南伊利諾伊大學(xué)卡本代爾分校

The Graduate School requires a minimum of 30 hours of graduate course credit, including at least 15 hours of 500-level credit, as specified in the Graduate Catalog. In addition, the following departmental requirements apply to all M.A. degree candidates:

Each student must complete THREE of the five core courses, (ANTH 500 A, B, C, D & E) with an average grade of B or higher, no more than one C, and no grade lower than C. These courses should be taken by new M.A. students within the first 2 terms, and must be completed by the end of the third term. Once the 3 core courses have been satisfactorily completed, performance in them together with an evaluation of the student's overall academic record will serve as a basis for departmental decision on retaining a student in the M.A. degree.

Each student must complete 1 or more regular graduate-level courses or seminars in each of 2 subdisciplines of the student's choice (from among archaeological, linguistic, physical, sociocultural anthropology) beyond the core courses.

Each student must complete 3 credit hours of Anth 599 (thesis).

A further 6 hours of course work will be assigned by the student's committee after consultation with the student. These 6 hours may include up to 4 hours of graduate credit to meet tool requirements, and may not include more than 3 hours of independent study or thesis. No more than 3 hours of credit in ANTH 501, 590, 597, and 599 (thesis) may be applied toward the Graduate School requirements of 30 hours of graduate course credit and 15 hours of 500-level credit. The department requires two additional seminars (500-level course) beyond the 3 core courses and the thesis hours (these can be met through the additional courses in other sub-disciplines [number 2 above] or as electives).

Each student must demonstrate a reading competence in a language foreign to the student that is relevant to the research program.

Students entering the program may petition to have previously taken courses accepted as equivalent to core courses in cases where the equivalence can be documented.