Graduate Admissions

Applicants to the Anthropology graduate program must:

apply and be accepted by the U of A Graduate School;

have at least one undergraduate class in archeology and biological anthropology or take these courses as deficiency courses while in the graduate program;

submit three sealed letters of recommendation from persons who can judge their potential for graduate studies;

send a report of their scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE);

submit transcripts from every college they have attended;

indicate their GPA;

submit a writing sample that demonstrates ability to produce original analytic work.

Download Departmental Application Form

About Applying to the Anthropology Grad Program
Application Form for the Anthropology Grad Program (pdf)
Application Form for the Anthropology Grad Program (WORD)

All students who are accepted will be assigned to interim faculty advisors who will be responsible for initial advising.

The current Graduate Coordinator is:

Mary Jo Schneider (maryjo@uark.edu; 479-575-6379; Office: Old Main 348)