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  1. You're right. I just sent them an email.
  2. Hmmm. I know the possibility is there. There's a page about it on UT's website, but it doesn't mention what the costs are, which is my main concern. I'm starting Latin at ACC after I get back to Austin, which is pretty cheap at $40 per credit hour, but I want to take Greek and Biblical Hebrew too.
  3. Anyone here do this or have done so in the past? I'm wondering what the average cost of doing this is. I'm a college grad and live near UT Austin, which has a ton of offerings in languages such as Sanskrit, Aramaic, Akkadian, Latin, Greek, Biblical Hebrew, etc. and would like to take advantage.
  4. I've never heard of this before. Study abroad is a requirement for graduation at my undergrad institution, but I think it's the only college in the US that does that. From my understanding, most students do not study abroad during undergrad. I wouldn't listen to any of those articles.
  5. What did you end up going with? And what is the funding situation like? I am also looking at those two schools.
  6. Anyone here going to Texas State University for their MA that could tell me what the funding situation is like? I've got a really sweet deal on housing with a friend (1 bedroom house, $325 a month for each of us, utilities included, and it's a 10 minute walk from campus!). My rent and utilities are going to be a total of $3,900 per year and I won't need to own a car since I'm such a short walk from campus and downtown San Marcos. It seems like this *could* be great, but the program cost is still $3,626 per semester (as of fall 2016) for a 9 credit hour graduate student and could still require me to take out a lot of loans if the funding situation isn't a good one. I have substantial undergrad loan debt from going to a small LAC, so I'm trying to avoid taking out anymore for grad school. What are the chances that I could fund my MA here without student loans?
  7. I don't actually know how the other UT schools are. I just know UT-Austin is the best one out of all the UT schools. The Jackson School of Geosciences is fantastic. Also, I just really love living in Austin. I don't think I'll be applying to UT-Austin though. I'm interested in possibly doing paleontology at the JSoG, but I'll wait and see if I want that for a PhD later. I'm actually applying to Texas State for a master's in anthropology (focus in archaeology) as my top choice.
  8. That actually does help. I know that I don't have enough experience in the field to have developed any extremely specific research interests. I have a range of interests. Thanks for the clarification. I've mostly been looking at course lists for Master's programs and descriptions of the program. For example, I know that Rice University in Houston offers a terminal MA primarily for those looking to do field work in Africa and offer courses like "African Prehistory," along with courses in archaeology and some methodological courses. To be honest, I haven't been looking at faculty very much. I'll change that now though.
  9. Okay, so I'm intending on getting my MA in archaeology. I do not want to make the decision to do a PhD program at this time. Essentially, I want to get my masters and then work in archaeology or a related field for awhile before making the decision of whether or not I want to continue on to a PhD. I'm already working on developing my list of schools to apply for and I know what sort of courses I'd like to take/what subfields of anthro/archaeology/regions of the world I'm interested in. I'm wondering how different applying for a terminal MA is when compared to applying for a PhD. I know with a PhD you need to have a fairly good idea of where your research interests lie, but how far do I need to take that when applying for the MA? Do I need a POI? I mean... I imagine a lot of MAs in archaeology offer a lot of similar courses and I'd only be going to school at most two years to get the degree. I know I'm interested in bioarchaeology, osteology, and prehistoric archaeology (hunter gatherer tribes and native Americans). My region of interest is in the southwestern US and Meso-America. How much more do I need?
  10. Why wouldn't you be capable of getting into TA&M or UT-Austin? I think you should apply. 3.5 is not a bad GPA and you're a double major in Geology and GIS. If you don't get in, apply next season, but do a ton of related internships in-between then and now. You'll be a good candidate then. I'll be graduating with 7 internships under my belt. Get some related work experience, man. That year of research experience will look really great on you.
  11. Haha. It's probably very obvious that I am new to the grad school search. From what I gather, I should probably stop looking at primarily small private colleges or I'm going to get nowhere very fast. I would very much appreciate a detailed list if it's not too much trouble. Just out of curiosity: how are graduate classes in archaeology generally structured? I'm looking for something very hands-on within a seminar type environment. I was told graduate courses are all structured like seminars. My upper level seminar courses at my undergrad institution are supposedly structured like graduate courses (or so I'm told), but I assume the structure of courses differ from institution to institution so I'm not entirely sure if this is a good representation of what a graduate course actually feels like.
  12. Do you know of any MA/MS only programs that focus on bioarchaeology? I haven't found any thus far. What do you think of Rice University's anthropology programs? In terms of the MA in Archaeological Field Techniques and Laboratory Analysis. Does Rice have a good program overall? https://anthropology.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Graduate/ANTH Grad Handbook 032714.pdf
  13. Oh, I don't mind relocating for school. I just don't want to relocate in terms of where I live now after I finish school. I like Austin too much to leave and there are lots of jobs in archaeology in the area (I'm several hours away from the ocean though, so I should probably nix maritime). As for school, the sky is the limit in terms of location. I just need to narrow down my choices for schools. One of the issues I've faced thus far is that a lot of schools do not offer terminal masters in anthropology and I'm not sure I want to get a PhD, so I don't really want to apply to programs that don't offer just the MA or MS. I'm much more seriously considering the William and Mary program at this point. I've been looking at the course list and they offer graduate courses in biological anthropology, bioarchaeology, zooarchaeology, human skeletal biology, material culture, conservation of artifacts, and North American prehistory in the anthropology department. That's pretty much everything I'm interested in. The degree is in historical archaeology, which is not my main interest, but it looks really good otherwise! I'm going to speak with my historic preservation advisor on Tuesday. She teaches the historical archaeology course within the department and may have some information for me. Thanks for the info! You've been really helpful.
  14. Thanks for the response, bioarch_fan. This is going to be a very difficult decision for me. I'm interested in so many different things and I'm having a ton of trouble narrowing down my interests. To be honest, it all looks amazing! You're right in that I have an interest in bioarchaeology. I would like to have some experience in the bioarch, osteology, and zoo archaeology aspect of archaeology, alongside more field archaeology experience. My region of interest is a bit more broad (tribal peoples of the Americas, whether that be North America or pre-Columbian era Mesoamerica). I do have somewhat of an interest in historical archaeology (I've taken some courses in hist. arch. and I did an internship over the summer where I primarily worked in hist. arch.). However, I'm mostly just interested in the indigenous people of the Americas when it comes to hist. arch. I know I want to work in North America. I do not plan on relocating. I also have no interest in doing cultural anthropology. Maritime is really cool, but most of the cities I would like to live in are nowhere near the ocean, so that's probably not the best idea. I also have a little bit of an interest in the conservation of artifacts, but not as much as the other things I have mentioned. There is no professor at my school that focuses on archaeology, so no one has really been able to help me with my grad school search here (they don't know what's good or what schools I should apply to). The career development office will sit down with me and help me go through my lists, but overall I'm mostly on my own with this search.
  15. Did you intern before applying to grad programs? How many internships did you do and how long did you intern for? Where'd you intern at? What did the work consist of? And how did this shape your grad program applications? Inquiring minds want to know. I have two semesters left of my undergrad after this current semester and have completed a total of two internships thus far. I pretty much interned all summer full time. I received a fellowship from my school to fund a 240 hour field and lab intensive archaeology internship with a local government organization. After that, I went home and then did a historic preservation internship with a main street program in a historic district (I also volunteered at a small local museum while doing this). This winter I'll be interning with a large fine arts museum working with the folks who design and prepare the exhibits. Not sure what I'll be doing next summer, but I'm hoping to do a field school and then do the archaeology internship that this state park near me offers afterwards. I'm thinking all of this will play a big part in my applications when I finally get started, but I'm not sure in what way. For those who got into a grad program, how valuable was internship or volunteer experience for your application process?
  16. Thanks. I will keep all of this in mind, especially the funding situation. Most of the schools I am looking into offer some form of funding for MA students and I will pay close attention to funding packages if I receive several acceptances. I'm also going to be thinking about fellowships, paid internships, student employment, etc. in the local area. I'm trying to look at this holistically. I want to get related work experience while I am completing my MA (maybe with a local CRM firm or a museum). We'll see what happens! I have 2 semesters left of my undergrad after this semester and plan on talking to my school's career development office about the process of applying to grad school soon (also want to see if I can receive a second fellowship to do another internship at a large museum). I do have another question. I'm not sure if I want to get my PhD. I'm basically going to wait and see how I feel after I get my MA. I might end up trying to work for the National Park Service or a state park doing archaeology (this is really common where I'm at in central Texas), maybe a CRM firm, or a museum for awhile after my MA. How do archaeology organizations view the MA? Are they all viewed fairly similarly, no matter what you specialized in? To clarify, would the MS in maritime archaeology and conservation from Texas A&M be viewed the same as the MA in applied archaeology from ASU or the MA in archaeological field techniques and laboratory analysis from Rice? Sorry if that sounds a little confusing. I'm sure you understand what I mean though. You would get field excavation experience with all of them, even though the programs differ a lot (even with the maritime archaeology one). I'm really attracted to Rice University's MA because it includes a field school in Africa and lots of coursework on African pre-history and osteology in your studies. However, the MS in maritime archaeology also looks really interesting. The conservation aspect of it looks really cool. The syllabi for each course is listed on the A&M website for the program and there are several courses on how to conserve archaeological artifacts in the lab (they also offer internships at the conservation research laboratory). I'm torn. I also want to pay attention to funding packages after I apply and hopefully receive more than one acceptance, so who knows where I'll end up.
  17. ^ If I decide that I actually want to do a PhD later, does it look negative for a potential applicant to have been a PhD student that quit after the MA? I'm not sure how any of that works. Thanks for the reply.
  18. I think so. According to several websites I've looked at, it's number one. I also live in Austin, so it's not too far from me which is pretty appealing. I'm actually planning on taking some diving lessons this semester and participating in an underwater archaeology field school (it requires a diving certification) to make sure this is something I'm interested in. Note that there aren't very many schools that offer it in the first place though.
  19. Undergrad Institution: Goucher College (I don't pay a lot of attention to the rankings but #105 in national liberal arts colleges and on the Princeton Review's Best 380 Colleges list for several years in a row. It's a small private liberal arts college in Maryland.) Major: History Minors: Historic Preservation/Book Studies GPA in Major: 4.0/4.0 Overall GPA: 3.42/4.0 Internship experience: 240 hour archaeology internship with a local government organization, 113 hour historic preservation internship with a Main Street program I still have 3 semesters left of my undergrad, so I still have some time to raise my overall GPA (I'll be applying for fall of 2017). I also recently got confirmation that I'll be doing an internship this winter with a large natural history museum in a major metropolitan area and next summer I am doing an archaeology field school (I'll also probably do another internship with one of the local archaeology organizations in my city). I haven't taken the GRE yet, but I plan on doing that soon. How competitive am I for these programs if I raise my overall GPA and score decently on the GRE? Rice University (MA in Archaeological Field Techniques and Laboratory Analysis) Cornell University (MA in Archaeology) Brandeis University (MA in Anthropology) University of Arizona (MA in Applied Archaeology) Boston University (MA in Archaeology) Stanford (MA in Anthropology - archaeology track) Yale University (MA in Anthropology) Texas A&M (MS in Maritime Archaeology and Conservation) I know these are all small programs at small schools (except for A&M, Boston University, and University of Arizona), so I know they're all very difficult to get into. The A&M seems random, but the program looks very interesting so I'm planning on throwing my application out there. I'm only really applying to Masters so I can get more archaeology experience and so I can try out grad school before committing to a PhD program. I don't want to apply to a PhD program at this time.
  20. I would definitely say that I am missing the methods and theory of American anthropology and archaeology. I took a cultural anthropology course, a historical archaeology course, and completed a 240 hour field/lab archaeology internship earlier this summer. That's all I have under my belt thus far. I will be discussing with my advisor about taking some anthropology courses at Towson during the rest of my time at Goucher (I have 3 semesters left). I am not necessarily interested in just Latin America. I am interested in indigenous cultures in general and would be open to other regions (I say Pre-Columbian because I am much more interested in time periods prior to European colonization). I appreciate all of the advice. I'm going to contact some of the professors from the Cornell archaeology MA program. They don't offer a PhD. The MA seems to be mainly for students looking to build a foundation for future study in archaeology.
  21. Would it be worthwhile to get my MA in anthropology or archaeology first and perhaps try to take those classes in that setting? How is William and Mary's anthropology or archaeology program (it looks like they only have a historical archaeology program)? I had also been looking at Cornell's MA in Archaeology. Both of their MA programs offer courses in zooarchaeology and biological anthropology. Also, as a Goucher student, I am able to take courses at Towson University down the street. It looks like their anthropology department offers undergraduate courses like these: paleoanthropology & archaeology and forensic anthropology. What do you guys think? I do plan on doing an archaeology field school next summer too. I am looking at ones that include bioarchaeology in some way.
  22. Thanks for the advice. I'm going to start talking to faculty at my college as soon as school starts back up in a few weeks. What you're planning on doing sounds amazing. I'll most likely do something similar and combine fields of study in some way. What's your science background look like? I'm not sure how much biology and chemistry I need under my belt to get into bioarchaeology. I'd be really interested in possibly doing something like Pre-Columbian bioarchaeology. Do you know anything about good programs that are known for research in the Pre-Columbian era?
  23. Thanks for the response! That's a relief to hear. I wasn't sure if my application would look competitive enough and I can be a pretty damned paranoid person. I'm not entirely sure what kind of program I'd like to apply to yet. It's part of the reason why I'm doing so many internships before I graduate (I'll also be doing an internship with the Houston Museum of Fine Arts soon to get a feel for what it's like to work at a larger museum). I'm interested in museum work, but museum studies isn't really what I'd like to get a graduate degree in. My interests are kind of all over the place, so I'm having a really hard time choosing (couple this with the fact that my school only does socio-cultural anthropology so I don't really feel like I have any faculty at my own school to talk to about this). I'm really into objects and material culture studies, especially anything having to do with the Pre-Columbian era. I'm more interested in archaeology, but in several fields like social-cultural, bioarchaeology, and osteology. I also did classical studies for a while and took courses in ancient Greek language studies. Classical archaeology seems like it'd be really awesome. I discovered my love of archaeology through historical archaeology classes with my school's historic preservation department, which is limited so I don't have a ton of experience outside of that and the archaeology internship I did. I know I really need to narrow down my interests in some way.
  24. I'm a history major and historic preservation/book studies double minor at Goucher College (a small liberal arts college on the east coast). My GPA is currently a 3.42 (however, my GPA within my major is a 4.0) and I have 3 internships under my belt (a 240 hour field/lab intensive archaeology internship for which I received a fellowship from my school to do, a historic preservation internship with a main street program, and a museum internship). I understand that the anthropology and museum world is an extremely competitive one. However, it's what I love and I'd still like to try my hand at it. I may not be an anthropology major, but I have taken some anthropology courses and feel that my summer long archaeology internship gave me some pretty valuable experience in the field. I also plan on doing an archaeology field school next summer and will have that under my belt as I start the graduate program application process. What do you guys think my changes are of getting into a good program? I'm trying to figure out what I should do from here to build my CV. I am considering doing the collegiate program in early American history, material culture, and museum studies with the College of William & Mary as a visiting student. It looks like a great opportunity to me. I would receive a certificate in early American history, material culture, and museum studies upon completion and would have the opportunity to do a semester long or year long internship at Colonial Williamsburg (a semester long internship at the very least is required). I would also have the opportunity to take several courses in historical archaeology and anthropology. I'm not entirely sure if this is wise though. I'd really like to go (it looks like it'd be an enriching experience for me personally). However, none of the courses would count towards my GPA and I'm wondering if I should be more focused on raising my 3.42 GPA than leaving my school for a year to take courses at another college and do a year long internship for my own personal enrichment. Any thoughts? https://www.wm.edu/as/niahd/collegiateprogram/curriculum/index.php
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