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Interdisciplinary Studies with a Concentration in Anthropology (MAIS)

CIP Code

30.9999.01

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.  GRE School Code: 6570.
  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:

CourseCourse Name
ANTH 6345Anthropological Method and Theory

Choose five from the following:

CourseCourse Name
ANTH 6303Forensic Anthropology
ANTH 6304Indians of North America
ANTH 6305Great Discoveries in Archaeology
ANTH 6306Anthropology of Borders
ANTH 6307Shipwrecks, Pirates and the Sea: An Introduction to Maritime Archaeology and History
ANTH 6309Anthropology of Sex and Gender
ANTH 6310Food and Culture
ANTH 6311Medical Anthropology
ANTH 6312Political and Legal Anthropology
ANTH 6314Environmental Anthropology
ANTH 6315Discovering the Rio Grande Valley
ANTH 6316Open Source GIS for Cultural Resources
ANTH 6317Field Experience of the Borderlands
ANTH 6321Human Skeletal Anatomy
ANTH 6322Ancient Diseases in Modern Bodies
ANTH 6320Anthropology of Conflict and Human Rights
ANTH 6323Mexican American Culture
ANTH 6348Peoples and Cultures of Mexico
ANTH 6350Mexican American Folk Medicine
ANTH 6351Global Health: Critical Perspectives
ANTH 6361Historical Archaeology
ANTH 6363Interpreting the Past: Theory and Method in Archaeology
ANTH 6365Archaeology of South America
ANTH 6366Ecuadorian Archaeology
ANTH 6369Archaeology of Mexico and Central America
ANTH 6370Texas Archaeology
ANTH 6374Archaeology of North America
ANTH 6377Global Cultural Heritage Issues and Debates
ANTH 6385Topics in Anthropology
ANTH 6390Directed Studies
ANTH 6395Fieldwork in Anthropology

ANTH 6395 may be taken twice when topic varies.

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

CourseCourse Name
ANTH 7300Thesis I
ANTH 7301Thesis II

Total Credit Hours: 36