About PhD Program,
The graduate program in Brown’s anthropology department encourages a diversity of doctoral research agendas in socio-cultural anthropology, anthropological archaeology, and linguistic anthropology.
Our program balances a rigorous curriculum of core classes with more specialized training in advanced courses. Our graduate seminars and independent study courses provide an engaging and rigorous tutorial approach to training. Graduate courses offered this academic year are listed on Courses@Brown.
Brown’s graduate program is primarily PhD granting; students are not admitted to the department solely to seek a Master’s degree. Doctoral students complete requirements for a Master’s degree during their course of study, as well as additional requirements described below.
PhD Program Degree Eligibility with GPA,
- 12 additional elective courses beyond the 8 required for the Master’s Degree (or the fulfillment of equivalent through coursework at another university)
- Preliminary examinations in three topics
- One year of teaching experience, usually as a teaching assistant
- Approved research proposal for doctoral research
- Foreign language requirement (if required by the candidate’s doctoral committee)
- Dissertation, based on independent field research
PhD Funding Coverage,
Incoming doctoral students receive five or six years of guaranteed financial support, including summers, a stipend, tuition remission, a health-services fee, and health and dental insurance.
Financial support for graduate students applies to both domestic and foreign students admitted to our doctoral programs (funding for transfer students may vary). Doctoral students in the Humanities and Social Sciences are guaranteed six years of support. This support can come from a variety of Brown University resources–including Graduate School funds, departmental funds, and faculty research funds–and/or external funds, as applicable.
We believe that our longer commitment, combined with the continual increase in our base stipend (nearly 50% since 2001), allows students the time and energy they need to apply to their research and scholarship. As always, any guarantee of support is conditional upon students maintaining satisfactory academic progress in their programs.
The Graduate School allots each doctoral program a pre-set number of support units that are assigned to continuing students as teaching assistantships, proctorships, and, in consultation with the dean, dissertation fellowships.
These allotments are tied to a wide complex of needs within these units, including undergraduate enrollments and the professional development of graduate students as future faculty (in the case of teaching assistantships), technical and programmatic support (proctorships), and graduate students’ research and scholarship (research assistantships and fellowships). Upon recommendations from academic programs and other units at Brown, student appointments are then processed by the Graduate School according to the original allotments and to these criteria, among others.
Doctoral students with an interest in support issues should send comments or questions to Graduate_Dean@brown.edu
Application Requirement,
- Personal Statement
- Transcripts
- Letters of Recommendation
- GRE
- Language Proficiency
- Application Fee and Waivers
- Paper Credentials and Other Documentation
Application Deadline,
Dec 01, 2024
Application Fee,
A nonrefundable fee of $75 is charged for processing each application received by the Graduate School.
