Honors & Theses

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Anthropology concentrators pursue a diverse range of topics and places that covers every time period from the pre-historical to the present, and every major world area. Recent senior honors thesis have investigated:

The relationship between the Boston Catholic Church and its Spanish-speaking members
Islamic Finance in Malaysia
A Cancer Ward in Kenya
Stigma in the Lives of Unmarried Women in Contemporary China
Challenges in Housing Rights Advocacy in Bolivia

The requirements for honors eligibility are distinguished by program. Certain honors recommendations are possible without a thesis.

Students are encouraged to consult A Student's Guide to Reading and Writing in Social Anthropology and the AnthroWrites website.

Social Anthropology Honors Archaeology Honors Combined Archaeology/Social Anthropology Honors Anthropology and Medicine Honors

Thesis Track (12 courses)

Basic Concentration Requirements
ANTH 99: Thesis Tutorial in Anthropology, a full-year writing workshop, culminating in the submission of a senior thesis and an oral thesis examination.

Non-Thesis Track (10 courses)

All graduating seniors in Social Anthropology who are not thesis candidates may be considered for a non-thesis honors recommendation of honors (but not high or highest honors), provided that their concentration grade-point averages calculated at the end of their next to-last semester are among the highest 25 percent of non-thesis candidates in their graduating class.

Archaeology Honors

Thesis Track (12 courses)

Basic Concentation Requirements
Including one Archaeology Graduate-Level Research Seminar (2000-level)
ANTH 99: Thesis Tutorial in Anthropology, a full-year writing workshop, culminating in the submission of a senior thesis and an oral thesis examination.

Non-Thesis Track (10 courses)

Graduating seniors in Archaeology who are not thesis candidates and have taken a 2000- level course may be considered for a non-thesis honors recommendation of honors (but not high or highest honors), provided that their concentration grade-point averages calculated at the end of their next-to-last semester are among the highest 25 percent of non-thesis candidates in their graduating class.

Combined Archaeology/Social Anthropology Honors

Thesis Track (12 courses)

Basic Concentration Requirements
ANTH 99: Thesis Tutorial in Anthropology, a full-year writing workshop, culminating in the submission of a senior thesis and an oral thesis examination.

Non-Thesis Track (10 courses)

All graduating seniors in combined Archaeology and Social Anthropology who are not thesis candidates may be considered for a non-thesis honors recommendation of honors (but not high or highest honors), provided that their concentration grade-point averages calculated at the end of their next-to-last semester are among the highest 25 percent of non-thesis candidates in their graduating class.

Anthropology and Medicine Honors

Thesis Track (14 courses)

Basic Concentration Requirements
ANTH 99: Thesis Tutorial in Anthropology, a full-year writing workshop, culminating in the submission of a senior thesis and an oral thesis examination.

Non-Thesis Track (12 courses)

All graduating seniors in Anthropology and Medicine who are not thesis candidates may be considered for a non-thesis honors recommendation of honors (but not high or highest honors), provided that their concentration grade-point averages calculated at the end of their next to-last semester are among the highest 25 percent of non-thesis candidates in their graduating class.