人类学哲学博士

哲学博士（PhD）学位被视为研究员学位。课程要求包括获得特殊技能，以进行可发布质量的独立学术研究。传统上，要求包括一种或多种外语的工作知识，但是目前，部门已批准了许多外语替代方法。通过掌握这些技能，博士候选人可以证明他们作为独立出版学者的职业潜力。有关外语要求或替代方法的详细信息，请参阅本目录的部门部分。博士课程强调两个研究重点：美洲复杂社会考古学，生物文化医学人类学。
The Doctor of Philosophy program is characterized by two distinct foci: 1) The Archaeology of Complex Societies, pertaining to the emergence and spread of early civilizations in the Americas, and 2) Biocultural Medical Anthropology, the study of the influence of social relations and culture on psychological and biological adaptation. Our goal is to produce PhD graduates who will have acquired skills that will make them highly marketable for both academic and applied positions. Besides a cutting edge, in-depth knowledge of theory and literature in their specific subject area, students will acquire necessary skills such as teaching and grading experience, statistical competence, familiarity with numerous computer programs, grant writing ability, and foreign language reading facility. Students will have conducted firsthand research in their specific emphasis. For archaeologists this will require knowing excavation and mapping techniques, artifact analysis, GIS (geographic information systems) and other computer mapping capabilities, and familiarity with museum cataloging systems. For biocultural medical anthropology students, the skills learned for their research will include interviewing, participant observation, research design, physical and physiological measurement techniques, as well as SPSS, Anthropac, and programs for qualitative data analysis.