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Master of Arts (Non-Thesis Option)Archaeology, Biological, Cultural ProgramsCore Courses
Archaeology Program students must take ANTH 602 Archaeological Methods and Theory at TAMU. There are no exceptions to this policy. Anthropology Courses All students must take at least 9 credit hours within anthropology. (This is in addition to the core courses.) Quantitative Methods All students must take STAT 651 Statistics in Research or an equivalent course. Any course that is not STAT 651 or ANTH 642, for example a graduate-level statistics course taken at another university, must have prior departmental approval before being placed on a student’s degree plan. Outside Electives All students must take at least 6 credit hours outside the Department of Anthropology in subjects related to their research interests. These include such courses as history, geography, geology, ecology, second foreign languages, and other areas of technical or theoretical specialization approved by the student’s Advisory Committee. Courses required to satisfy the minimum foreign language requirement and STAT 651 cannot be used to meet this requirement. Research Hours, Internships, and Directed Studies No more than 9 hours may be used in any combination of the following categories: (This includes 685, 690, and 695 in all departments.) No more than 8 credit hours of 685 Directed Studies may be used. No more than 3 hours of 690 Theory of Research may be used. No more than 3 hours of 695 Frontiers in Research may be used. No credit hours of 691 Research may be used. No credit hours of 684 Internship may be used. Advanced Undergraduate Courses No more than 9 hours of advanced undergraduate courses (300- or 400-level) may be used. Other Course Exclusions No more than 2 hours of 681 Seminar may be used on a degree plan. No credit hours of FREN 601 or GERM 603 may be used. No more than 3 hours of ENGL 697 may be used. No correspondence study may be used. No credit hours for continuing education courses may be used. No credit hours of extension course work may be used. Transfer Credit No more than 12 hours may be transferred from an accredited institution. A grade of B or higher is required. A student must be in a degree-seeking status at TAMU or the institution where courses were taken when the courses were completed. Courses previously used for another degree are not acceptable for degree plan credit. Course work in which no formal grades or letter grades are given is not acceptable. Total Hours The degree plan must include at least 36 credit hours. Foreign Language Requirement M.A. students are expected to have competence in at least one foreign language. Normally that competence is obtained as an undergraduate student with four semesters of language study. Students entering the program without previous language training will be expected to obtain it during their graduate studies. The student’s Advisory Committee will determine the best way to meet these expectations. Final Examination A final comprehensive examination is required. Students may not be exempted from this exam. This exam may be either oral or written and is determined by the Advisory Committee. The exam may not be held prior to the mid-point of the semester or summer term in which remaining course work will be completed. A student shall be given only one opportunity to repeat the final exam and that must be before the end of the following regular semester (summer terms are excluded). Time Limit Students must complete all requirements within 7 years. Continuous Enrollment An MA NTO student should graduate the same semester in which they complete their coursework on the degree plan. A terminal MA NTO student (one who will not continue in the PhD track) is not required to register the semester they graduate if all degree plan coursework is complete. If a student needs to register for any reason after degree plan coursework is finished, they should register for ANTH 685 Directed Studies. Award of M.A. Degree The semester a student intends to graduate an application for graduation must be submitted electronically to the Office of the Registrar by the deadline given. https://degreeapp.tamu.edu/index.asp There is also a graduation fee that must paid. A student who applied for graduation and will not graduate at the intended date must file a Graduation Cancellation Form with OGS.http://ogs.tamu.edu/forms/current/graduationcancellationform.pdf The complete graduate student handbook can be found Here. |