NEW: Check out graduate research assistant Faith Nibb's SFAA
podcast here!
Also, see the Archaeology Theory Website, written by SMU graduate students.
We offer two degree programs: the
M.A. in Medical Anthropology, and the
Ph.D. in Anthropology. In the Ph.D. program students can concentrate either in
Cultural Anthropology or in
Archaeology. Full details of each program are available in the
Graduate Handbook.
Our programs are designed to produce creative, energetic, articulate, and literate
scholars. We endeavor to produce anthropologists whose research is sufficiently innovative to
attract the notice of their peers, who will seek and receive research funding, and who will apply their
training to the constructive help of the human groups with whom they work. It is our aim to train
students in specialized skills based upon the broad understanding of anthropology acquired before
entering our programs. Besides developing the skills necessary to being an anthropologist, we will also
try to impart a professional attitude and a desire to practice those skills with the drive and
exactitude which characterize that scholarship upon which our (and your) professional reputation
rests.
You may want to consult other information sources, such as the
Office of Research and Graduate Studies. You can also consult the
SMU home page.
Inquiries
from prospective graduate students should be directed to:
phogan@mail.smu.edu,
or in writing to: Graduate Secretary, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist
University, Dallas, TX 75275
