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What Sets Our Program Apart?
We provide strong disciplinary foundations balanced with a broad range of interdisciplinary perspectives. This diversity of training supports our students’ diverse career aims.
Why Study Anthropology at the University of Minnesota?
We provide doctoral-level training in archaeology, biological anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology. In addition, we offer some seminars in linguistic anthropology.
Our program and faculty have strong affiliations and collaborations with a wide range of disciplines and fields. PhD students may connect with programs like Heritage Studies and Public History, the Center for Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Global Studies, Human Rights, Religious Studies, Earth Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Forestry and Wildlife, History, and many others.
Graduate Degrees in Anthropology
We offer a PhD and a graduate minor in Anthropology. Our PhD program focuses on three subfields: archaeology, biological anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology. Our graduate minor program may be taken by PhD or masters students in other programs to add anthropological method and theory to your training. We prepare students for a broad range of academic and non-academic careers.
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College Resources for Graduate Students
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