To complete the program, students must successfully complete a total of 48 credits (8 Master level courses and 8 PhD. level courses). This is usually accomplished in two years. Each semester the students will be required to take 2 compulsory and 2 elective courses. Students who have completed a Master’s program in Anthropology will be exempt from those courses that they have already taken in the Master’s program.
After successful completion of the two year long curriculum, the students will take the written and oral exam before starting to work on their doctoral thesis. Successful students will have to prepare the proposal for their doctoral thesis and present it to a jury of 3 people, two of whom are faculty from the department. Students with approved proposals start their thesis work by beginning fieldwork. The thesis is expected to be completed in between 2 to 5 years. The doctoral thesis has to be based on fieldwork using anthropological methods. Also, as in the rest of the world, the doctorate should be an original contribution to scientific knowledge.
