Overview
Students in the Anthropology program from The University of Texas at San Antonio will develop empirical understandings of how humans culturally construct and organize past and present environments; how power relations are embedded in these activities; and the impact socio-physical environments have upon human and non-human primates.
Key Features
- Graduate course offerings view ecological anthropology through multiple lenses: political economy, environmental politics, indigenous epistemologies, landscape production, agrarian economy, social, behavioral and evolutionary ecology, medical anthropology, and primate conservation.
Programme Structure
Faculty research specializations include:- Archaeology of the Maya lowlands and Andean South America
- Archaeology of Texas and the Greater Southwest
- Primate behavioral and conservation ecology in Southeast Asia and Africa
- Conservation and mining practices in the South Pacific
- Indigenous and environmental politics in lowland and Andean South America
- The cultural anthropology of Texas and the Plains
- Medical anthropology of the U.S.-Mexico border region
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 96 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- December 30 deadline for Fall
Language
Credits
- 36 graduate hours beyond the master’s degree
- 66 semester credit hours beyond the baccalaureate degree
Delivered
Disciplines
Anthropology View 71 other PhDs in Anthropology in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Resume or CV
- Applicants must provide official transcripts documenting undergraduate and graduate coursework and degrees.
- Include a statement describing your reasons for entering UTSA’s Ph.D. program in Anthropology.
- As part of your application, you will need three letters of recommendation. Recommendations should preferably be from Anthropology faculty with whom you have worked during your academic training.
- Please see GRE for information about theexamination, including test locations and dates. At the University of Texas at San Antonio, GRE scores will be considered only as one element in the evaluation of applicants.
- Please include a writing sample that shows your writing abilities and analytical skills. Students usually submit a term paper from an upper-division or graduate class or a chapter of their Masters thesis.
Tuition Fee
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International
18432 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 18432 USD per year during 96 months. -
National
18432 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 18432 USD per year during 96 months. -
In-State
9466 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9466 USD per year during 96 months.
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