Graduate Admission
A completed application and all required supporting materials must be received by the Department no later than our deadline in order for your application to be evaluated.
Our admission deadline is January 10th.
Department Requirements
The Department requires the following items:
- A current curriculum vitae
- A statement of intent/letter of professional goals. This letter should include which Anthropology Graduate Program you are interested in.
- Official GRE scores taken within the last five years. Please take your exams in time for the Department of Anthropology to receive your official scores by the deadline, January 10th. WSU's institution code is 4705.
- Official transcripts of all post-secondary education must be sent directly from the institution(s) you attended to the department. (Do not send duplicate copies of transcripts.)
- Three letters of recommendation. As part of the on-line CollegeNet application you will be asked to supply contact information of three references. CollegeNet will contact your references and electronically collect letters of recommendation.
- For students with an M.A. or M.S., you must submit a copy of your thesis or master's research paper.
- For students with a B.A. or B.S., you may submit one or two undergraduate papers to document your research and writing abilities.
The departmental required items listed above should be sent to: Graduate School, Washington State University, PO Box 641030, Pullman, WA 99164-1030. One exception is, official GRE scores will be sent from ITS to WSU if you have used the institution code of 4705. Also, if you are a student with an M.A. or M.S. please mail your thesis or master's research paper directly to the Anthropology Department at PO Box 644910, Pullman, WA 99164-4910.
Graduate School Requirements
The Graduate School requires the following:
- Submit on-line application ($50 application fee). The department will automatically receive a copy.
- Official transcripts from colleges/universities from which degrees have been granted or are expected, including your last 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of undergraduate work. Transcripts must be sent directly from the institution(s) you attended to: Graduate School, Washington State University, PO Box 641030, Pullman, WA 99164-1030.( Do not send duplicate copies of transcripts.)
Additional Requirements for International students
Please ensure these additional forms have been completed by our department deadline:
- Complete the International Application Form, which includes financial responsibility statements. Available on-line: http://www.gradsch.wsu.edu/internationalapp.htm
- Submit official TOEFL scores taken within the last two years. You must have a minimum score of 550 on paper-based or 213 on computer-based exams for consideration as a graduate student.
Review our program pages for specific information on your program area. We ask that all applicants review our research areas and consider who might supervise their research. We recommend that prospective students contact any faculty with whom they may wish to work before applying. Also, please feel free to contact our Graduate Coordinators for more program information
Tim A. Kohler (tako@wsu.edu) Archaeology
Nancy McKee (npmckee@wsu.edu) Cultural
Anthropology
Karen Lupo (klupo@mail.wsu.edu) Evolutionary
Anthropology
Note: Graduate students normally enter our programs in the fall semester.
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Graduate Study in Anthropology at WSU
Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Anthropology are offered in archaeology, cultural anthropology and evolutionary anthropology. Courses in linguistics and bioanthropology supplement these degrees. Graduate students specialize in one program area, but are expected to acquire a background in the other two. To ensure this, all graduate students take a core sequence of introductory courses: ANTH 510 (Fundamentals of Cultural Anthropology); ANTH 530 (Archaeological Method and Theory); and ANTH 562 (Evolutionary Method and Theory in Anthropology and Archaeology).
Facilities
The Department of Anthropology is housed in a historic building, College Hall which has been remodeled to include well-equipped, modern laboratories for palynology, geoarchaeology, zooarchaeology, lithic analysis, and physical anthropology, as well as several general laboratories for artifact collections analysis. The department also maintains ethnographic and archaeological research collections, and study collections of floral, faunal, palynological, lithic, soil/sediment and ceramic materials. The Museum of Anthropology and the new Plateau Center are additional resources for our students.
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