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Application
Dates DOCTORAL PROGRAM ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS a) Applicants are admitted to graduate standing in the Fall term only. Applicants, excluding foreign applicants, may enter as graduate specials in the Spring term, or use the Spring term to make up coursework deficiencies, pending approval of their application to the program. b) Applicants must have an overall grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 (in a 4.0 system) for all undergraduate and graduate coursework. c) Applicants must have a master's degree in anthropology or a related field. Applicants must furnish official proof of receipt of a master's degree, prior to matriculation. d) The general Graduate Record Examination (GRE) must have been taken prior to application to the program. Scores cannot be older than five years from the date of application. To be competitive, it is recommended that applicants have scores in the range of 600 on the Verbal, 500 on the Quantitative, and 5.0 on the Analytical components of the exam (or 500 on the Analytical test if taken prior to 2003). e) In addition to the GRE, foreign applicants for whom English is a second language must have taken the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 500. TOEFL scores must be less than two years old and sent directly from ETS (Educational Testing Service). If admitted, foreign applicants with TOEFL scores less than 600 must report to the university's Intensive English Language Center for evaluation and appropriate placement in English language courses. Foreign applicants are exempt if they score 600+ on the TOEFL, or have a degree from a college or university located within the continental United States or are from the following countries designated by the State Department: Australia, Bahamas, British Guiana, Great Britain, St. Vincent, Canada, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago. (This list may not be all inclusive at the time of printing. Check with Office of Admissions and Records.) f) Under exceptional circumstances, applicants without an adequate anthropology background or who do not meet minimum GPA/GRE requirements may be admitted to provisional standing. Applicants approved for provisional standing must complete two consecutive semesters of full-time graduate study in a program approved by the department. Those students who successfully complete the two semesters, with a grade of "B" or better in each course, will be qualified to apply for graduate standing. Students may not remain on provisional standing for more than two semesters. With approval, courses completed while on provisional status may be applied toward the program requirements. g) Applicants admitted to the UNR Center for Basque Studies Program who plan to receive a Ph.D. in anthropology must meet all Department of Anthropology admission requirements, coursework and examination requirements, in addition to the requirements of the Basque Studies Tutorial Ph.D. Program. |
