GENERAL Option: Thesis or Professional Paper Plan (30 cr)
Year 1: Autumn Semester (minimum 9cr)
Meet with advisor to form study plan
Take ANTH 500
*Take an ANTH graduate seminar
@Take remedial or elective classes
Year 1: Spring Semester (minimum 9cr)
*Take two ANTH graduate seminars
@Take remedial or elective classes
** Develop a detailed M.A. Project Plan
***Appoint M.A. Project committee
Year 2: Autumn Semester (minimum 6cr)
Take ANTH 593: Professional Project or ANTH 599: Thesis (3cr)
@Take elective classes
****$ File application for graduation
Do thesis research
Year 2: Spring Semester (minimum 6cr)
Take ANTH 593 or 599 (3cr)
@Take elective classes
Write thesis
**** Defend thesis
****$ File final draft of thesis at Grad School
NOTES
* A graduate seminar is any ANTH class numbered between 500 and 589, 595, or 600-694.
** Please file a dated copy with the Anthropology Department.
*** Your committee must consist of three University of Montana faculty.
Your committee chair must be in the Anthropology Department. One of your
three members must be from a department other than Anthropology. Give
your selections to the Anthropology Administrative Assistant, who will forward
them to the Grad School.
**** This procedure requires submission of a form to the Graduate School.
This procedure will have a deadline each semester. Please check the
current course schedule or contact the Graduate School to find out about
these deadlines.
@ Remedial classes: one class in each of the four subfields
(archaeology, linguistics, physical, socio-cultural) and a class in
statistics are required prior to graduation if not taken during your
undergraduate career. Elective classes are any class you wish to take
that is marked UG in the catalog. Avoid taking more than 6 credits in UG
classes numbered less than 400
$ This form requires a fee to be paid to the Graduate School. Be sure to save your
receipt.
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