and Theory | 3 |
| ANG 6086 | Historical Ecology | 3 |
| ANG 6091 | 3 | |
| ANG 6110 | Archaeological Theory | 3 |
| ANG 6113 | Ideology and Symbolic Approaches in Archaeology | 3 |
| ANG 6120C | Environmental Archaeology | 3 |
| ANG 6122C | Archaeological Ceramics | 3 |
| ANG 6128 | Lithic Technology | 3 |
| ANG 6146 | Archaeology of Maritime Adaptations | 3 |
| ANG 6155 | Southeastern U.S. Prehistory | 3 |
| ANG 6161 | Problems in Caribbean Prehistory | 3 |
| ANG 6165 | Problems in South American Archaeology | 3 |
| ANG 6183 | Laboratory Training in Archeology | 3 |
| ANG 6185 | Ethnoarchaeology | 3 |
| ANG 6186 | Seminar in Archeology | 3 |
| ANG 6187 | Experimental Archaeology | 3 |
| ANG 6190 | 3 | |
| ANG 6191 | Archaeology of Death | 3 |
| ANG 6224 | 3 | |
| ANG 6241 | Special Topics in Ecology of Religion | 3 |
| ANG 6267 | Anthropology, Geographic Information System, and Human Ecosystems | 3 |
| ANG 6274 | Principles of Political Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6286 | Seminar in Contemporary Theory | 3 |
| ANG 6304 | Seminar in Gender and International Development | 3 |
| ANG 6314 | Peoples of the Arctic | 3 |
| ANG 6360 | 3 | |
| ANG 6366 | Family, Gender, and Population in China | 3 |
| ANG 6407 | Sickness and Power | 3 |
| ANG 6421 | Landscape, Place, Dwelling | 3 |
| ANG 6452 | Race and Racism in Anthropological Theory | 3 |
| ANG 6453 | Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| ANG 6481 | Research Methods in Cognitive Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6514 | Human Origins | 3 |
| ANG 6524 | Skeletal Mechanics in Biological Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6532 | Molecular Genetics of Disease | 3 |
| ANG 6555 | Issues in Evolutionary Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6583 | Primate Functional Morphology | 3 |
| ANG 6591L | Advanced Molecular Anthropology Laboratory | 1-3 |
| ANG 6592 | Seminar in Molecular Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6593L | 4 | |
| ANG 6701 | Seminar on Applied Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6737 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6740 | Advanced Techniques in Forensic Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6801 | Ethnographic Field Methods | 3 |
| ANG 6905 | Individual Work | 1-3 |
| ANG 6910 | Supervised Research | 1-5 |
| ANG 6915 | Research Projects in Social, Cultural, and Applied Anthropology | 1-3 |
| ANG 6930 | Special Topics in Anthropology | 1-3 |
| ANG 6940 | Supervised Teaching | 1-5 |
| ANG 6945 | Internship in Anthropology | 1-8 |
| ANG 6971 | Research for Master's Thesis | 1-15 |
| ANG 7979 | Advanced Research | 1-12 |
| ANG 7980 | Research for Doctoral Dissertation | 1-15 |
Anthropology Departmental Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANG 5012 | Fantastic Anthropology and Fringe Science | 3 |
| ANG 5126 | Zooarcheology | 3 |
| ANG 5164 | The Inca and Their Ancestors | 3 |
| ANG 5172 | Historical Archeology | 3 |
| ANG 5184 | Principles of Archaeology | 3 |
| ANG 5265 | Methods in Ethnoecology | 3 |
| ANG 5266 | Economic Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 5303 | Women and Development | 3 |
| ANG 5336 | The Peoples of Brazil | 3 |
| ANG 5354 | Anthropology of Modern Africa | 3 |
| ANG 5393 | Media Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 5395 | Visual Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 5420 | Social Network Analysis in Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 5464 | Culture and Aging | 3 |
| ANG 5485 | Research Design in Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 5488 | Geospatial Analysis in Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 5494 | Text Analysis | 3 |
| ANG 5525 | Human Osteology and Osteometry | 3 |
| ANG 5531 | Culture and Nutrition | 3 |
| ANG 5536 | Bioarchaeology | 3 |
| ANG 5595 | Proseminar in Biological and Archaeological Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 5620 | Language and Culture | 3 |
| ANG 5621 | Proseminar in Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 5702 | Anthropology and Development | 3 |
| ANG 5802 | Methods for the Observation of Behavior | 3 |
| ANG 5824L | Field Sessions in Archeology | 6 |
| ANG 6034 | Seminar in Anthropological History and Theory | 3 |
| ANG 6086 | Historical Ecology | 3 |
| ANG 6110 | Archaeological Theory | 3 |
| ANG 6113 | Ideology and Symbolic Approaches in Archaeology | 3 |
| ANG 6120C | Environmental Archaeology | 3 |
| ANG 6122C | Archaeological Ceramics | 3 |
| ANG 6128 | Lithic Technology | 3 |
| ANG 6146 | Archaeology of Maritime Adaptations | 3 |
| ANG 6155 | Southeastern U.S. Prehistory | 3 |
| ANG 6161 | Problems in Caribbean Prehistory | 3 |
| ANG 6165 | Problems in South American Archaeology | 3 |
| ANG 6183 | Laboratory Training in Archeology | 3 |
| ANG 6185 | Ethnoarchaeology | 3 |
| ANG 6186 | Seminar in Archeology | 3 |
| ANG 6187 | Experimental Archaeology | 3 |
| ANG 6191 | Archaeology of Death | 3 |
| ANG 6241 | Special Topics in Ecology of Religion | 3 |
| ANG 6267 | Anthropology, Geographic Information System, and Human Ecosystems | 3 |
| ANG 6273 | Legal Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6274 | Principles of Political Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6286 | Seminar in Contemporary Theory | 3 |
| ANG 6304 | Seminar in Gender and International Development | 3 |
| ANG 6314 | Peoples of the Arctic | 3 |
| ANG 6366 | Family, Gender, and Population in China | 3 |
| ANG 6391 | Ethnographic Writing | 3 |
| ANG 6407 | Sickness and Power | 3 |
| ANG 6408 | Enviro/Cultre/Disease | 3 |
| ANG 6421 | Landscape, Place, Dwelling | 3 |
| ANG 6452 | Race and Racism in Anthropological Theory | 3 |
| ANG 6453 | Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| ANG 6481 | Research Methods in Cognitive Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6514 | Human Origins | 3 |
| ANG 6524 | Skeletal Mechanics in Biological Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6532 | Molecular Genetics of Disease | 3 |
| ANG 6555 | Issues in Evolutionary Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6583 | Primate Functional Morphology | 3 |
| ANG 6591L | Advanced Molecular Anthropology Laboratory | 1-3 |
| ANG 6592 | Seminar in Molecular Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6701 | Seminar on Applied Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6734 | Anthropology of Pregnancy, Birth, & Child Dev | 3 |
| ANG 6737 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6740 | Advanced Techniques in Forensic Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6780 | Foundations for a Career in Anthropology | 3 |
| ANG 6801 | Ethnographic Field Methods | 3 |
| ANG 6905 | Individual Work | 1-3 |
| ANG 6910 | Supervised Research | 1-5 |
| ANG 6915 | Research Projects in Social, Cultural, and Applied Anthropology | 1-3 |
| ANG 6930 | Special Topics in Anthropology | 1-3 |
| ANG 6940 | Supervised Teaching | 1-5 |
| ANG 6945 | Internship in Anthropology | 1-8 |
| ANG 6971 | Research for Master's Thesis | 1-15 |
| ANG 7979 | Advanced Research | 1-12 |
| ANG 7980 | Research for Doctoral Dissertation | 1-15 |
Anthropology (PHD)
SLO 1 Foundational Knowledge
Identify, define and describe the foundational concepts of the discipline of Anthropology and its subfields.
SLO 2 Professionalization
Prepare and deliver conference-level presentations.
SLO 3 Methodology
Students apply appropriate research methods and skills in the discipline to formulate a cogent research problem for the Ph.D. thesis.
Anthropology (MA)
SLO 1 Foundational Knowledge
Identify, define and describe the foundational concepts of the discipline of Anthropology and its subfields.
SLO 2 Skills
Identify, describe and explain research methods in the discipline, and apply those skills to formulate a cogent research problem for the M.A. paper or thesis.
SLO 3 Professional Behavior
Conduct research and report findings in a written publication-qualify paper.