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General Information For Graduate StudentsDetailed information on the four anthropology porgrams can be found by clicking on each program below: Annual EvaluationsAll graduate students are required to submit an annual progress report each spring semester. This evaluation is distributed electronically from the Academic Advisor to all graduate students in early February. The student is responsible for completing the evaluation, meeting with their faculty advisor to discuss their progress, and submitting the signed evaluation, curriculum vitae and a copy of an unofficial transcript to the Academic Advisor by the specified deadline. These evaluations are used in monitoring academic performance as well as determining department assistantships. Department Assistantships All graduate students who wish to be considered for a departmental assistantship must complete an annual application. Students who receive an assistantship as part of a fellowship are still required to submit an annual application. The call for applications is sent out each spring semester by the Assistant to the Department Head. The applications must be completed and returned to the Assistant to the Department Head by the designated deadline. Graduate students must have completed either an MA or 18 hours of graduate coursework before becoming eligible for a Graduate Assistantship-Teaching (GAT) position as the primary instructor. One may be considered for a GAT position as the Teaching Assistant to a faculty member or experienced GAT without meeting this requirement. Preference is given to PhD students and students registered for formal coursework (not ANTH 691 Research). Graduate students may not instruct, supervise, nor grade fellow graduate students. Therefore, teachings assistantships will only be offered for undergraduate courses. All first time GATs are required to attend the Teaching Assistant Training & Evaluation Program (TATEP) held prior to the fall semester. International students are required to attend the two-day training. International GAT students are required by the University to be “certified” as proficient in English. Please see the Academic Advisor to confirm if you are designated as “certified”. Correspondence All students are responsible to provide and update their correct address with the University. Students may change their address on the website myrecord.tamu.edu. International students must change their physical and permanent address through the International Student Services Offices. The University uses tamu.edu accounts for official communication with currently enrolled students. It is each student’s responsibility to maintain their TAMU email account. Students are responsible for all information sent to their TAMU email account. Official University and Department correspondence will be sent to TAMU email accounts. Transferring from the MA to the PhD Program A student who has been accepted into the M.A. program in the Department and wishes to be considered for the Ph.D. program must request admission to the Ph.D. program in writing. All requests for transfer into the Ph.D. program will be decided upon by a quorum of the faculty during a monthly faculty meeting. There are two ways to apply for a transfer: Complete the program requirements for the M.A. including a thesis. The request for transfer should include the name of the thesis, the advisor’s name, and the date of the defense. The Office of Graduate Studies has a form called a Letter of Intent that must be signed by the department head before you can register as a PhD seeking student. This form should be submitted the semester you graduate with the MA. Admission decisions are made by the department faculty. OR Request transfer before completing the requirements for the M.A. degree by providing the following documentation: 1. Draft a letter of request stating the reasons the transfer is requested. 2. No request will be considered unless the student has completed at least 27 hours of graduate course work, including ANTH601, ANTH602, and ANTH604. 3. No request will be considered unless the student has a 3.5 GPR on all graduate course work since starting the M.A. program. 4. The student must schedule a meeting of all members of the current MA and proposed PhD advisory committee to discuss the transfer request. 5. A degree plan for the Ph.D. must be included with the signatures of the proposed chair and two other members of the anthropology faculty who will be members of the advisory committee. 6. A majority of the program faculty (nautical, archaeology/physical, cultural/folklore) in the department must support the request. Final decision is made by the department faculty. Transferring from one Program to another within the Department A student who has been accepted into a graduate program in the Department and wishes to transfer to a different program (e.g. from Nautical to Archaeology, etc.) must request admission to the new program in writing. All requests for transfer between programs will be evaluated together with new student applicants during the Spring Semester of each year by faculty of the program to which the student wishes admission. To apply for a transfer, provide the following documentation: 1. A letter of request stating the reasons the transfer is requested. 2. Submit a new statement of interest explaining the new research direction. 3. No request will be considered before the student has completed the core graduate class(es) for the program they wish to transfer into, e.g. ANTH601, ANTH602, ANTH604 for Archaeology, Biological, and Cultural Programs or ANTH 611, 615 and 616 for the Nautical Program. 4. No request will be considered unless the student has a 3.5 GPR on all graduate course work since starting the graduate program. A majority of the faculty in the program (nautical, archaeology, biological, or cultural) must support the request for it to be approved, and one faculty member must agree to advise the student. If the petition is rejected, the student has the option of remaining in the program to which they were originally admitted or of leaving the university. The complete graduate student handbook can be found Here. |