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A Step by Step Guide to Your Graduate Degree in

Anthropology at the

University of Wyoming

The purpose of this guide is to help you plan and monitor your progress through the graduate program at the University of Wyoming. As such the guide is set up so you can enter calendar dates as you complete each step. The guide is not a substitute to graduation requirements as provided in the Graduate Bulletin. Please refer to the most recent bulletin or the graduate school web site for specific requirements (http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/UWGrad/) and to the Graduate Student Handbook (http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/UWGrad/pdf files/gshandbook1.pdf). For graduation deadlines and forms see www.uwyo.edu/uwgrad/graduation.

1. __/__/__ 1^st Semester: Decide on a primary advisor/committee chair (thesis or Plan B director). Notify the anthropology graduate secretary so changes can be made.

2.__/__/__ 1st Semester: Get questions for Oral Exams so answers may be researched. (Questions are usually not directly covered in Core Courses. Responsibility of student to do necessary research to develop appropriate answers.).

3.__/__/__ 2^nd Semester: File Program of Study form in Graduate School - (Must be done no later than the beginning of the final semester). Form on web or get hard copy in Graduate School, Room 109, Knight Hall.

4.__/__/__ 2^nd Semester: If you have not done so already start developing Thesis or Plan B topic. The Plan B option requires more coursework than the thesis option. Discuss ideas with the faculty.

5.__/__/__ 2nd Semester: Get Committee set up – at least 3 faculty of which at least 1 must be Anthropology faculty (chair) and 1 outside faculty member, who must have graduate faculty status (to check, see back of the graduate bulletin). Notify main office of selection. The anthropology graduate secretary will e-mail Graduate School with information.

6. __/__/__ 3^rd Semester: Oral Exams scheduled for early in the semester. Three page Oral Paper due the 1st week of the fall semester so faculty have opportunity to read paper. Chair of the examination committee fills Oral Exam Completion form and files with the department.

7. __/__/__ 3^rd Semester: Prospectus Hearing - Schedule with Committee. Seminar Room available for this–must schedule with anthropology graduate secretary.

10. __/__/__ Beginning to mid 4^th semester work through several drafts of thesis or Plan B paper with your committee chair, then with the entire committee.

11. __/__/__ Middle of Final Semester: Graduation/Title form – Due to Graduate School . Form on Web or hard copy from Graduate School. Revisions in this form can be made as many times as necessary.

12. __/__/__ End of Final Semester: Submit Thesis copy to all committee members at least two (2) weeks before defense.

13. __/__/__ End of Final Semester: Final Exam (Thesis/Plan B Defense). Must be scheduled to allow times to make suggested changes in thesis after the defense (may need to get final approval from committee), to get the format checked, get copies to the Graduate School with required signatures before deadline (the last day of UW classes for the semester). The outside committee member signs Graduate Faculty Evaluation form, all members sign Completion of Requirements form, and signature page on the thesis.

Note: If student is on a doctoral track the thesis defense results are reported as either “No Pass,” “Pass terminate at the master’s degree,” or “Pass-admit to the Ph.D. program.” Provide the anthropology graduate secretary the MA Degree Completion form.

Everyone provide the anthropology department chair a hard copy of plan B paper or thesis before s/he signs graduation forms.

14. __/__/__ Last Class Day of Semester: Completion of Requirement form. Form on Web or hard copy from Graduate School. Due to Graduate School, 109 Knight Hall with all signatures.

1. __/__/__ 1^st Semester (if not before): Select Primary Advisor/Committee Chair (advise anthropology graduate secretary to file with graduate school)

3. __/__/__ 1^st semester: Select Graduate Committee (5 faculty)–At least 1 graduate faculty from outside the department, 3-4 Anthropology faculty (at least 1 from outside of main subfield); Chair and outside member must be graduate faculty (see Graduate Bulletin for details). Advise anthropology graduate secretary to file committee with Graduate School.

4. __/__/__ Meet with Committee early 3^rd semester to approve the program of study (file Program of Study form in your file in Anthro Office, give to anthropology graduate secretary) and discuss Preliminary Examination topics. Provide committee with Prospectus (dissertation proposal developed in Professionalism course)

5. __/__/__ Take 2 required courses: Professionalism in Anthropology (ANTH 5880) and Teaching and Learning in Anthropology (ANTH 5890). Normally done 1st and 2nd semester.

6. __/__/__ Take 6 content courses or 18 semester hours. Must be done before scheduling Preliminary Examination. You must have a total of 72 hrs. post BA graduate level courses to graduate (how many you actually need depends on how many transfer–this will have some individual variation).

8. __/__/__ Keep a Teaching, Internship, and Research Portfolio (Self-Assessment of your program).

9. __/__/__ File Program of Study form with the Graduate School: Must be done before scheduling Preliminary Examination.

10. __/__/__ Language and Research Tool Requirements: File Certification of Research Tool Requirements form with the Graduate School (must be done before scheduling the Preliminary Exam)

11. __/__/__ Schedule the written and oral portions of the Preliminary Examination (Comprehensive Exam in Anthro. section of the Graduate Bulletin).

12. __/__/__ Take the Preliminary Examination. Committee approves, file Report on Preliminary Examination for Admission to Candidacy form with Graduate School. Must be done at least 15 weeks prior to Final Exam (Dissertation Defense). You have now been Advanced to Candidacy (ABD). (SEE ATTACHED Preliminary Examination Guidelines)

13. __/__/__ Complete teaching experience: GA and stand alone undergraduate courses. This may be done before Preliminary Examination.

14. __/__/__ Continued periodic meetings with your individual committee members to discuss progress towards your dissertation.

15. __/__/__ Do dissertation research and write dissertation: Either a single thesis or a series (normally 3) of integrated publishable articles. Up to 48 dissertation cr/hrs. (included in the total of 72 hrs. required towards a degree)

16. __/__/__ Work through several dissertation drafts with your advisor and several more with the Graduate Committee after advisor approves. “Copies of the dissertation must be in the hands of the student’s committee at least three weeks before the final examination.” and the “dissertation must be available for inspection by any other member of the Graduate Faculty who wishes to examine it.” Place a copy in the anthropology department office.

17. __/__/__ File Graduation/Title form with the Graduate School: Deadline is mid-semester for which completion is planned (check date with graduate school).

18. __/__/__ Obtain Financial Clearance: Must obtain Financial Clearance 30 days before the Completion of Requirements form is due in the semester in which graduation is expected.

19. __/__/__ Schedule and complete Final Examination (Dissertation Defense): Committee votes, votes filed with Graduate School. Final examination must be held at least 10 days before the Graduate School final completion date. Have the Signature Page of your dissertation, Graduate Faculty Evaluation form, and Completion of Requirements form ready to sign at the defense.

20. __/__/__ Provide the anthropology department chair a hard copy of the dissertation before s/he signs graduation forms.

22. __/__/__ File dissertation with Graduate School: Dissertation must meet the standards established by the University of Wyoming Libraries, ProQuest Information and Learning, and the UW Graduate Faculty. (Check Graduate School web site and Graduate Handbook for most recent information)

1. A PhD student takes their Preliminary Exam when the student has completed at least 18 hours of post M.A. coursework; normally, this would be at the end of a student’s second year (assuming the student entered with an MA). The exam consists of a written and an oral component.

2. The written component consists of four to five questions submitted jointly or singly by the student’s committee members. The committee chair approves and organizes the questions. The questions relate to the student’s proposed areas of dissertation research.

3. The student schedules the oral component of the exam at the same time the written examination is scheduled. The oral examination is scheduled approximately 6 weeks from the date the preliminary exam is handed out.

4. Questions for the written component are handed out on a Monday. The student has three weeks to return the answers. A copy of all answers should be turned in to each committee member. No answer should exceed 10 typed pages not including bibliography (12 point font, 1 inch margins, double-spaced). Hence, the exam will not exceed a maximum of 50 pages in length.

5. Students will be informed of the results of the written component of the exam approximately two weeks after they handed in their finished exam. Each question is graded on a pass/fail basis. Each faculty member grades her/his question, but may read and comment on the answers to any other question. The committee meets to decide as a whole whether the student passes or fails the examination. If the student passes the exam, his/her oral examination proceeds as scheduled. If the student fails the examination, the graduate committee decides on remediation or termination from the program.

6. The oral component of the exam provides an opportunity for the student’s committee to explore answers to the written exam in more depth and to test the student’s knowledge of relevant areas not covered by the written exams.