Overview

Students in the Anthropology program from The University of Texas at San Antonio will develop empirical understandings of how humans culturally construct and organize past and present environments; how power relations are embedded in these activities; and the impact socio-physical environments have upon human and non-human primates.

Key Features

Graduate course offerings view ecological anthropology through multiple lenses: political economy, environmental politics, indigenous epistemologies, landscape production, agrarian economy, social, behavioral and evolutionary ecology, medical anthropology, and primate conservation.

Programme Structure

Faculty research specializations include:

Archaeology of the Maya lowlands and Andean South America

Archaeology of Texas and the Greater Southwest

Primate behavioral and conservation ecology in Southeast Asia and Africa

Conservation and mining practices in the South Pacific

Indigenous and environmental politics in lowland and Andean South America

The cultural anthropology of Texas and the Plains

Medical anthropology of the U.S.-Mexico border region

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 96 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

36 SCH

36 graduate hours beyond the master’s degree
66 semester credit hours beyond the baccalaureate degree

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Helotes, United States

Disciplines

Anthropology View 81 other PhDs in Anthropology in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

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English requirements

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General requirements

Resume or CV

Applicants must provide official transcripts documenting undergraduate and graduate coursework and degrees.

Include a statement describing your reasons for entering UTSA’s Ph.D. program in Anthropology.

As part of your application, you will need three letters of recommendation. Recommendations should preferably be from Anthropology faculty with whom you have worked during your academic training.

Please see GRE for information about theexamination, including test locations and dates. At the University of Texas at San Antonio, GRE scores will be considered only as one element in the evaluation of applicants.

Please include a writing sample that shows your writing abilities and analytical skills. Students usually submit a term paper from an upper-division or graduate class or a chapter of their Masters thesis.

Tuition Fees

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28134 USD / year

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28134 USD / year

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9906 USD / year

≈ 9906 USD / year

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