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Fall 2019 Department of Anthropology Introductions and Program Evaluation

Welcome to the Department of Anthropology! Join us for introductions and networking events. Get information on program evaluation and funding opportunities. Learn about the required curriculum and steps along the way for each sub-discipline.

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Fall 2019 Department of Anthropology Introductions and Program Evaluation

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  1. WELCOME!!! Fall 2019 Department of Anthropology

  2. Introductions • Meet and Greet: Thursday, Sept. 5, 3-4:30 • Grad College Welcome Reception: Aug. 26, 4-6, Illini Union A,B,C, and South Lounge • Head: Brenda Farnell • Director of Graduate Studies: Laura Shackelford • Administrative Staff: • Karla Harmon, Office Administrator, Assistant to the Head • Joyce Dowell, Graduate Program Coordinator • Zach Langheim and Anna Morris, Department Accountants

  3. Graduate Anthropology Program

  4. Evaluation of Progress • Twice per year – onceby sub-disciplinary faculty, once by full faculty • At end of each semester, provide “semi-annual evaluation” form (available online) and CV to adviser(s) • Adviser(s) will provide written summary of evaluations with recommendations/concerns • BE PROACTIVE

  5. Funding

  6. COURSE Loads

  7. Required Curriculum

  8. Steps along the Way…

  9. BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY • One course from each of 5 intellectual clusters • Evolutionary theory and genetics • Evolution and functional anatomy • Behavior and Ecology • Development, Energetics and Disease • Research Methods in Biological Anthropology

  10. ARCHAEOLOGY • One semester of social theory/ethnography (by end of year 2) • Core courses in sequence • 461 The History of Archaeological Theory • 561 Archaeological Theory • 410 Research Design in Anth or 511 Proposal Writing • Two courses from a METHODS CLUSTER • Two from a REGIONAL CLUSTER • One from a TOPICAL CLUSTER • Prior to Prelims, show competency in: • Statistics • Field Methods • Analytical Methods (specific to individual research)

  11. SOCIOCULTURAL/LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY • Two semesters of social theory/ethnography by end of year 2 • Two 400- or 500-level geographical area courses: one in your region, one outside your region of interest. • A pre-fieldwork seminar (such as Methods of Cultural Anthropology [Anth 411]). • Courses in 3 core themes. For example (but not limited to): • Colonialism/Postcolonialism/Transnationalism; Gender/Sexuality/Feminist Anthropology/Queer studies; Kinship/Family/Social structure; Language in culture/Discourse analysis; Race/Ethnicity/ Nationalism; Body/Personhood/Self; History/Memory; Religion/Cosmology/Ritual; Work/Class/Economy; Materiality/ Environment/Ecology

  12. An Idealized Timeline for Graduate Study in Anthropology

  13. Resources & things to know

  14. The other things • Switching advisers • Leaves of absence (personal or academic) • Grade things (GPA requirements; I/DFR/F-by-rule; academic probation; degree time limit)

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