New York University Department of Anthropology

GRADUATE STUDENT HANDBOOK Requirements and Procedures

Summer 2010

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1. Programs at a Glance 1. M.A. in Physical Anthropology—Human Skeletal Biology Track 2. Ph.D. Programs 1. Archaeology 2. Biological / Physical 3. Sociocultural/Linguistic 1. Culture and Media Certificate 2. Program Requirements in Detail: All Graduate Programs 1. Advisement 2. Coursework 3. Full-time Student Status 4. Maintenance of Matriculation 5. Leaves of Absence 6. Master’s Degree 7. Probationary Status 3. Program Requirements in Detail: PhD Programs Only 1. Transfer credits 2. PhD Petition 3. Language Requirements 4. Teaching Assignments 5. Doctoral Dissertation Research Design and Funding 6. PhD Comprehensive Examinations 1. Biological Anthropology 2. Archaeological, Sociocultural, Linguistic Anthropology 7. Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Degree 8. Doctoral Dissertation 9. PhD Degree 4. Selected Funding Information 1. GSAS Funding 2. Departmental Funding 3.External Research Funding 4. Funding/milestone roadmap for PhD students Appendices—Administrative forms I. Change of Advisory Committee II. Bi-Annual Advisement III. Inter-University Doctoral Consortium Registration IV. M.A. Paper Committee V. M.A. Title Page Sample VI. Master’s Paper Readers’ Approval (GSAS) VII. Master’s Paper Readers’ Evaluation (Dept.) VIII. Ph.D. Petition Cover Sheet IX. Dissertation Proposal Oral Defense Form

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INTRODUCTION Welcome to the NYU Department of Anthropology. All students in our programs have come to the department through a highly competitive process. This handbook outlines the requirements and procedures that help define passage through our graduate programs. Over the course of their matriculation in the department, students are expected to be in regular contact with their Advisory Committees and the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) as they move through their program requirements, fine-tuning them to meet their particular needs. The Chair and Associate Chair of the Department, working with the DGS and the Departmental Administrator, oversee student financial aid packages, teaching assignments , and internal department fellowship monies. Students should be in regular contact with the current Graduate Secretary for routine administrative needs. Please note that this handbook supplements the requirements and procedures of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), with which department practices must be consistent. An electronic copy may found online at: http://gsas.nyu.edu/page/grad.pp.manual

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1. REQUIREMENTS AT A GLANCE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 1. MA Program in Physical Anthropology—Human Skeletal Biology Track 1.1. a. Program Requirements Formal requirements include the satisfactory completion of 36 points of coursework (24 points of required courses; 12 points of electives) and acceptance of a written master’s thesis. These are typically completed within two years of full-time work, but may be pursued more flexibly on a part-time basis. In any case, GSAS requires that all program requirements be fulfilled within 5 years of matriculation. 1.1. b. Funding There is currently a small amount of competitively awarded funding for first-year students. If awarded, this funding usually amounts to a total of 8 credits of funding in the first year of study, and is non-renewable. Funding requires full-time enrollment. Teaching assignments may occasionally be available to students in the MA program. 1.1. c. Transfer Credits Students who have done graduate work elsewhere may be able to transfer credits for some courses toward their NYU MA, if these courses have NOT been counted toward an MA or MS earned elsewhere. A maximum of 12 credits may be transferred toward the NYU MA. Requests for transfer credits must be approved within the first year of matriculation. 1.1. d .Course Requirements • Foundation Course (4 pts; must take one or approved equivalent) G14.1000 Departmental Seminar OR G14.3210 PhD Seminar I • Core Courses (12 pts; must take all or approved equivalent) G14.1516 Human Osteology G14.1520 Interpreting Human Skeletal Morphology G14.1517 Biological Variation among Human Populations OR G14.339x Human Genetics and Biology • Field Training Internships (usually 4 pts; must take at least one) G14.2550 Field methods in archaeology G14.3990-3999 Laboratory internships G14.3910-3919 [pre-approved, non-NYU field schools] • Statistics (3-4 pts; must take one or approved equivalent): G23.2030 Statistics in Biology G23.2303 Introduction to Biostatistics G89.2228 Intermediate statistical methods (3 pts) G89. 2244 Multivariate statistics (3 pts) • Elective Courses (up to 20 pts; These must include at least one “recommended elective” and may include up to 4 points of research credits beyond the internship.

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1.2. PHD PROGRAMS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 1.2.a. Coursework • A total of 18 graduate courses (72 credits @ 4 credits/course)—typically 3 courses/semester for 6 semesters—is required for the PhD in Anthropology. • Each sub-discipline has its own course requirements, listed below. These include both obligatory core courses and more specialized elective courses, 1.2.b. MA Degree • Except for those who receive transfer credits for prior graduate work, students in all of the Anthropology PhD programs are expected to begin by completing an MA in Anthropology, normally by the end of the 2nd year of matriculation. Courses taken for the MA count toward the PhD. • Requirements for the MA in Anthropology include 36 credits (usually 3 semesters of coursework), as well as submission of an MA/Qualifying Paper, written in consultation with 2 members of the NYU Anthropology faculty. 1.2.c. Transfer Credits • Students who have done graduate work elsewhere may be able to transfer credits for some courses or for a prior MA toward their NYU PhD. • Final decisions about transfer credits must be made before the end of the 2nd semester of matriculation (see 3.1a below). • Students who transfer credits for one or several courses from a prior MA (but not for the whole degree) must submit a Qualifying Paper, essentially identical to the MA/Qualifying paper required for the NYU MA, by the end of the 4th semester of matriculation. 1.2.d Funding • All PhD students at NYU receive multi-year funding packages (MacCracken Fellowships), contingent upon satisfactory progress toward the degree, which cover the full cost of tuition. Typically these also include ten semesters of stipend. • If a student is awarded transfer credit for a prior MA, his/her MacCracken Fellowship will be reduced accordingly (usually by 1 year). • Students who secure external funding for graduate training (e.g. NSF Graduate Training Fellowship, Javits Fellowship) may combine this support with a partial MacCracken Fellowship, as negotiated between the Department and GSAS. The total level of support will be at least that of a standard MacCracken and, in most cases, will cover a longer period of time and/or additional forms of support (e.g. summer funding). • MacCracken funding may be used for dissertation fieldwork or laboratory research (usually undertaken in the 5th year of matriculation), but ideally such work is supported by external funding. In the latter case, the MacCracken Fellowship is suspended during the dissertation research period, and resumed subsequently. • Faculty advisors expect to work closely with students to secure external funding for dissertation research. • NYU funding is guaranteed only through the five (or four) years of the MacCracken Fellowship, but further support may be available competitively through the department or GSAS. 5

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Students earn extra money from any teaching assignments they take. The department makes every effort to allocate teaching assignments such that all students have the possibility of earning (and “banking”) the equivalent of an extra year of MacCracken Fellowship support. (See sections 3.4 and 4.4) With the exception of teaching assignments, students are considered ineligible for any NYU funding beginning in the 8th year of matriculation. (NB: This clock stops during any period of externally-funded field research.) Under most conditions, students should be able to complete the degree before eligibility for NYU funding runs out.

1.2.e. Non-coursework Requirements • Except for students receiving “blanket” transfer credits for an entire MA received elsewhere, all students must submit an MA/Qualifying paper by the end of the 4th semester. Permission to continue toward the PhD is contingent on approval of this paper as pre-PhD caliber by 2 members of the Anthropology Department faculty. • During the 2nd year, students prepare a PhD petition in consultation with their advisory committee. In this document, the student defines his/her area of research specialization and outlines a plan for acquiring the necessary training for the dissertation project envisioned. The faculty as a whole must approve the petition for the student to continue in the program. This is done via circulation of student petitions among faculty, followed by discussion of and vote on petitions at an early March faculty meeting. Students wishing to transfer credits for an entire prior MA must submit this petition in their first year of matriculation. • During the 3rd or 4th year, each student designs a dissertation project and submits proposals for external research funding to support original field or laboratory research. A formal oral hearing of a completed research proposal must be scheduled with the student’s 3-member advisory committee at least by the end of the fourth year, but preferably prior to submission of proposals to external agencies. • By the end of the 4th year (usually during the 3rd year for biological anthropology), students take comprehensive PhD exams. Biological Anthropology students take standardized exams in three of the major areas of that subdiscipline. In the other subdisciplines, the PhD exams are tailored to each student’s research interests, and developed in close consultation with a 3-person PhD committee. • Once a student has passed this exam, completed all PhD coursework, and satisfied all other requirements for the PhD except the dissertation he/she is eligible for the Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Degree, and has earned the formal status of PhD Candidate. • Most students spend the 5th year conducting dissertation research, supported by external funding. Biological Anthropology students, especially those whose research is laboratory-based, often begin their research sooner and complete it earlier. • Students are expected to finish writing the thesis within 2 years of completing the dissertation research. • The completed dissertation is defended at a final oral examination conducted by a 5-member committee which must include at least 3 members of the NYU faculty. 6

1.2.1. PH.D. PROGRAM IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1.2.1.a. Required Courses: All or most of these courses should be completed in the first year. They are all required for the MA degree (generally completed by the end of the second year) and include: G14.3210 Departmental Seminar [team taught course across 2 of anthropology’s subfields] OR approved substitute G14.2213 History of Archaeological Theory OR G14.1636 History of Anthropology G14.2214 Archaeological Methods and Techniques G14. 3217 Archaeological Professionalization At least one area course. Those offered include: Prehistory of the Near East/Egypt I and II European Prehistory I and II Prehistory of South Asia Medieval Archaeology African Prehistory 1.2.1.b. Elective Courses Students are encouraged to take additional method and theory courses, such as Technology in Pre-Industrial Societies Prehistoric Art Gender Issues in Archaeology Ceramics Faunal Analysis Environmental Archaeology Social and Symbolic Archaeology Contemporary Archaeological Theory Although not required, it is recommended that students also take courses in Human Osteology and in Paleoanthropology. Students are encouraged to take at least one course from each of the archaeology faculty members. ..

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1.2.2. PH.D. PROGRAM IN BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Required Courses: G14.3210 Departmental Seminar [team taught course across 2 of anthropology’s subfields] G14.3217 or 3218 Seminar in Physical Anthropology I or II (or equivalent) All 3 of the New York Consortium for Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP) core courses Seminar in Professional Development Three NYCEP internships (i.e., a research-based experience) must be completed informally or for credit (as research courses). At least one internship must be undertaken with a non-NYU NYCEP faculty, and one internship must be in an area outside of the students’ main research focus (i.e., morphology/paleontology, primate ecology/behavior, or genetics/molecular systematics). The MA/Qualifying paper at NYU counts as one internship.

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1.2.3. PH.D. PROGRAM IN SOCIOCULTURAL/LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY Required Courses: G14.3210 Departmental Seminar [team taught course across 2 of anthropology’s subfields] G14.1010 Social Anthropology: Theory and Practice G14.1040 Linguistic Anthropology G14.1636 History of Anthropology At least one Ethnographic Traditions course, selected in consultation with the advisory committee Professionalization Seminar a no-credit course collectively run by the social anthropology faculty to consider such practicalities of our profession as proposal-writing, fieldwork, presentations at professional meetings. Students are expected to participate each semester that they are in residence.

1.2.3.a. Certificate in Culture and Media This program is an option for students enrolled in the PhD program in Sociocultural/Linguistic Anthropology. Culture and Media students must fulfill all of the requirements for that PhD program (listed above), as well as the additional Certificate requirements listed below. With the exception of Sight and Sound (6 points) and Video Production (8 points), all Culture and Media requirements count toward the PhD in Anthropology. Culture and Media students take a total of 86 points, usually including 3 courses (12 points)/semester for 6 semesters, 1 summer course (Sight and Sound, usually after the 2nd year of matriculation), and 2 courses (8 points) during the 4 th year of matriculation. • Required Courses: G14.1215 Culture & Media I: History of Ethnographic Film (prerequisite to all others) G14.1216 Culture & Media II: Ethnography of Media H72.2002 Cultural Theory and the Documentary H72.1998 Sight and Sound OR H72.1999 Sight and Sound Documentary (summer; prerequisite for G14.1218-19) G14.1218-19 Video Production (2 semester studio class, usually taken in the 3rd year) Approved elective in Cinema Studies • Conferral of Certificate Early in the semester during which a student expects to complete all requirements for the Certificate (usually spring of the third year) he/she must register for conferral. This is done by contacting Li Cao at the Registrar: 212- 998-4845 or [email protected] . Registration for certificate conferral prompts the NYU Recording Office to issue a copy of a Check Sheet to the student and to the Anthropology Department’s Graduate Secretary. The Check Sheet details all requirements that must be completed by the student in order for the certificate to be awarded and signals any that remain outstanding (e.g. incomplete coursework, etc.). The student is responsible for contacting the Graduate Secretary in regard to clearing up these matters, well in advance of the deadline specified on the Check Sheet.

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2. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS IN DETAIL REQUIREMENTS RELEVANT TO ALL GRADUATE PROGRAMS 2.1. Advisement • All incoming graduate students are assigned a 3-person Faculty Advisory Committee (including one designated as chair) by the DGS and department chair, based on their understanding of each student’s research interests. • Each student works with his/her advisory committee throughout the program. Students may change the composition of this committee after consulting with its chair and getting approval from the DGS. Such adjustments are typically made as a result of changes in student research interests, or as faculty leave or join the department. Students may recompose their committees either as part of the petition process (see 3.1.c) or by submitting an Application for Change in Advisory Committee form to the DGS. (See APPENDIX 1]. • Formal advisement is held once each semester, usually on the last Friday of October and on the last Friday of April. At least one week prior to advisement, each student submits a brief written progress report and statement of future plans to each member of his/her advisory committee (See APPENDIX 2). 2.1.a. Advisement day is divided into 20-minute time slots and held in 4 or 5 neighboring offices. Each student and his/her faculty committee is given a specific appointment time and room. During the advisement meeting, the committee discusses the student’s progress in the program to date, courses to be taken in the upcoming semester, and other matters relating to the student’s performance and needs. The committee chair signs a form indicating the courses to be taken, and appends a brief statement indicating any important issues that must be resolved or other plans relevant to the student’s progress toward the degree. These reports become part of the student’s file. 2.1.b. Round-up is held once a year, in early May. At this all-day meeting of the full faculty, all graduate student files are individually reviewed. Drawing on input from all relevant faculty, each student’s progress, as well as particular achievements or difficulties, are noted. A brief note (of congratulations, encouragement, warning, as appropriate) is sent to each student over the signature of the department chair. 2.1.c. Administrative Check-in The DGS is meets individually with students on the Thursday and Friday prior to Labor Day (for Fall semester enrollment) and on the Thursday and Friday prior to Martin Luther King Day (for spring semester enrollment). All students currently taking courses are required to sign up for a 10-minute session during this time, and more advanced students are encouraged to do so in order to “check in” (e.g. on return from fieldwork) or if they have any questions about degree requirements or other administrative matters. This bi-annual formal meeting with the DGS provides an efficient way to stay on top of degree requirements, to manage administrative matters, and to facilitate optimal progress toward degree.

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2.2. Coursework 2.2.a. Registration through “Albert” Students may register on-line for courses approved by their advisory committee . In addition to course registration, NYU’s “Albert” system allows students to change address information, view transcripts, and review financial aid information. Students can access Albert through the NYU Home page at https://home.nyu.edu. 2.2.b. Consortium courses. Beginning in their second year, PhD students may take courses through the Inter-University Doctoral Consortium (IUDC). This consortium of nine local universities offers students the opportunity to take courses necessary for their particular research interests that are not offered at NYU. As with all NYU courses, consortium course selection must be approved by the student’s advisory committee. Registration for consortium courses requires signatures from both NYU and the host university (SEE APPENDIX 3). For more information, see http://gsas.nyu.edu/page/grad.scholarlyprograms.interuniversitydoctoralconsortium 2.2.c. Incomplete grades. Students are expected to complete all current coursework by the end of each semester. Under exceptional circumstances, they may request an incomplete (“I”) from the instructor of a particular course, but faculty are not obliged to grant such requests. GSAS regulations stipulate that any student who fails to complete by midsummer at least 2/3 of all of the course points for which he/she has registered since first matriculating at NYU will not be considered to be “in good standing”, and will be placed on Academic Probation (see below). GSAS requires that incomplete work be completed within a year from the beginning of the semester in which the course was taken (e.g. fall semester courses must be completed by the beginning of the following fall semester). For work completed within this time frame, the course instructor submits a Change of Grade form to the Departmental Graduate Secretary. Requests for any further extensions must be clearly justified in writing and submitted well in advance of this deadline to the DGS, who must seek approval from the GSAS Vice-Dean. The transcript grade for coursework that has not been completed according to the guidelines above will revert to an “F” and the student will need to register for another course to make up these missing credits. GSAS funding will not cover the tuition for extra courses needed for this reason. 2.3. Full-time student status Most students need to maintain full-time student status until they obtain their target degree in order to maintain eligibility for student loan deferrals, student visas, or various kinds of financial aid or medical insurance. Full-time status may be maintained in several ways: • Course load. Enrollment in at least 12 points (usually 3 courses)/semester • Equivalencies. Involvement in any combination totaling at least 40 hours/week of coursework, research, MA or PhD thesis write-up, PhD Exam preparation, teaching assignments. In general, the Graduate secretary routinely completes the paper-work required to attest full-time equivalency for all students who have completed all or most of their course requirements within the past several years and who are continuing to progress toward the target degree. Students who completed all course requirements for the target degree more than 11

several years ago, and who have not been making regular progress toward completion of the target degree, but who nevertheless wish to maintain full- or part-time student status need to make a special request to the DGS. 2.4. Maintenance of Matriculation GSAS requires that students maintain NYU matriculation from the time of their initial registration until the granting of their final degree. This may be done by several means: • enrollment for at least 1 point of course credit during the fall and spring semesters • students who are no longer taking courses must register each semester for Maintenance of Matriculation (G47.4747). Doctoral students in good standing can be granted up to 6 semesters of Maintenance of Matriculation fee waivers (typically to cover the post-coursework periods of research design/PhD exams and 2 years of thesis write-up.) Up to 4 semesters of additional Maintenance of Matriculation fee waivers may be awarded to cover externally-funded periods of dissertation field-research. Students may be definitively dropped from NYU rosters or charged substantial back fees before being awarded their degree if they have not maintained continuous NYU matriculation beginning with their initial course enrollment until the granting of their final degree. 2.5. Leaves of Absence A student in good standing who is obliged to withdraw temporarily for reasons beyond their control, due to National service, Serious illness, or Compelling personal reasons may request a leave of absence (LOA) from the DGS, who must seek approval from the GSAS Vice-Dean. If the LOA is approved, the student’s status is maintained, and readmission is assured at the end of the leave. The following considerations apply: • No maintenance of matriculation fees accrue during an approved LOA. • A LOA may not exceed one year. • The period of an approved LOA counts toward time-to-degree limits • A student on LOA is ineligible for full-time or half-time equivalency • Foreign students on LOA generally may not remain in the U.S.

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2.6. Master's Degree 2.6.a. Coursework/grades: All MA degrees in Anthropology require a total of 36 credits of coursework (usually 9 courses), as well as satisfactory completion of an MA/Qualifying paper (see 2.6.c.). No student may receive more than two grades below a “B” for any courses approved for the MA (within the department or elsewhere). A student who receives two grades below “B” will be placed on academic probation (see 2.7 below). A third grade below “B” will result in termination from the program. 2.6.b. Time to degree: GSAS requirements specify that students complete the MA within five years from initial matriculation (including leaves of absence). Failure to meet this time-to-degree requirement may result in termination from the program. 2.6.c. MA/Qualifying Paper: No later than the fall of the second year1, each student selects an MA/Qualifying Paper committee, consisting of a supervisor (1st reader) and a 2nd reader, from among the NYU Anthropology Department faculty. These may—but need not necessarily—include two members from the student’s initial Advisory Committee.  By signing the “MA/Qualifying Paper Committee Form,” (APPENDIX 4) both faculty members accept this responsibility and approve the paper topic.  In exceptional cases, students may request that an additional (3rd) reader from another NYU department be added to the MA/Qualifying Paper committee.  Early on, the student should come to a clear understanding with this committee regarding arrangements for consultation, as well as expectations for the MA/Qualifying Paper’s content, scope, and length. Generally the paper is similar in these respects to a peer-reviewed journal article within the student’s sub-discipline (e.g. about 30 – 50 double-spaced pages in length).  The MA/Qualifying Paper must be submitted to the MA/Qualifying Paper committee during spring semester of the second year of matriculation by dates specified each year. A full draft is normally due at least by the first Friday in April, and the final draft by the beginning of May.  For students in the MA program in Skeletal Biology, the MA committee evaluates the paper on a Pass/Fail basis.  For students in the PhD program, the MA/Qualifying Paper committee awards one of three evaluations of the completed paper: (i) Of a quality to warrant continuation in a Ph.D. program; (ii) Acceptable as a “terminal” M.A. paper, i.e. the MA degree will be awarded, but the student is not qualified to continue on to a Ph.D. degree; or (iii) Failed. In the latter two cases: The MA/Qualifying paper may, at the student’s request, be submitted to the faculty as a whole for confirmation or reversal of that judgment. If the student chooses to remain in a PhD program, he/she will be placed on Academic Probation (see 2.7 below) until an MA/Qualifying paper is approved as pre-PhD work. Failing such approval by the end of fall semester of the 3rd year, the student will be terminated from the program. NB: Normally, faculty members are not available to read MA/Qualifying papers between mid-May and the beginning of fall semester. 

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Once the MA/Qualifying paper has been approved by the MA/Qualifying Paper Committee, the student must submit the following documents to the Anthropology Graduate Secretary, each signed by the 1st and 2nd readers: (i) One original copy of the MA/Qualifying Paper title page (APPEND 5) (ii) Two green GSAS approval forms (APPENDIX 6) (iii)PhD students only: One departmental evaluation form (APPEND 7)

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2. 6.d. Conferral of Degrees. A Commencement ceremony is held once a year, in early May, but NYU confers degrees three times a year: in September, January, and May. GSAS posts a strict deadline for completion of all degree requirements (usually 8 – 10 days before conferral of the degree). Students must apply for graduation at least 3-4 months before they expect to complete all requirements for the degree. This is done by • registering on Albert [students in the MA program] • contacting Li Cao at 212-998-4845 or [email protected] [students in PhD programs] Application for a degree prompts the NYU Recording Office to issue a copy of a Masters Check Sheet to the student and to the Anthropology Department’s Graduate Secretary. The Check Sheet details all requirements that must be completed by the student in order for the degree to be awarded and signals any that remain outstanding (e.g. incomplete coursework, unpaid Maintenance of Matriculation fees, etc.). The student is responsible for contacting the DGS or Graduate Secretary in regard to clearing up these matters, well in advance of the deadline specified on the Check Sheet. If a student fails to complete all degree requirements by the deadline for the graduation for which he/she initially applied, it is a simple matter to re-apply for the next degree date. On the other hand, if a student completes all degree requirements but has not applied in time for a given graduation date, degree conferral may be delayed. That is, there is no penalty for applying too early for a degree, but there may be a penalty for applying too late. 2.7. Probationary Status A student who fails to make satisfactory progress toward his/her degree goal will be placed on Academic Probation. The student will receive a formal letter from the DGS, copied to the GSAS Vice-Dean. This letter lays out the reasons for probation and the conditions which must be met in order to reverse this status. If these conditions are met by the stated deadline (generally the end of the next full semester from the date of the letter), probation will be reversed and will leave no trace in the student’s record. If, on the other hand, the conditions for reversing probation are not met within the stated time frame, the student will be terminated from the program. Termination will be signaled by a formal letter from the DGS. While a student is on academic probation, he/she is not considered to be in “good standing” and will be ineligible for certain forms of GSAS support (e.g. Maintenance of Matriculation fee waivers, conference travel funds, ability to reserve or withdraw fellowship funds [see 3.4.b. below]). Academic Probation may be triggered in several ways:  Grades: a student whose GPA falls below 3.0 or who receives two grades below “B” will be placed on probation. A third grade below “B” will result in termination from the program.  Failure to meet specific degree requirements in a satisfactory or timely manner: Examples: *a student who fails to complete in due time at least 2/3 of the credit hours for which he/she has registered *a student who turns in a failing MA/Qualifying paper. *a student in the PhD program who has not submitted an MA/ Qualifying Paper evaluated as “pre-PhD” AND a PhD petition acceptable to the full faculty by the beginning of the third year of matriculation.  Exceeding time-to-degree limits. A student who has not completed the degree within GSAS time-to-degree limits (5 years for the MA; 7 years for PhD [credit for prior MA]; 10 years for MA + PhD) may, if he/she is making acceptable progress toward the degree, be placed on Academic Probation for up to 2 years pending completion of the degree. Alternatively, he/she will be terminated from the program. Students have the right to appeal a probation decision, the conditions imposed for 14

reversing this status, or termination. They may do so by addressing the DGS in writing within one month of receipt of the formal letter announcing these decisions. If the department’s response is unsatisfactory, a written appeal may be made to the GSAS ViceDean.

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3. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS IN DETAIL: PERTINENT TO PHD PROGRAMS ONLY 3.1 Transfer Credits Students who have undertaken prior graduate work elsewhere may request to transfer credit for an entire prior MA (more common for Archaeology or Biological students) or for one or several courses (more common for Sociocultural students). In all cases, such requests must be initiated by the end of the first semester of matriculation and finalized by the end of the second semester.  Students are occasionally admitted to the PhD program with credit for a prior MA or MS. Otherwise, those wishing to transfer “blanket credit” for an entire prior MA must apply to do so, after consultation with their advisory committee, by initiating the PhD petition process a year early, i.e. during their first year of matriculation (see 3.2 below). Approval of the petition during the first year will result in the transfer of credit for the prior MA, and means that no MA/Qualifying Paper is required. Students receiving full credit for a prior MA typically complete their NYU course work in 2 years (rather than 3); their NYU funding is adjusted accordingly.  Students wishing to transfer credits for one or several courses must first obtain approval from their advisory committee and then contact the DGS. Normally students not applying for a “blanket transfer” of credits for an entire prior MA may transfer no more than 8 credits from prior graduate work. Transfer credits for courses counted toward a prior earned MA or MS may not be applied to the NYU MA in Anthropology. Students receiving such transfer credits therefore do not generally earn an NYU MA in Anthropology. They are nonetheless required to submit a Qualifying Paper, identical in all respects to the MA/Qualifying paper described above (2.6c). They also submit their PhD petitions during their second year of matriculation, and ultimately must complete the 72 (or 86 for PhD + Certificate) credits required for the NYU PhD minus the credits transferred.  Students who ultimately do not continue on to the PhD may be awarded an NYU in MA in Anthropology upon completion of all NYU MA requirements, independent of any transfer credits awarded. 3.2. PhD Petition All students admitted to NYU PhD programs are expected to successfully complete the doctorate, but entry to a PhD program is confirmed through a petition process. This offers students the opportunity—once they have acquired some graduate school experience—to make well-informed assessments of their scholarly goals and to consider, along with their advisory committee and the departmental faculty as a whole, whether their talents and plans are well-suited to pursuit of the PhD in Anthropology. 3.2.a. Timing. Students wishing to transfer blanket credit for a prior MA in anthropology must submit a petition by the February due date in their first year of matriculation. If their petition is granted, full credit for their prior MA will be transferred toward the NYU PhD and all 1st year coursework at NYU will be applied to PhD requirements. A student whose petition is rejected will normally be required to fulfill the requirements for the NYU MA, and will be invited to resubmit a PhD petition the following year. All other students submit a petition in February of the second year of matriculation. Acceptance of the petition indicates faculty approval to continue graduate work beyond the MA, and is granted on condition that the student submits a pre-doctoral quality MA/Qualifying paper by the end of the second year of matriculation. 3.2.b. Content. In the petition, the student sketches the research area in which he/she 16

expects to work, as well as a plan for preparing to conduct original doctoral research in that area. It is NOT intended to be a research proposal. Rather it should convey a clear idea of the kind of proposal the student expects to develop over the next several years, and a well-considered road map for acquiring the specific training needed in order to effectively design and carry out such a project. [See Appendix 8] For archaeology and sociocultural/linguistics students, this plan includes identifying three scholarly areas in which the student plans to take PhD comprehensive examinations during the third or fourth year of matriculation. These exam areas correspond to identifiable specialty areas within the student’s sub-discipline; they point to the scholarly literatures within which the specific research project will be situated (and which the student aims to master), as well as ultimately defining the student’s professional identity within the discipline. In close consultation with the advisory committee, students define their own exam areas; these usually include one geographic specialty and two topical specialties. Students are expected to take the PhD Comprehensive Exam at least by the end of spring semester of the 4th year of matriculation. Biological anthropology students usually take their Comprehensive Exams midway through the third year of matriculation; these consist of a set in-class exam on each of three standard areas in the sub-discipline (with a choice of questions within each exam). 3.2.c. Faculty Advisory Committee. Students are expected to prepare their petitions in close collaboration with a faculty advisory committee comprising three (occasionally four) permanent members of the Anthropology Department faculty2. All members of this committee must sign off on the petition before it can be submitted to the full faculty. They may—but need not necessarily—include all or some of the members of the student’s initial advisory committee (see 2.1 above). This committee should be chosen as a function of the specialty areas in which the student plans to develop expertise in the context of Comprehensive Exam preparation and as part of a more long-term professional identity. Typically, each member of the faculty advisory committee works with the student on one exam area, although the committee may agree to other arrangements. Students are encouraged to maintain more informal intellectual or friendly relationships with other members of the departmental faculty. But they should compose their faculty advisory committee with a clear eye toward the substantive areas of expertise that will be most pertinent to the research specialties they envisage. 3.2.d. Dates. The student should initiate discussion with his/her advisory committee by the end of the semester before he/she expects to submit the petition, and should plan to submit a draft petition to these advisors by the first day of spring semester, allowing sufficient time to work through several drafts. The specific due date for submission of the final draft to the graduate secretary (signed off by all members of the advisory committee) will be posted each year, but is generally about February 15. All faculty members review all petitions over the subsequent weeks. Approval decisions are made at a faculty meeting held by early March. Occasionally, a petition is sent back for revision. Any revisions must be 2

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resubmitted by April 1 for approval by the full faculty. A student whose petition has not been approved by the full Anthropology Department faculty by the end of spring semester of the second year of matriculation will be terminated from the PhD program.

3.3. Language Requirements There is no formal language requirement for the PhD in Anthropology, but many dissertation projects depend on some degree of proficiency in a foreign language. From their first year of matriculation, students should begin discussions with their advisory committee and the DGS about any field language that might be required for their envisioned research, and ways to achieve necessary competency in time for dissertation fieldwork. GSAS will cover tuition costs for academic-year undergraduate language courses, but these cannot count toward a graduate degree and are often too time-consuming and insufficiently intensive to be of optimal use for graduate students. In general, necessary language skills are best acquired through intensive summer training. Students needing to develop foreign language skills for their dissertation research should begin to explore summer training and funding possibilities as early as possible in their NYU career.

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3.4. Teaching Assignments GSAS funding does not include an obligation to teach, but teaching assignments for extra income are available to all PhD students and occasionally to those in the MA program. All PhD students are expected to teach for a minimum of two semesters during their matriculation and most will teach for at least 4 to 6 semesters, beginning in their second year of matriculation. 3.4.a. Types of teaching. The Anthropology Department offers two kinds of teaching assignments to its students:  Adjunct Instructors (AI) teach two sections or two labs in large lecture courses (usually Intro or MAP [NYU core curriculum])  Course Assistants (CA), are usually assigned to more specialized classes with no sections but having at least 40 students or lab-intensive course work; CAs are responsible for grading and other assistance, but usually do little or no classroom teaching. 3.4.b. Teaching income. AI assignments pay roughly twice as much as CA assignments, generally corresponding to the difference in time investment required for each type of position. AI pay is about the same as half of the MacCracken stipend for a semester; CA pay is roughly equivalent to one quarter the semester’s MacCracken stipend. 3.4.c. Fellowship reserve. During teaching semesters, students have the option of “reserving” with GSAS the equivalent of their teaching pay, in the form of withheld quarter-portions of their MacCracken stipend. This reserve may be redeemed at any time while the student is matriculated in good standing, and still eligible for NYU support (usually until 8 years after first matriculation, with the clock stopped for periods of externally funded off-campus dissertation research). It is most frequently used to support either post-MacCracken semesters or summers. Although not a requirement, students are strongly advised to build a Fellowship Reserve through GSAS because  Any extra tax burdens during teaching semesters are prevented  This Fellowship Reserve is paid out at MacCracken rates in effect at the time of redemption. With careful management of their guaranteed MacCracken Fellowships and a Fellowship Reserve built up during teaching semesters (ideally combined with at least one year of external research support), students should be assured adequate support for the 7 or 8 years usually required to complete the degree (see 4.4 below). 3.4.d. Assignments. The Chair and Associate Chair of the Department, working with the DGS and the Departmental Administrator, oversee teaching assignments. As far as possible, these assignments are allocated so as to  Assure that all students needing such support3 get a combination of teaching assignments that will allow them to “reserve” the equivalent of one year of MacCracken support by the end of their 4th year of matriculation.  Assure that all PhD students ultimately experience both general courses in their sub-discipline (usually AI assignments) and more specialized courses relevant to their specific research interests (usually CA assignments). Every effort is made to take into account graduate student research expertise and training 3

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needs, but priority is given to assuring that senior students receive the minimum financial support promised. Further, teaching assignments are ultimately also driven by undergraduate enrollment patterns. Initial assignments for each academic year are made in late spring, but these often need to be adjusted up to the last minute.

3.5 Doctoral Dissertation Research Design and Funding Although MacCracken fellowships may be used to fund dissertation research, students are expected to apply to external funding agencies for research support, ideally holding their last year or two of MacCracken funding (together with the Fellowship reserve described in 3.4.c above) for the post-research write-up period. 3.5.a. At least by the third year of matriculation, students should be actively cataloguing potential sources of dissertation funding, together with their deadlines and other application requirements. These should include sources relevant to most anthropology doctoral students (e.g. Wenner Gren Foundation, National Science Foundation, Social Science Research Council….) but also smaller agencies pertinent to the student’s specific research interests. 3.5.b. At least by the beginning of the fourth year of matriculation, students should be working closely with their advisory committees to design a specific dissertation project and craft a fundable proposal which can be adjusted to the stipulations of various funding agencies. Research proposals are a special and challenging genre of writing; students should allow ample time to work through multiple drafts with their advisors. NB: Competition for dissertation funding is fierce and most funding agencies have strict annual (or occasionally semi-annual) deadlines for submission of dissertation proposals; failure to complete a polished proposal by the posted deadlines will result in serious delays in progress toward the degree. 3.5.c. Dissertation proposal oral hearing. The Department of Anthropology requires that a dissertation proposal be formally approved by each student’s advisory committee. The NYU IRB also requires such approval as a condition for awarding research clearance. Both requirements are satisfied by an oral hearing of a dissertation proposal. This consists of a meeting (approximately 45 minutes) of the student and his/her 3-member advisory committee to discuss a near-final version of a research proposal (SEE APPENDIX 9). This hearing must be held at least by the end of the fourth year of matriculation, but it will ideally be scheduled shortly prior to the deadline for major proposal submissions, in order to give the student the opportunity for a final round of input from the advisory committee before submission to external funders. Students should NOT prepare a special version of the dissertation proposal for this purpose; rather the hearing should focus on a version of the proposal that actually will be (or has been) submitted to a funding agency. 3. 5.d. Human subjects and Animal welfare reviews. Any NYU-affiliated student or faculty member who undertakes research (externally funded or not) based on living animals or human subjects must submit his/her proposal for clearance by the NYU Institutional Review Board (IRB). Many granting agencies will not release research funds to an awardee without documentation of such clearance. The NYU IRB always includes one member of the Anthropology Department faculty. As soon as the student has drafted a near-final research proposal, he/she should give a copy to that faculty member and arrange a meeting to discuss how best to present his/her proposal to the IRB. The IRB subcommittees (UCAIHS for Human Subjects; UCAW for animal welfare) meet about once a month, and frequently send proposals back for further 20

clarification or revision of protocols. To avoid delays in launching research, it is critical to begin the process early by seeking the advice of our departmental faculty representative. IRB clearance is generally granted for one year and is easily renewable. That is, there is no penalty for getting clearance well before the beginning of actual research, but serious delays may result from postponing the process. More information may be found at: http://www.nyu.edu/ucaihs/ [human subjects] or http://www.nyu.edu/uawc/ [animal welfare]

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3.6. PhD Comprehensive Examinations PhD exams constitute an important rite of passage in all doctoral programs, at least in North America. Scheduled toward the end of formal coursework and before dissertation research, they are meant to test the student’s competence to undertake original doctoral-level research. A student who has passed these exams (sometimes called “qualifying exams”) has earned the formal status of PhD Candidate. Even within a single department, however, they may take somewhat different forms. 3.6.1. Biological Anthropology 3.6.1.a. Timing. In general, all students take their comprehensive exams during their third year of matriculation (or during the second year, for those who have received “blanket” credit for a prior MA). A standard exam is set once each year, and is usually scheduled for the end of the Fall semester or beginning of the Spring semester. 3.6.1.b. Format. The comprehensive examination in biological anthropology consists of an in-class written exam, given over a period of three days during the course of a single week. The exam tests students on three core areas of research in biological anthropology: i. Primate behavior and socio-ecology ii. Genetics, evolutionary theory, and human biology iii. Fossil record, paleoanthropology and phylogenetic analysis. For each exam, students are expected to answer 4 questions from a choice of 8-10 within a time limit of 4 hours. 3.6.1.c. Reading materials required for exam preparation include: i. A series of key books and edited volumes that cover all areas of physical anthropology and related disciplines. These aim to provide essential background and reference materials necessary to grasp the primary literature, and include many that students will have encountered in courses. ii. The current literature in biological anthropology, primatology, and related disciplines published in leading scientific journals over the past five years. 3.6.d. Marking and Results The exam essays in each of the areas are graded by at least two faculty members. Each essay is scored using the following scale: Excellent = 3, Good = 2, Fair = 1, Unsatisfactory = 0. Essays may be awarded intermediate scores of 2.5, 1.5 or 0.5. Students who obtain an average score below 1.0 for two or more essays in any area will be required to retake the exam in that area by the end of the following semester after the first attempt. Failure to receive a passing grade on any one part of the exam within this time frame will constitute definitive failure of the exam, and the student will be terminated from the program.

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3.6.2. Archaeological, Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology 3.5.2.a. Timing. Intensive preparation for the PhD exams should begin no later than fall of the 4th year of matriculation. The exam itself is ideally taken in early April; it must be completed at least by the end of May of the 4th year. NB: Most funding agencies will not activate dissertation research fellowships until the PhD comprehensive exams have been satisfactorily completed. Faculty members are not normally available to read PhD exams between early June and late August. 3.6.2.b. Format The comprehensive examination in Archaeological4, Sociocultural, and Linguistic Anthropology consists of a ten-day take-home exam, for which the student is expected to develop one 10-page (double-spaced) essay for each of three exam areas. Typically the student picks up his/her exam questions from the Graduate Secretary at 9:30 on a Friday and returns three completed essays ten days later, by 9:30 on Monday. • Each essay may include up to 3 pages of Endnotes, and must include a separate bibliography. Bibliography and citations must follow a standard scholarly format (e.g. as specified in American Anthropologist style sheet). Each should also have a cover page with the student’s name, the name of the area examined, the question asked, and the date the essay was turned in. • Each essay should display the student’s synthetic and analytic abilities, balancing comprehensive knowledge of scholarship in the examination area with a sense of the student’s own approach. 3.6.2.c. Preparation. The student is expected to work very closely with his/her advisory committee, usually the three (or four) faculty members identified in the PhD petition, to prepare three PhD exam areas. These generally include one geographically-defined area and two topically defined areas; they should correspond to 3 areas of scholarly specialization within which the student situates his dissertation research, as well as the areas in which he/she expects to teach and publish after receiving the PhD. Most frequently, the student works with one faculty member on each exam area, although the advisory committee may agree to other arrangements. • For each exam area, the student prepares a substantial bibliography, in consultation with relevant faculty advisor(s). This bibliography is essentially the student’s proposal for the scholarship he/she intends to master in preparation for the exam (and subsequent research/teaching/publishing). It should cover a broad range of material within the given area, typically organized around a strategicallychosen selection of 4 - 6 topical rubrics; it should include a judicious selection of classic or basic material, as well as relevant cutting-edge or highly specialized work. Students should be collecting ideas for their PhD bibliographies throughout their matriculation. All three of their exam bibliographies should be finalized and approved by the relevant faculty advisors at least by the first day of spring semester of the 4th year of matriculation. • For each exam area, one or several synthetic questions are developed from the approved bibliography in each area. The student should clarify with each faculty advisor the processes for constituting exam questions. Most frequently, the student works these up out of discussions with the faculty advisor. Typically, the advisor then chooses (and may edit) one question for use on the exam. 3.6.2.d. Marking and results. All three essays are read and graded (Pass/Fail) by all members of the advisory committee, with added weight given to the specialist member(s) in each area. When all committee members are in residence, the student will 4

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be informed of examination results within two weeks of submission. Due time allowance will be made if a committee member is away. • If a student receives a failing grade in one or several exam areas, he/she will be permitted to retake the exam by the end of the semester following the first attempt. Failure to receive a passing grade on any one part of the exam within this time frame will constitute definitive failure of the exam, and the student will be terminated from the program.

3.7. Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Degree Students are qualified for the MPhil degree once they have completed all requirements for the PhD except dissertation research/write-up. Arguably the least known and most arcane graduate degree in existence, the MPhil is nonetheless a useful place-holder, and students are urged to acquire it. Most temporarily list it on their CVs as a convenient indicator of when they reached the “all but dissertation” milestone (including comprehensive exams), but ultimately replace it with the PhD. As for the MA and PhD, students should apply for this degree at least 3-4 months before they expect to complete all requirements (i.e. at the beginning of spring semester of the 3rd year for most biological anthropology students; at the beginning of spring semester of the 4th year for most others). This is done by contacting Christopher L. James at the Registrar: [email protected] or 212-998-4803. If a student fails to complete all degree requirements by the deadline for the graduation for which he/she initially applied, it is simple to re-apply for the next degree date without penalty. Application for a degree prompts the NYU Recording Office to issue a copy of a Check Sheet to the student and to the Anthropology Department’s Graduate Secretary. The Check Sheet details all requirements that must be completed by the student in order for the degree to be awarded and signals any that remain outstanding (e.g. incomplete coursework, unpaid Maintenance of Matriculation fees, etc.). Application for the MPhil thus provides early warning for any PhD requirements that may inadvertently remain unmet.

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3.8. Doctoral Dissertation 3.7.a. Write-up. Students are encouraged to be in regular contact with all three members of their advisory committee as their writing progresses. Doctoral dissertations in anthropology are expected to be between 250 and 500 double-spaced pages in length. Texts that run substantially under or over these limits must be approved in advance by the committee chair. GSAS has very strict formatting guidelines and submission procedures for dissertations. Students will save considerable time and trouble by familiarizing themselves with these early on in the writing process. Comprehensive information can be found online at: http://gsas.nyu.edu/page/grad.life.dissertation.html 3.8.b. Defense. GSAS requires that the dissertation be defended before a five-member committee of examiners, selected by the student in consultation with his/her advisory committee. These must include at least three full-time members of the GSAS faculty, and generally includes the student’s 3-person advisory committee. • If one or both of the remaining readers are not GSAS faculty members, they must be approved through the Vice-Dean’s office. The approval process should be initiated at least several months in advance through the DGS. NB: Depending on the circumstances, outside dissertation readers may be approved for one specific thesis defense, or for a period of up to three years at a time (for multiple theses). • Students are required to distribute a complete draft of the dissertation to all members of the examination committee by at least a month prior to the defense date. • At least four of the five examiners must be physically present for the defense. If one examiner is unable to attend he/she may instead send a written report (usually including some questions for the candidate), which will be read aloud during the defense. • The defense itself lasts about two hours. It usually begins with a tenminute opening statement from the candidate, followed by questioning from all members of the committee, generally beginning with those examiners who have been least involved in the dissertation process. • A successful oral defense requires that at least 4 of the 5 examiners vote to approve. After a successful defense, the candidate may be asked to make further revisions of the dissertation before depositing it. The chair of the advisory committee is typically delegated to supervise these.

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3.9. PhD Degree 3.8.a. Time to degree limits. GSAS requires students who receive full credit for a prior MA to complete the NYU PhD within seven years of initial matriculation (including any time spent on Leave of Absence). Students who complete an NYU MA as part of their PhD work have ten years from initial matriculation to complete the NYU PhD (including LOAs). • A student who exceeds these limits will be placed on Academic Probation by the GSAS Vice-Dean. This means that the student is NOT “in good standing”, and may therefore be ineligible for certain kinds of GSAS support (see section 2.7 above). • Based on documented progress toward the degree and specific plans for a timely completion, the DGS may request on the student’s behalf up to two 1-year extensions on the time-to-degree limit. Students who fail to complete the degree after exceeding posted time-to-degree limits by two years may be dropped from the program. 3.9.b. Conferral of degree. NYU confers degrees three times a year: in September, January, and May. GSAS posts a strict deadline for completion of all degree requirements (usually 8 – 10 days before the graduation date). Students must apply for graduation at least 3-4 months before they expect to complete all requirements for the degree. This is done through registering on Albert. Application for a degree prompts the NYU Recording Office to issue a copy of the Check Sheet to the student and to the Anthropology Department’s Graduate Secretary. The Check Sheet details all requirements that must be completed by the student in order for the degree to be awarded and signals any that remain outstanding (e.g. incomplete coursework, unpaid Maintenance of Matriculation fees, etc.). The student is responsible for contacting the Graduate Secretary in regard to clearing up these matters, well in advance of the deadline specified on the Check Sheet. If a student fails to complete all degree requirements by the deadline for the graduation for which he/she initially applied, it is a simple matter to re-apply for the next degree date. On the other hand, if a student completes all degree requirements but has not applied in time for a given graduation date, degree conferral may be delayed. That is, there is no penalty for applying too early for a degree, but there may be a penalty for applying too late. 3.9.c. Commencement. A Commencement ceremony is held once a year, in early May. Students who have completed all degree requirements—including deposit of the thesis— by the posted GSAS deadline for the May degree are eligible to participate in the annual commencement ceremony. (This includes all those who completed the degree in time for graduation the previous January or September). Exceptionally, a student who is not certain to have deposited his/her thesis by the May deadline may request permission to participate in the Commencement ceremony. A written request should be made to the DGS by the advisor, confirming the following: • that the student has submitted a draft of the dissertation to his/her full examination committee; • that the student is expected to have successfully defended the dissertation by the deposit deadline for the May degree.

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4. SELECTED FUNDING INFORMATION 4.1 GSAS Funding 4.1.a. Conference Travel. Each year students in MA or PhD programs may apply for up to $500 through the GSAS Dean’s Student Travel Grant Program to present papers at conferences and workshops. First-time applicants in PhD programs are generally assured funding. MA students and repeat applicants in PhD programs are funded on the basis of a lottery. Funds are awarded three times a year: be sure to check application deadlines well ahead of time. Information can be found at: http://gsas.nyu.edu/page/grad.travelgrant 4.1.b. Summer Pre-doctoral Fellowships. Funding for exploratory summer research is available for students who will be within one year of completing all Ph.D requirements except the dissertation by the summer for which funds are sought. Students must be nominated by the department, and final selection is made by the GSAS Honors and Awards Committee. The deadline is usually in early February. For further information, see: http://gsas.nyu.edu/page/grad.life.fellowships 4.1. c. Dean’s Dissertation Fellowships (Write-Up). GSAS offers competitive funding for the last year of the dissertation write-up. Students must be nominated by the department, and final selection is made by the GSAS Honors and Awards Committee. The deadline is usually in early October. For more information, see: http://gsas.nyu.edu/page/grad.life.fellowships 4.2 Departmental Funding One award is made each year to an advanced PhD student in sociocultural anthropology from the Annette B. Weiner Fund for Cultural Anthropology to help support field research at either the pre-dissertation or dissertation level. To be eligible, students must have applied elsewhere for field research funding. Selection is made by a departmental faculty committee each spring. 4.3 External Research Funding • Ph.D. students are encouraged to apply for external funding to support predissertation summer research (especially for the summer prior to submission of dissertation research proposals) as well as summer language training as needed. Both kinds of support are often available from Area Studies associations or Title VI centers. • All PhD students are expected to apply to external funding agencies to support dissertation research. These may include sources relevant to most anthropology doctoral students (e.g. Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, National Science Foundation, Fulbright, Social Science Research Council) but should also include smaller programs pertinent to the student’s specific research interests.

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I.

Department of Anthropology New York University APPLICATION FOR CHANGE IN ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Student Name

Date Last,

First

Current Committee

(Head)

Proposed Committee

(Head)

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II. PRE-ADVISORY STATEMENT FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS To be completed with a copy submitted to each member of your advisory committee by Friday, April 10, 2009 PREVIOUS COURSEWORK

Course Title

Professor

Total Credits

Grade

Credits

_________

CURRENT COURSES Course Title

Professor

Credits

Expected Total Credits __________________ COURSES PLANNED FOR Fall 2009 SEMESTER Course Title

Professor

Credits

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IV.

Department of Anthropology New York University M.A. PAPER COMMITTEE

The undersigned have agreed to serve as first reader and second reader, respectively, for the M.A. Paper of:

Name of Student

The Paper’s topic is:

Date Signature of First Reader Date Signature of Second Reader

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V. TITLE

by Student Name A thesis in the Department of Anthropology submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at New York University. Month Year

Reader I

Reader 2

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VI.

New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science MASTER THESIS READER SHEET (APPROVAL OF TWO READERS IS REQUIRED) Memorandum to: Professor Please read the attached Master's Thesis of the following graduation candidate and be sure to indicate spcifically whether you approve or disapprove it.

Student Name:

UID#

Department: NO INDELIBLE MARKS SHOULD BE MADE ON THE MANUSCRIPT ITSELF Please return the signed title page, and reader sheet and the manuscript by internal registered mail or in person to the Department Admnistrator. The department will submit the signed title page and two reader sheets to the Office of the University Registrar - Graduation Services. Approved

Not Approved When a thesis is rejected, it is desirable that a detailed statement of the reason for the rejection be filed

Comments:

Print Full Name of Reader

Signature of Reader

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New York University

Department of Anthropology M.A. Approval Sheet for Students in the Doctoral Program (Approval of two readers is required)

Memorandum to: Professor _______________________________________________________ Please indicate whether the attached Master’s thesis is approved as pre-Ph.D. work, approved for a terminal M.A. degree, or not approved. In the latter two cases, the student may request a departmental review.

Student Name: ___________________________________________________________________ Please return the signed title page, two reader sheets and two departmental approval sheets. The Departmental Approval Sheets will remain in the student’s file .

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Approved as pre-Ph.D. work

Approved for a terminal M.A. degree

Not approved

Comments:

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___________________________ ______

Name of Reader

Signature of Reader

Departmental faculty review requested:

□ □ Yes

Date

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VIII.

PETITION FOR ADMISSION TO THE PhD PROGRAM Department of Anthropology New York University

Date submitted

Name ID# Address Street

City

State

Zip

Phone MA DEGREE:

Date Expected

Date Received

Proposed Major Field Areas of Special Interest

[1] [2] [3]

Proposed Advisors:

Approval Signatures:

Principal Second Third [Fourth] SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE SIDE

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A statement of your provisional program of study for the PhD degree should be attached. It should be typed, double-spaced and not exceed fve pages. The program should be drawn up with the advice and approval of your advisors. It is NOT a proposal for writing a PhD dissertation. Rather, it is an outline of your (see reverse side) interests and goals, and how you can best use your time to fulfll them in the PhD program. The statement should include: [1] A statement of why you have selected the three areas of interest and how they ft in with your proposed career and research interests in anthropology. [2] A list of relevant courses you have already taken and propose to take. These should be justifed with a statement of how they meet your needs and goals. Courses should not be chosen just because they are available next year in the anthropology department. The full resources of the university and the consortium program should be considered to best fulfll your requirements. [3] Some idea of what your PhD dissertation topic will be, how you chose it and how it fts into the larger anthropological picture. [4] A statement of the time frame in which you expect to complete all requirements for the PhD degree.

Signature

Date

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IX. MEMORANDUM TO:

Director of Graduate Studies

FROM:

The PhD Advisory Committee

DATE: RE:

Oral Interview on Research Proposal

The following members of the advisory committee attended an oral interview on the doctoral research proposal of: and have formally approved it.

The title of the proposal is:

Name Committee Head

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