Checklist

Required for Students Entering the Ph.D. Program with a BA/BS Degree (60 credits total)

• Meet with Advisor to Develop a Graduate Contract
• Select Additional Faculty for Ph.D. Committee
• ANTY 500 Contemporary Anthropological Thought
• Anthropology Graduate Seminar (numbered 501-595)
• Anthropology Graduate Seminar (numbered 501-595)
• Anthropology Graduate Seminar (numbered 501-595)
• Anthropology Graduate Seminar (numbered 501-595)
• 6 to 10 credits in ANTY 597 Research (May be deferred until later)
• 15 credits in elective classes numbered 400-589, 595-596, or 600-694
• Submit Portfolio (Including Evidence of Substantive Research Effort) for Review by
  Ph.D. Committee
• Apply to Graduate School for M.A. Degree (as in-house paper/project/portfolio choice) if 36 credits and all items above are completed
• ANTY 600 Issues in Cultural Heritage
• ANTY 601 Proposal Preparation and Contract Management
• ANTY 602 Cultural Heritage Policy and Practice
• Develop a Detailed Dissertation Proposal
• Form Dissertation Committee and report its composition to Department Administrative Assistant
• Comprehensive Evaluation
• Anthropology Graduate Seminar (numbered 501-595, 603-694)
• 3 credits in elective classes numbered 400-589, 595-596, or 600-694
• Apply to Graduate School for Ph.D. Degree if all items above are completed, by Grad School deadline the semester before you plan to finish
• 9 to 10 credits in ANTH 699 Dissertation (and up to 10 credits in ANTH 597 if deferred
  previously)
• Complete Dissertation
• Dissertation Defense and Final Review of Portfolio

Model Schedule

Starting with BA/BS Degree (60 credits)

Year 1: Autumn Semester (minimum 9 credits)

• Meet with advisor to develop graduate contract
• Select additional faculty to form Ph.D. committee
• Take ANTY 500
• Take an ANTY graduate seminar
• Take remedial or elective classes

Year 1: Spring Semester (minimum 9 credits)

• Take two ANTY Graduate seminars
• Take remedial or elective classes

Year 2: Autumn Semester (minimum 9 credits)

• Take ANTY 600
• Take two ANTY Graduate seminars

Year 2: Spring Semester (minimum 9 credits)

• Submit portfolio to Ph.D. committee for evaluation
• Take ANTY 601
• Take ANTY 597 (6 credits)
• Take elective classes
• File Application for Graduation with MA degree if desired
• Develop Dissertation Proposal

Years 3 and 4: Both Semesters (minimum 3 credits per semester)

• Form dissertation committee
• Take elective classes
• Take ANTY 597, 697, or 699 as appropriate
• Work on Dissertation

Notes

• A graduate seminar is any ANTH class numbered between 500 and 589, 595, or 600-694.
•  Ph.D. Committee is normally three UM anthropology faculty. Dissertation committee is five UM faculty, one of whom is from a department other than anthropology. In all cases the Chair of a Ph.D. or dissertation committee must be a UM anthropology faculty member. 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 graduations if not taken during your undergraduate career. Your advisor may assign other remedial classes if your undergraduate career did not include classes that he/she was expecting you to have taken.
• This form requires a fee to be paid to the Graduate School. Be sure to save your receipt.