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Foundation (15 units)
Anth 151 Physical Anthropology
Anth 152 Culture and Human Behavior
Anth 303 Anthropological Thought
Anth 319 Prehistoric Archaeology
Anth 475 Anthropological Research Methods
Peoples and Places (3 units) Choose one of the following:
Anth 306 Indians of North America
Anth 307 Indians of California and the Southwest
Anth 338 Peoples of Africa
Anth 351 Peoples of Middle America
Anth 352 Peoples of South America
Anth 356 Peoples and Cultures of the Mediterranean
Seminar (3 units) Choose one of the following:
Anth 490A-D Seminar in Anthropology (A-Archaeology, B-Biological, C-Cultural, D-Linguistics)
Anth 516 Seminar on Ethnography as Narrative
Anth 521 California Archaeology
Anth 560 Social Evolution
Breadth Electives (9 units) In consultation wit the undergraduate advisor for the Anthropology Department, choose one course from each of the following sub-disciplines:
Cultural Anthropology
Anth 222 Visions of the Sacred
Anth 300 Anthropology and the Modern World
Anth 310 Language in Culture
Anth 326 Introduction to Folklore
Anth 345 Ethnicity in the U.S.
Anth 346 Urban Anthropology
Anth 404 Comparative Social Organization
Anth 405 Cognitive anthropology
Anth 424 Supernatural in the Modern World
Anth 425 Culture, Health, and Healing
Anth 430 Cultural Ecology
Anth 450 Historical Anthropology
Anth 451 Economic Anthropology
Anth 462 Anthropology of the Arts
Biological Anthropology
Anth 311 Human Variation
Anth 421 Primatology: Morphology, Behavior, and Social Organization
Anth 423 Human Behavior: Evolutionary Perspectives
Anth 453 Human Paleontology
Archaeology
Anth 426 Old World Archaeology
Anth 427 Archaeology of North America
Anth 428 Archaeology of Mesoamerica
Anth 429 Archaeology of South America
Anth 460 Women in the Ancient World
Additional Electives (12 units)
In consultation with the undergraduate advisor for the Anthropology Department, choose four additional three-unit upper division coursed in Anthropology
*1) Students who took Anth 375/L prior to Fall 2006 will be permitted to count it towards the Anth 475 requirement.
2) Anthropology 360 Does not count as credit for the anthropology major.
3) Students may count Anth 222 as an additional course elective.
4) No more then one of the four additional elective courses may be from the following General Education courses: Anth 222, 300, 305, 308, 315
5) Seminar prerequisite: prior or concurrent enrollment in Anth 475 or Anth 375/L
Please check the 2006-2008 CSUN Catalog for a list of course prerequisites and descriptions.
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Requirements For a Minor in Anthropology
(18 Units)
Foundations (3 units)
Choose one of the following: Anth 151 or 152
Peoples and Places (3 units)
Choose one from the following: Anth 306, 307, 338, 351, 352, 356
Electives (12 Units)
In consultation with the undergraduate advisor for the anthropology department, choose four additional three-unit upper division courses in anthropology
Anth 222 will be permitted as one of the four electives
There are two separate application processes, one involving the University and the other the Anthropology Department. Students must submit both the University and Departmental Applications.
Application Process
for the Master's Degree in Anthropology
Acceptance
into the Master's Degree Program in Anthropology at California State University,
Northridge is a two-part process. An applicant must first be admitted
to the university as a graduate student and then be accepted by a department.
Admission to the University
In order to be admitable to CSUN, a student must meet the following requirements:
- Have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited university or college.
- Have been in good standing at the last institution attended.
- Have at least a 2.5 grade point average in the last 60 semester/90 quarter units attempted, independent of when the baccalaureate was granted. The entire semester or quarter in which the 60/90 units began will be used in this calculation. Lower division courses or courses taken in extension (except in concurrent enrollment at CSUN in the upper division), after obtaining the bachelor's degree, will be excluded from calculation.
Students wishing to be admitted to the University must follow the instructions supplied by the Office of Admissions and Records for application to the University. Once applications are received, they will be evaluated by the office of Admissions and Records to verify that University standards for admission are met. The student will NOT be admitted to the University until a department accepts them.
Admission to the Anthropology Department
After receiving a completed university application, the office of Admissions and Records will forward an applicant's information to the Anthropology Department. A graduate committee will determine whether or not a student meets the additional requirements needed for admittance into the Anthropology Department's graduate program.
The Anthropology Department requires additional materials above and beyond what the University requires for applicant review. These standards for applicant review, additionally, reflect standards that are higher than that for base admission criteria for the University.
- Submission of departmental application form (downloadable PDF).
- GPA of at least 3.0 in all undergraduate and graduate Anthropology courses.
- Graduate Record
Exam is required if student has less than a 3.0 GPA.
A score in the upper 50 percentile in at least one of the three portions of the aptitude test is required for admission. - Two letters of
recommendation, from faculty members who know the applicant's potential
for graduate school.
- Transcripts from all undergraduate institutions the applicant has attended.
- A written Statement of Purpose indicating career objectives, and how CSUN's MA program is particularly suited to fulfilling those objectives.
Submit all material to the Anthropology Department by the department's deadline (October 15 for spring and March 15 for fall).
The Anthropology Department admits students in two categories: Classified or Conditionally Classified.
Admission Requirements
for Classified Status
Students admitted
with Classified status may take courses in the MA program at the 500 level
or higher. The Department of Anthropology requires:
- Completion of
University requirements for admission to graduate standing.
- Bachelor of Arts
degree with a major in Anthropology or completion of "minimum equivalency."
Minimum Equivalency
- Completion of
all lower division requirements in Anthropology required of the major
at CSUN. No course substitutions will be accepted for students applying
from our BA program to our MA program.
- The following
courses are required for admission with classified status:
- Math 140,
or an equivalent course in introductory Statistics
- Successful
completion of the Upper Division Writing Proficiency Exam
- Anthropology
151 and 152, or their approved equivalents
- Anthropology
319 or its approved equivalent
- Anthropology
303 or 375 or 404, or an approved equivalent
- Math 140,
or an equivalent course in introductory Statistics
Students applying for the Public Archeology track must have completed all of the above, plus the following classes:
- Anthropology
306 or 307 or 427, or an approved equivalent
Unclassified Status
If you do not have all the classes required for classified status, you
may be admitted as "Unclassified." You will need to complete
the requirements for classification within your first 12 units of study
at CSUN, after which you will apply for classified status and you may
begin to take classes at the 500 level and higher.
Classified status is attained when all university and departmental requirements have been met. Classified status must be applied for in writing.
The Graduate Advisement
Committee
Members of this committee are selected by the student, subject to approval
by the Department Graduate Committee. The student's committee is formed
of at least three members. usually these are full-time faculty members
of the department. However, the committee may include one part-time faculty
member, and/or one member from another university department.
The function of this committee depends on the student's chosen program. If the student is writing a thesis, then the members of this committee advise and assist the student in the production of a thesis. If the student has selected the examination option in the general program, the committee functions to advise the student in the test preparation process.
Committee members should be chosen according to the student's academic needs and specializations, and according to the faculty member's interest and willingness to serve on the committee. The student will work most closely with the committee chair, who also serves as the student's advisor.
In selecting a thesis topic, students should consider the areas of expertise and interest of the faculty. It is the student's responsibility to form an advisory committee, and this task is made easier if the thesis topic falls within areas of competence represented among the faculty of the department.
When the student has formed her or his committee, the graduate coordinator must be informed in writing. Subsequent changes in the committee membership must also be reported and approved by the graduate coordinator.
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Degree Requirements: General
Anthropology Option
Degree Requirements: Public
Archaeology Option
