Interdisciplinary Studies with a Concentration in Anthropology (MAIS)

Overview

UT Rio Grande Valley offers interdisciplinary degree programs at the graduate level, including a Master of Arts in interdisciplinary studies. Graduate courses available in anthropology enable graduate students to:

• Complete a Master of Arts degree in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in anthropology.
• Take graduate anthropology courses as electives within other graduate programs.

Students pursuing either option are expected to meet with the anthropology coordinator or other anthropology faculty in order to develop a program of study.

Admission Requirements

To be admitted to the graduate program with a concentration in anthropology, prospective candidates must first meet all requirements for graduate admission to UT Rio Grande Valley, as well as the other requirements listed below:

1. Undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 in the last 60 semester credit hours. If applicant does not meet the minimum undergraduate GPA criterion, a GRE general test is required for conditional admission.
2. Statement of purpose and goals for pursuing the degree
3. Resume
4. Two letters of recommendation, at least one of them from an academic source.

Application for admission must be submitted prior to the published deadline. The application is available at www.utrgv.edu/gradapply.

Program Requirements

Required Courses - 18 Hours

Required:

ANTH 6345

Anthropological Method and Theory

3

Choose five from the following:

ANTH 6303	Forensic Anthropology	3
ANTH 6304	Indians of North America	3
ANTH 6305	Great Discoveries in Archaeology	3
ANTH 6306	Anthropology of Borders	3
ANTH 6307	Shipwrecks, Pirates and the Sea: An Introduction to Maritime Archaeology and History	3
ANTH 6309	Anthropology of Sex and Gender	3
ANTH 6310	Food and Culture	3
ANTH 6311	Medical Anthropology	3
ANTH 6312	Political and Legal Anthropology	3
ANTH 6314	Environmental Anthropology	3
ANTH 6315	Discovering the Rio Grande Valley	3
ANTH 6317	Field Experience of the Borderlands	3
ANTH 6320	Anthropology of Conflict and Human Rights	3
ANTH 6323	Mexican American Culture	3
ANTH 6333	U.S. and Other World Cultures	3
ANTH 6337	Foundations of Ethnomusicology/Anthropology of Music	3
ANTH 6338	Music Ethnography & Methods	3
ANTH 6348	Peoples and Cultures of Mexico	3
ANTH 6350	Mexican American Folk Medicine	3
ANTH 6351	Global Health: Critical Perspectives	3
ANTH 6363	Interpreting the Past: Theory and Method in Archaeology	3
ANTH 6365	Archaeology of South America	3
ANTH 6369	Archaeology of Mexico and Central America	3
ANTH 6374	Archaeology of North America	3
ANTH 6377	Global Cultural Heritage Issues and Debates	3
ANTH 6385	Topics in Anthropology	3
ANTH 6390	Directed Studies	3

Non-thesis Option

Prescribed Electives – 18 Hours

Choose three courses from a 2nd discipline other than anthropology (three courses in one prefix, Certificate, or Program).

Choose three courses from a 3rd discipline other than anthropology and different from the 2nd discipline selected (three courses in another prefix, Certificate, or Program).

Thesis Option

Prescribed Electives – 12 Hours

Choose two courses from a 2nd discipline other than anthropology (two courses in one prefix, Certificate, or Program).

Choose two courses from a 3rd discipline other than anthropology and different from the 2nd discipline selected (two courses in another prefix, Certificate, or Program).

Thesis – 6 Hours

ANTH 7300	Thesis I	3
ANTH 7301	Thesis II	3

Total Credit Hours: 36