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Anthropology

Admission Requirements Degree Requirements

Mailing Address:
Department of Anthropology (MC 027)
1007 West Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60607-7139
Campus Location: 2102 BSB

Program Codes: 20FS0340MA (MA); 20FS0340PHD (PhD)
Telephone: (312) 413-3570
E-mail: anth@uic.edu
Web Site: http://www.uic.edu/depts/anth/anthro.htm
Head of the Department: John Monaghan
Director of Graduate Studies: Brian S. Bauer

The Department of Anthropology offers a program leading to degrees in anthropology at both the master’s and doctoral levels. Admissions preference is given to MA-seeking students who intend to pursue an MA-PhD sequence, rather than a terminal MA. The Interdepartmental Concentration in Gender and Women’s Studies is available to students in this program, as well as the Interdepartmental Concentration in Latin American and Latino Studies. The department has research laboratories supporting studies in archaeology, sociocultural anthropology, and biological anthropology.

One of the unique strengths of our department is that we have a collaborative PhD program with the Field Museum. Under this program, curators in the Department of Anthropology at the Field Museum support, mentor, and help train our graduate students. For example, Field Museum curators frequently serve as chairs or members of PhD committees and they commonly include our graduate students in their research projects. Our graduate students also have access to many of the laboratories, collections, and other facilities of the Field Museum. While the collaborative UIC-Field Museum program can enhance the training opportunities of sociocultural and biological anthropology students, it is most widely used by archaeology students. This is because the collaborative UIC-Field Museum program establishes one of the largest concentrations of anthropological archeologists in the country and members of these two departments conduct field research across the world. Students who are interested in making use of the UIC-Field Museum connection do not need to submit any additional information over what is requested for general admissions to the Anthropology graduate program.

The Department of Anthropology and the School of Public Health offer a joint degree program leading to a Master of Arts in Anthropology and a Master of Public Health. The joint degree program is designed to offer combined training in Anthropology and Public Health to graduate students intending to advance to the UIC doctoral program in Anthropology or Public Health. Students in the joint program may complete the Master of Public Health in either Community Health Sciences or Epidemiology.

Admission Requirements

Applicants are considered on an individual basis. In addition to the Graduate College minimum requirements, applicants must meet the following program requirements:

Master of Arts

Master of Arts/Master of Public Health

To be admitted to the joint degree program, applicants must meet the admissions criteria of both programs and be admitted to each through separate applications. Consult the School of Public Health Catalog for information on the admission requirements of the MPH program. Joint degree students must take their MPH training in either Community Health Sciences (CHS) or Epidemiology.

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Requirements

In addition to the Graduate College minimum requirements, students must meet the following program requirements:

Master of Arts

Master of Arts/Master of Public Health

Doctor of Philosophy

Interdepartmental Concentration in Gender and Women’s Studies

Students earning a graduate degree in this department may complement their courses by enrolling in a concentration in Gender and Women’s Studies after consulting with their graduate advisor. See Gender and Women’s Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section for more information.

Interdepartmental Concentration in Latin American and Latino Studies

Students earning a graduate degree in this department may complement their courses by enrolling in a concentration in Latin American and Latino Studies. See Latin American and Latino Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section for more information.