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General Description / Special Programs

Anthropology brings a global perspective to the study of human diversity by means of in-depth research at the local level and comparative studies that explore human experience through time and across space. At Syracuse, we embrace a holistic approach to anthropology through teaching and research in archaeological, biological, cultural, and linguistic anthropology. The Anthropology Department is within the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. The college encourages faculty and students to become engaged in scholarship for the public good and to seek out and address solutions to past, present and future human problems locally and globally. This objective is consistent to the central concerns of all of the subfields of anthropology.

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Tuition Info
$1,620. per graduate credit hour
Degrees
Degrees Offered Anthropology PhD, MA, BA major
Highest Degree Offered PhD
BA/BS Field Areas
Anthropology
Applied Anthropology
Archaeology
Biological Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
BA/BS Requirements
The program, leading to a B.A. in Anthropology, requires 33 credits in anthropology courses. Of these, 18 credits are taken in required courses and 15 are electives.
MA/MS Field Areas
Anthropology
Archaeology
Biological Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
MA/MS
MA/ MS Requirements 30 graduate credits that must include at least four core courses, written exam, position papers/Master's Paper; separate tracks for sociocultural anthropology and archaeology
PhD Field Areas
Anthropology
Archaeology
Biological Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
Phd
Phd Requirements 72 graduate credits (past B.A.), language proficiency or database management, oral and written exams (preliminary and final thesis), fieldwork usually required
Internship / Grants / Funding
Internships Available 0
Internship Required 0
Support Opportunities

Graduate: 15 teaching assistantships, $21,000. plus remitted tuition; Claudia de Lys Scholarship for field research; 14 summer fellowships; South Asia (FLAS) Fellowship; SU Fellowship, $25,290. plus 30 tuition credit hours; competitive assistantships for dissertation write-up
Program Details
Research Facilities

The department has biological archaeology and archaeology laboratories. Bird Research Library includes special holdings on Africa and South Asia. Also, students and faculty have access to the Maxwell School’s Interdisciplinary Institutes and Centers including the Moynihan Institute of Global affairs, Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration, Center for Policy Research, Aging Studies Institute, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, Institute for the Study of the Judiciary Politics and the Media, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Center for Technology and Information Policy.
Certs Offered 0
Contacts
  • Douglas Armstrong
    Primary Contact
    Professor, Laura J. and L. Douglas Professor of Teaching Excellence: Maxwell Professor
Online Courses
Online Courses: 0
Application Deadlines
Complete applications including all letters of reference, transcripts, writing samples and test scores should reach the Graduate Enrollment Management Center no later than January 10th.
Club / Honor Society
Anthropology Club: 1
Anthropology Club Info: Anthropology Graduate Student Organization (AGSO), Undergraduate Anthropology Club (https://sites.google.com/view/syracuseanthropologyclub/home) , and Lambda Alpha National Honor Society
Lambda Alpha Chapter: 1