University of Florida, Department of Anthropology

Department specializations in human evolution, forensics, and molecular genetics, as well as Latin America and Africa area studies, Southeast US and Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory, historical archaeology, medical anthropology, agriculture, applied anthropology and research methods

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MA/ MS Requirements	Minimum 30 credits, thesis, written or oral exam; Requirements for non-thesis MA: minimum 32 credits, written exam, publishable paper
MA/MS Specializations	Four subfields, applied, Africa, Latin America, US

Phd Requirements	Minimum 90 credits, language proficiency and statistics as determined by doctoral committee, oral and written qualifying exams, fieldwork, dissertation and final exam
Phd Specializations	Same as MA

Peter Collings

Primary Contact

Interim Chair, Department of Anthropology; Associate Professor

Degrees Offered	Anthropology PhD, MA, BA, BS
Highest Degree Offered	PhD

Internships Available	0
Internship Required	0
Support Opportunities	Graduate: Grad teaching/research assistantships, up to $2,175/month; NDEA VI and Graduate School minority student fellowships; department selected fellowships (Graduate Award, Eddy, Grinter, Reugamer, Zora Neale Hurston)

Research Facilities	GIS/ethnographic/digital images labs, DNA, stable isotope, biomechanics labs, C A Pound Human ID Lab. Florida Museum of Natural History, Center for Latin American Studies, Center for African Studies, Women's Studies & Gender Research, African-Amer Studies, Tropical Conservation and Development Program, Land Use & Environmental Change Institute are affiliated with this department.
Certs Offered	0

The 2023-2024 AnthroGuide is the last print version. Edits for graduate programs are due July 31, 2023.