Department of Anthropology (Graduate)

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Website: https://cla.purdue.edu/academic/anthropology/

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Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

The Department of Anthropology at Purdue University is a leading-edge, research-intensive department with a public service mission. We are committed to being thought leaders on our campus and in our discipline as the Anthropologies of Tomorrow (AOT) Department. Anthropologies of Tomorrow embodies a collective orientation toward the transformative potential of anthropology to prioritize excellence through diversity. Through high-impact scholarship, teaching, and public engagement, our work expands understandings of diverse human experiences and cultures past and present. We see unique opportunities to lead the field in integrative, collaborative, and decolonizing scholarship that addresses emerging and established global grand challenges. These challenges demand rigorous, creative, and transdisciplinary approaches in an increasingly interconnected world. Our comprehensive department encompasses archaeological, biological and evolutionary, cultural, linguistic, visual, and applied anthropology, with specific strengths in our cross-cutting signature research areas:

1. Applied Anthropology and Public Engagement
2. Ecological and Environmental Anthropology
3. Health and Well Being
4. Identity, Heritage, and Social Justice

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Graduate program key strengths include close mentoring and access to faculty, flexible curricular structures, and the ability to combine anthropology with a number of other programs, degrees, and concentrations, including Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, the Center for Aging, American Studies, Engineering and Materials Science, Ecological Science and Engineering, Public Health, and the Interdisciplinary Program in Ingestive Behavior. In the graduate program, all students are admitted with funding and mentored for success with external grants and fellowships. Doctoral students may elect to prepare their dissertations in one of several formats, including monograph, article style, or multimodal. Alumni of our program pursue careers in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors, including academia and education, health and medical professions, high-tech startups, international development, conservation, and city, state, and federal agencies.

• MS in Anthropology
• Ph.D. in Anthropology
  • Major: Anthropology/ Gerontology

Concentrations (Areas of Study)

• African American Studies (MS and Ph.D.)
• Anthropology Concentration in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (MS and Ph.D.)
• Applied Anthropology (MS and Ph.D.)
• Ecological Sciences & Engineering Concentration (MS and Ph.D.)
• Ingestive Behavior (Ph.D. only)

Programs

• Anthropology, PHD
• Anthropology/Gerontology, PHD

• Anthropology, MS

Courses

• ANTH 50400 - Archaeological Theory
• ANTH 50500 - Culture And Society
• ANTH 50700 - History Of Theory In Anthropology
• ANTH 51400 - Anthropological Linguistics
• ANTH 51900 - Introduction To Semiotics
• ANTH 52300 - GIS For Humanities And Social Science Research
• ANTH 53400 - Human Osteology
• ANTH 53500 - Foundations Of Biological Anthropology
• ANTH 53600 - Primate Ecology
• ANTH 56300 - Historical Linguistics
• ANTH 56500 - Sociolinguistics
• ANTH 58900 - Archaeology And Materials Science
• ANTH 59000 - Individual Research Problems
• ANTH 59200 - Selected Topics In Anthropology
• ANTH 60500 - Seminar In Ethnographic Analysis
• ANTH 60600 - Quantitative Research Design
• ANTH 60800 - Proseminar In Graduate Studies In Anthropology
• ANTH 60900 - Seminar In Anthropology
• ANTH 61100 - Special Topics In Archaeology
• ANTH 62000 - Special Topics In Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 62700 - Political Ecology
• ANTH 63000 - Academic Professional Development
• ANTH 64000 - Foundations And Frameworks: Applying Anthropology
• ANTH 64100 - Discovery And Design: Making Projects Work
• ANTH 64200 - Public Engagement: Using Anthropological Knowledge
• ANTH 69600 - Research MS
• ANTH 69800 - Research MS Thesis
• ANTH 69900 - Research PhD Thesis

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