Checklist Forensic Anthropology MA

Required for Students Choosing to Write a Thesis or Professional Paper

30 credits total

(36 credits total)

Contract between the student and their advisor listing the student’s goals and the courses or other experiences that will satisfy those goals.
ANTY 500 Contemporary Anthropological Thought
ANTY 510 Seminar in Human Variation and Evolution
ANTY 512 Advanced Forensic Anthropology
ANTY 513 Seminar in Bioarchaeology and Skeletal Biology
ANTY 515 Theory and Methods in Physical Anthropology
Form M.A. Portfolio Committee
6 credits in ANTY 597 Research
15 credits in elective classes numbered 400 to 589, 595, 596, 598, 600-694.
A portfolio containing the contract and all written work produced in the courses specified by the contract, documenting that the student has fulfilled their goals.
Review of the portfolio or comprehensive examination.

These classes may have been taken previously as an undergraduate.

These classes may be used as electives.

A class in forensic anthropology, such as ANTY 314 Principles of Forensic Anthro.
A laboratory class in osteology, such as ANTY 412 Osteology.
An archaeological or forensic anthropological field experience such as ANTY 413 Forensic and Mortuary Archaeology, ANTY 466 Archaeological Survey, or any archaeological field school. A documented volunteer experience of approximately semester length is sufficient.
A class in statistics, such as ANTY 401 Anthropology Data Analysis.
A class in general forensic science, such as CJUS 488: Forensic Science the Crime Lab and Beyond.

A class in multivariate statistical methods, such as ANTY 408 Advanced Anthropological Statistics.