人类学-硕士

入学条件包括:

• 1. 完整的申请
• 2. Transcripts from all undergraduate institutions attended
• 3. (三)推荐信

• 4.  A Statement of Purpose (SOP): An essay of 2-3 pages that discusses the following::

  1. What topics or questions interest you and how those are related to anthropology?

  2. How your background and experiences have prepared you for 研究生院?

  3. Why the USM Anthropology program is well-designed to help you achieve your goals for 研究生院?

SOP的补充说明: Your statement lets us lets us get to know you beyond grades and previous coursework. This is your opportunity to tell us a bit more about yourself, your research interests, what your professional and personal goals are, and importantly, how our program will 帮助你实现它们. Most students spend more time on their Statement of Purpose than anything else in the application despite its short length. 不要害怕 ask your professors, classmates, family or friends for feedback, and give yourself plenty of time and space for writing this critical component of your graduate application. A great Statement of Purpose is one that is focused, well-written, and makes it clear that USM is a good fit for you—and that you’re a good fit for us!

• 5. 简历或简历
• 6. A Writing Sample: An academic paper on a topic in anthropology of interest to you; it should be about 10 pages in length, written in English, and use a standard citation style.

Additional notes on the Writing Sample:  The writing sample helps us to evaluate your ability to demonstrate your research skills and present your findings, as you will be asked to do in your graduate career.  The sample should be academic in nature (usually something you have written for a class as an undergraduate), and show that you can write clearly and professionally.  Ideally the paper should display how you can synthesize ideas and concepts concerning a research question and then critically evaluate them.

申请的最后期限

3月15日为秋季申请者

We have an annual assistantship sponsored by the Department of Defense in which a student works closely with the staff archaeologist at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center. Other internships are available in the program laboratories as well as in 校外环境.

Our program has four laboratories where students can gain hands-on experience as they 与教职员工密切合作. The most unique facility is the center for primate behavioral studies which houses a colony of bushbabies. 我们也有生物考古学 and forensic anthropology lab which curates a large colonial Maya population from 西方伯利兹. Our archaeological facility is home to a variety of research collections from Mississippi and the greater Southeast. The biological anthropology lab is also equipped for hormonal analysis and preparing nutritional samples for further analysis and has equipment that allows analysis of tissues for many hormonal indicators.