UO master's students who are currently enrolled and who desire admission to the Doctoral Program mustfile a statement of purpose along with other application materials with the Graduate Secretary by March 17, 2006.

The application will consist of the following documents, for review by the Graduate Committee:

1. The form "Application to Transition into the Doctoral Program" This form should name a comprehensive examination/dissertation prospectus committee comprised of a chair and two members. (Typically these members are all anthropology faculty; there may be reasons, however, to name someone in another department as the third member.) Every person named should sign the form. It should also identify the topic of the proposed dissertation research.

2. Statement of purpose (3 to 5 double-spaced pages). The statement should describe and justify the dissertation project and indicate how, where, and when it will be pursued. It should also describe the present state of your preparation to undertake this project and what further preparation you require before beginning the research. The applicant should write this document thoughtfully and with care, since it will reveal whether the applicant is suitable for the doctoral program.

3. Current curriculum vitae.

4. Current transcript.

5. Three "Reports on Graduate Applicant." One of these should be from the chair of the committee, who should describe the graduate student's readiness to pursue a Ph.D. The other two referees may be briefer in their remarks.

6. E-mail proof of your having requested letters from three referees.

Incomplete applications will not be considered. It is the applicant's responsibility  to be certain that the file, as described above, is complete. Make sure that those you have asked to file a "report on graduate applicant" have done so by the deadline. Applications received after the March 17th deadline will be considered in next year's applicant pool.

The intent of this procedure is to assure that those admitted to the doctoral program can conceptualize a substantial piece of research and indicate (through the stipulation of the comprehensive examination topics) a solid course of study. The project and program of study the student identifies should fit with the Department's faculty expertise.