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Graduate Program: Anthropology & Linguistics (Minor)

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Program/Degree
Anthropology & Linguistics (Minor)  
Program Description

The Ph.D. in linguistics is an academic/professional research degree. Our program is designed to produce scholars who can carry out research at the intersection of anthropology and linguistic  in any of their aspects within a contemporary theoretical framework, and which challenges, modifies, and extends contemporary theory and practice. Our students also have the opportunity to investigate the intersection of anthropology and language in an interdisciplinary context. Following completion of written and oral comprehensive examinations within both the anthropology and linguistics department, students must submit a dissertation prospectus, and complete and defend a dissertation demonstrating their ability to undertake and carry out original research. 
 

 
Department/Academic Unit(s)

School of Anthropology

History - In the Beginning

(Excerpted, condensed, and adapted from Raymond H. Thompson, "Anthropology at the University of Arizona, 1893-2005," Journal of the Southwest, Autumn 2005, 47(3): 327-347)

Anthropology at the University of Arizona began in 1915 with the appointment of Byron Cummings as Professor of Archaeology and Director of the Arizona State Museum. He came to Arizona from his position as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Utah. He had received his B.A. from Rutgers University in 1889 and his M.A. there in 1892. Cummings served Utah as Professor of Greek and Latin, Head of the Department of Archaeology, and for many years as Dean of Men and briefly as Dean of the College of Medicine. He played an important role in the life of the University of Utah, even organizing its first football team the first year he was there. The football stadium at Utah is named Cummings Field in his honor.

The 54-year-old Cummings left Utah after 22 years of distinguished service at the oldest university in the Far West to throw in with one of the newest in the West. In 1915, the University of Arizona community consisted of 70 faculty members and 463 students, and there were 24,045 books in the University Library. Arizona had become a state only three years before and the population of Tucson, still the largest city in Arizona, was about 15,000. When Cummings arrived on campus, University President von KleinSmid took him to an overflowing storage area, opened the door, and said something like, "Here's the museum, go to it!"

Cummings was vigorous in responding and quickly made the University of Arizona a center for archaeology. In 1928, three of his students, Clara Lee Fraps (Tanner), Florence M. Hawley (Ellis), and Emil W. Haury, received the first M.A. degrees in archaeology awarded by the University. They all stayed at Arizona as Instructors in Archaeology with academic-year salaries of $1500. Florence eventually entered graduate study at the University of Chicago where she earned her doctorate in 1934, using her excavations at Chetro Ketl in Chaco Canyon for her dissertation. She obtained a position at the University of New Mexico, where she spent 37 years as an inspiring and beloved teacher and continued an active professional life until her death in 1991 at age 84.

Emil stayed at the University for one year to study dendrochronology with A. E. Douglass and then went to Globe to work with Harold S. Gladwin at the Gila Pueblo Archaeological Foundation. He earned a doctorate under Roland B. Dixon at Harvard University in 1934 and returned to the University of Arizona in 1937 to replace Cummings who retired in 1938. Clara Lee remained at the University of Arizona where she inspired and nurtured several generations of students during a full half-century of dedicated service on the faculty of the Department of Anthropology.

 
College

College of Social & Behavioral Sciences

 
Campus where offered

University of Arizona - Main - Tucson

 
Contacts
Admissions Contact
Stephanie Ann Amado
520-621-2113
Graduate Program Coordinator
Stephanie Ann Amado
520-621-2113
Director of Graduate Studies
Diana B Archangeli
520-621-2184
Graduate College Degree Counselor
Unspecified
 
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Admissions Information

Admissions Requirements

GPA Requirement

Prospective applicants must have a 3.0 or higher GPA in order to qualify for admission.

Statement of Intent

Applicants must submit a concise statement of intent demonstrating their academic goals, career goals, and why a graduate degree in ANLI would help him/her pursue these goals. Potential applicants should clearly address in their statement of intent how their past experiences and future research interests fit with the current strengths of both departments.

Writing Sample

Applicants must provide a writing sample to demonstrate their level and proficiency of writing.

Standardized Tests

The GRE is optional, not required for application to the PhD Program.


Letters of Recommendation

Applicants must submit three letters of recommendation from letter writers who know the student’s work, specifically assessing student’s ability to carry out graduate work in linguistics. Applicants are encouraged to submit letters of recommendation from professors who are familiar with the applicant's recent academic work.

English Proficiency

English proficiency is one of the requirements for admission for all applicants whose native language is not English. Applicants must submit a minimum TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 550 on the paper-based test (PB), 79 on the internet-based test (iBT), or a IELTS (International English Language Testing System) composite score of 7 (no subject area below a score of 6). International students seeking graduate teaching assistantships must attain the minimum TOEFL or IELTS score listed above, and in addition must attain a score of 26 or higher on the speak portion of the TOEFL IBT.
 

 

Completion Requirements

Minimum Credit Units

64 

Core Coursework Requirements

Required coursework in Linguistics

Ling 503 Syntax
Ling 510 Phonology 
Ling 697A Prelim
Ling 595 Colloquim
Anth 608A Anthro Theory )
Anth 608B Anthro Theory II
Anth 680 (oundations of Ling Anthropology
Ling 515: Phonetics or Ling 507: Statistical Analysis for Linguists
Anth 620: Linguistic Field Techniques or Ling588: Linguistic Elicitation and Documentation

 

 
Elective Coursework

Additionally five courses must be taken out of the following six areas (one out of each group, with one group not treated).

Computational Group:

LING 508       Computational Techniques for Linguists

LING 538       Computational Linguistics

LING 539       Statistical NLP

LING 578       Speech Technology

Foundation Group:

LING 501       Foundation of Linguistic Theory

LING 507       Statistical Analysis for Linguists

LING 588       Linguistic Elicitation and Documentation

LING 518       Analysis and Argumentation

Phonology/Phonetics Group:

LING 514       Phonology II

LING 515       Phonological Phonetics

LING 516       History of Phonology

Psycholinguistics Group:

LING 532       Psychology of Language

LING 533       Theories of Language Development

LING 543       Advanced Language Development (syntax/lexicon)

Syntax/Semantics Group

LING 504       Advanced Syntactic Theory

LING 505       Theories of Grammar

LING 506       Major Works in Syntactic Theory

LING 564       Formal Semantics

LING 522       Lexical Semantics

Typology/Morphology Group:

LING 535       Morphology

LING 544       Typology and Universals

LING 545       Structure of Non-Western Language

LING 554       Structure of A Near-Eastern Language

Anthropology

Required coursework

Anth
Anth 608A (Anthro Theory I)
Anth 608B (Anthro Theory II)
Anth 680 (Foundations of Ling Anthropology)
One of Anth 620: Linguistic Field Techniques or Ling588: Linguistic Elicitation and Documentation

Students must take additionally take four courses chosen from the following:

    Anth 576     Language and Culture 
    Anth 580     Historical Linguistics 
    Anth 583     Sociolinguistics
    Anth 585     "Face to Face"
    Anth 589     American Indian Languages
    Anth 678     Ethnographic Discourse Analysis 
    Anth 679     Language and Ethnography
    Anth 681     "Keywords" 
    Anth 696C     Topics Seminars

 

 
Additional Requirements

Colloquium

Two required colloquium courses, LING595A, are to be taken in the 1st and 2nd semesters, one unit each. These are important parts of graduate education. All other students are strongly encouraged to enroll in these courses.

Professionalism in Linguistics Requirement

There is a required one-credit course on professionalism, LING689, (separate from the comprehensive exam courses) to be taken by the 6th semester. This class is required of all students. In addition, the graduate advisor will be responsible to meet with students in order to cover issues such as students’ survival skills, meetings with professors, planning graduate career, library resources, etc.

In addition, before moving on to their dissertation research, students write a comprehensive exam in Anthropology and a qualifying 'prelim' paper in Linguistics (while taking the "Prelim" course). During dissertation research, students must take at least 18 dissertation units, in compliance with Graduate College regulations.

 
Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

 

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