UCI Dept. of Anthropology Grad Prog-FullRequirements Page

1. Students are required to take the following courses:

	A one-year proseminar in anthropology to be completed during the first year of study. This covers such topics as the history of anthropological thought and readings in classical and contemporary ethnography.
	One course in anthropological fieldwork methodology
	One course in research design
	Two quarters of statistics
	Six elective courses taught by members of the department. These should be selected in consultation with the student's advisor and should normally cover a coherent area of specialization within the field.

2. To continue in the program, students must pass a formal evaluation at the end of the first year. The evaluation will be made by the Department on the basis of (1) the first-year course work; and (2) examinations to be taken as part of the Proseminar.

3. Students should advance to candidacy during their third year in the program. In order to advance to candidacy, students must (1) complete all course work requirements; (2) initiate the formation of a candidacy committee of five members which shall include at least three members of the Department of Anthropology and one member from outside the School of Social Sciences but from the UC Irvine Academic Senate; (3) submit a research proposal, review of the literature, and bibliography, which must be approved by the committee; and (4) pass an oral examination by the candidacy committee, which shall include a defense of the proposal and the literature review.

4. Normally, candidates for the concentration in Anthropology will undertake extended fieldwork for their dissertation research. Students intending to conduct field research must present to the Department, prior to the commencement of research: (1) evidence of competence in the field language appropriate to the dissertation research project, or (2) a satisfactory plan for acquiring such competence in the field, where necessary. This field language requirement will in some cases be met simply by establishing that the appropriate field language for the proposed research is English. (In those cases in which a student is pursuing a dissertation project that does not involve anthropological fieldwork, the field language requirement does not apply.)

5. The student must demonstrate competence to read one scholarly foreign language, in accordance with the requirements of the Ph.D. degree in Social Sciences.

6. The student will normally advance to candidacy by the end of the third year, and will normally complete the program by the end of the sixth year.

7. Having advanced to candidacy, the student must initiate the formation of a dissertation committee and submit a satisfactory dissertation to this committee. The dissertation committee must be chaired by a member of the Anthropology Department and consist of three members, at least two of whom are from the department.

Student Progress Evaluation
At the end of every academic year the entire department will evaluate each student. The evaluation will be summarized in a letter written by the Graduate Director. The letter may contain suggestions to students regarding their progress and performance in the program. A copy of this evaluation will be given to the student, a copy to the student's advisor, and a copy placed in the student's file. Evaluations are based upon a broad range of criteria, including: development, GPA, class performance (with particular attention paid to proseminars and other required courses), TA evaluations, quality of written work, and relevant professional activities (if any) such as papers presented, grants, fellowships and awards received, or publications.

Summer Research Money
In the past, the department has been able to fund predoctoral summer research projects and we expect to continue to do so. We encourage students to use this opportunity to get field experience and to make contacts in the area they hope to conduct their doctoral research. Most students are best prepared to benefit from his opportunity at the end of their second year. Each year the graduate committee will solicit and review proposals for summer research.

Master's Requirements
To obtain a Master's degree within the Anthropology Concentration the student must:
a) Complete 2 years of course work.
b) Satisfy all of the course requirements for the Ph.D., except for two of the anthropology electives.

To put it another way, the student must have taken the three-quarter proseminar sequence, 2 quarters of statistics, research design, anthropological field methods, and 4 of 6 anthropology electives required for the Ph.D.

NOTE: A university requirement for this degree is that a student be advanced to candidacy for the MA in the quarter before it is granted.

Independent Study 299s
Students are encouraged to take independent study courses to work closely with faculty on individual research projects. A 299 counts as s course for full-time enrollment but does not normally count as towards fulfilling any program requirement. A student may petition the graduate committee to ask that a 299 be counted as an elective. Only one 299 can count as an elective.

Undergraduate Courses
Upon petition, upper division undergraduate courses taught by members of the department may count as anthropology electives.