Checklist
General MA Option

Required for Students Choosing to Write a Thesis or Professional Paper (30 credits total)
 Meet with Advisor to Form a Study Plan
 ANTH 500 Contemporary Anthropological Thought
 Anthropology Graduate Seminar or Internship (numbered 501-595 or 598, 600-694 in rare cases)
 Anthropology Graduate Seminar or Internship (numbered 501-595 or 598, 600-694 in rare cases)
 Anthropology Graduate Seminar or Internship (numbered 501-595 or 598, 600-694 in rare cases)
 6 credits in ANTH 593 Professional Project or ANTH 599 Thesis
 12 credits in elective classes numbered 300-589, 595-596, or in rare cases 600-694. (Only 6cr in classes numbered 300-399)
 Detailed M.A. Project Plan (end of first year)
 Form M.A. Project Committee
 Thesis or Professional Paper
 Defense of Thesis or Professional Paper

Required for Students Choosing the non-thesis option (36 credits total)
 Meet with Advisor to Form a Study Plan
 ANTH 500 Contemporary Anthropological Thought
 Anthropology Graduate Seminar or Internship (numbered 501-595 or 598, 600-694 in rare cases)
 Anthropology Graduate Seminar or Internship (numbered 501-595 or 598, 600-694 in rare cases)
 Anthropology Graduate Seminar or Internship (numbered 501-595 or 598, 600-694 in rare cases)
 Anthropology Graduate Seminar or Internship (numbered 501-595 or 598, 600-694 in rare cases)
 6 credits in ANTH 597 Research
 15 credits in elective classes numbered 300-589, 595-596, or in rare cases 600-694. (Only 6cr in classes numbered 300-399)
 Detailed M.A. Plan (end of first year)
 Form M.A. Project Committee
 Comprehensive evaluation (end of first year)
 Professional Portfolio or the results of some other form of project that is not a Professional Project or Thesis