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Graduate Program: Anthropology
DEGREES
UCLA's Graduate Program in Anthropology offers the following degree(s):
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
With questions not answered here or on the program’s site (above), please contact the program directly.
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ADDRESS
Anthropology Graduate Program at UCLA
341 Haines Hall
375 Portola Plaza
Box 951553
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1553
FACULTY
Visit the Anthropology’s faculty roster
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Visit the registrar's site for the Anthropology’s course descriptions
PHONE
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(310) 825-2511
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MAJOR CODE: ANTHROPOLOGY
0063
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Welcome Prospective Anthropology Students
Graduate Programs in Biological Anthropology
The University at Albany department of Anthropology offers both a Masters and a PhD program in Anthropology that focus on biological anthropology. Our faculty specialize in biological diversity and health, demography, functional anatomy, human adaptation and physiology, paleoanthropology, and paleodemography.
The department has approximately 90 graduate students working toward graduate degrees in the four subfields of Anthropology. Biological Anthropology graduate students make up nearly 20% of the total number of active graduate students in the program.
The Anthropology department hires between 18 and 21 teaching assistants each year. These assistantships are competitive and several are held for qualified incoming students. Other forms of financial aid are also available including Diversity Fellowships, research assistantships, and non-academic assistantships in Administrative Units.
Biological anthropology graduate students also compete sucessfully for external funding from agencies such as NSF and NIH. We currently have 2 students who have earned NSF Dissertation improvement grants.
MA Program
The MA program is a 30 credit degree program that requires students to take courses in the four sub-disciplines of Anthropology along with specialized courses in their major area of interest. Students normally write a masters paper in conjunction with an advanced level seminar in biological anthropology or a formal masters thesis on a project approved by their faculty mentors.
PhD Program
Students may be admitted to the PhD program with an appropriate undergraduate degree, with a masters degree in anthropology, or a degree from a related field (biology, chemistry, human biology, public health etc.). Students who are admitted to the PhD program with an undergraduate degree will need to complete two phases (Phase 1 equivalent to MA Program above and Phase 2 listed below). Students begining with advanced degrees will complete at least 30 credits in Phase 2 and consult with their advisor about specific course requirements.
Graduate Admissions
The University at Albany Graduate Admissions website provides all of the relevant forms and documents that prospective students will need to apply to the graduate program in Anthropology.
The Anthropology department admits between 15 and 20 new graduate students every year (between 3 and 7 in biological anthropology). The admissions process is competitive and we expect students to have above average GRE scores and undergraduate/graduate GPAs. Clear, well-written, and well-thought out statements of purpose are also requirements for admission. We recommend that prospective students contact the faculty member(s) with whom they plan to work prior to applying to the program.
Students interested in obtaining a PhD in Anthropology should apply for the PhD program and not the MA program. (Students in the PhD program earn a Masters degree en route.)
Faculty Laboratories
Children's Environmental Health Studies Laboratory
Human Thanatology Laboratory
Human Osteology and Paleodemography Laboratory
Centers
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Recent Graduate Courses in Biological Anthropology
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Topics in Biomedical Anthropology: Bio-cultural Interactions
Topics in Growth & Development: Evolution and Fetal Programming
Topics in Biomedical Anthropology: Cities and Human Health
Topics in Growth & development: Growth as an outcome- the eco-sensitivity of growth.
Human Osteology
Paleodemography
Forensic Anthropology
Human Population Genetics
Primate Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary Medicine
Quantitative methods
Demography
Paleoanthropology
Faculty
Louis Calistro Alvarado (Ph.D, University of New Mexico, 2015)
Assistant Professor
Interests: Behavioral and reproductive ecology, evolutionary endocrinology, prostate cancer epidemiology, social inequity and health disparities
Areas: rural Poland
Email: lalvarado@albany.edu
Mercedes Fabian (PhD, University at Buffalo, 2015)
Visiting Assistant Professor
Interests: Forensic Anthropology, Human Anatomy
E-mail: mfabian@albany.edu
Timothy B. Gage (PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 1982)
Professor
Director, Center for Social and Demographic Analysis
Interests: Human biology, demography, population genetics, quantitative methods
Areas: Oceania
E-mail: tbg97@albany.edu
Chuck Hilton (PhD, University of New Mexico, 1997)
Visiting Assistant Professor
Interests: Human evolutionary anatomy, Postcranial evolution of the genus Homo, Hunter-Gatherer and pastoralist behavioral ecology, Human paleopathology, Epidemiology.
Email: chilton@albany.edu
Adam Gordon (PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2004)
Assistant Professor
Interests: Paleoanthropology, primate anatomy and evolution, primate ecology
Areas:Madagascar, Africa, Asia, Neotropics
E-mail: agordon@albany.edu
Julia Jennings (PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 2010)
Assistant Professor
Interests: Human biology, demography, household ecology, historical population change
Areas: Europe
Email: jjennings2@albany.edu
Cara Ocobock (PhD, Washington University at St. Louis, 2014)
Assistant Professor
Interests: Human biology, biological anthropology, energetics, humans in the extremes.
Areas: North America and Finland
Email: cocobock@albany.edu
Lawrence M. Schell (PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1980)
Professor
Director, Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities
Interests: Biological anthropology, medical anthropology, human growth and development, cities and health
Areas: urban North America
E-mail: l.schell@albany.edu