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Anthropology — MA
Degree requirements
- Credit hours (30): minimum 24 hours plus 6 thesis hours (Anthr 699R); minimum 20 hours under direct instruction of professional anthropologists at BYU or in another acceptable department at the university. Thesis, reading, internship, and individual work do not count toward these 20 hours.
- Required core courses: Anthr 500, 501, 502, 512, 695R, 699R.
- Additional courses: 6 hours from Anthr 530-590R, electives.
- Examinations: (A) written comprehensive examination at or near the end of the first year of study; (B) oral presentation of thesis proposal; (C) oral defense of thesis.
- Thesis.
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Application Deadlines:
Fall: February 01, 2011
Required tests:
GRE, 577 on TOEFL