12th and Lewis Street
Dept 3431
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307 766-5136
Fax: 307 766-2473
Email: anthro@uwyo.edu
Admission requirements: |
GPA: 3.0 / 4.0 GRE: 297 (Verbal & Quantitative; 1000 under old scoring system) |
Application deadline: |
March 1 (no early admission) |
The University of Wyoming's Master's of Arts in Anthropology is designed to be completed in two years, and to teach students the skills required for conducting rigorous research. The To emphasize the importance for well rounded education, M.A. students are required to take core courses in cultural, biological, and linguistic anthropology, and archaeology.
Plan A requires a minimum of 26 hours of acceptable graduate coursework and 4 hours of thesis research and a thesis (final written project).
Plan B requires minimum of 30 hours of coursework. At least 14 hours of acceptable graduate coursework must be in major field.
At least 21 hours of coursework must be completed at the University of Wyoming.
Students must complete the following courses and earn a grade of "B" or better: ANTH 5010 (20th Century Anthropology Theory); ANTH 5020 (Biological Anthropology), ANTH 5015 (Archaeological Theory and Method), and ANTH 5030 (Linguistic Anthropology).
Completion of three semesters of a foreign language (if not completed as an undergraduate)