To be considered for admission to the Strong Coasts program, prospective students must apply for admission to the Applied Anthropology PhD graduate program at the University of South Florida. No separate application for the Strong Coasts program is required, other than to include in your Statement of Purpose for the Anthropology graduate program application a response to the following prompt:
Please specify how the STRONG Coasts traineeship would contribute to your academic/professional plans and how you would contribute to interdisciplinary grant program activities.
Please find instructions on how to apply to the Anthropology graduate program here: http://anthropology.usf.edu/graduate/apply/
| Year 1 | Summer | Year 2 | Summer | Year 3 | Year 4 | Graduation | |
| Funding | Anthro. Dept. Teaching Assistantship | Challenge Grant Travel Funds | NRT Trainee Funding | NRT Trainee Research Funds | External Dissertation Funding (NSF, Wenner-Gren, etc.) |
Anthro. Dept. Teaching Assistantship | |
| NRT Required Courses for Trainees | Systems Thinking for FEWs Nexus (3 credits, External or Internal elective) Systems Thinking and Practice (Take once accepted, 0 credit online course) |
FEWs Global Field Course (credits variable or zero credit) Or Challenge grant for pre-dissertation research |
Envision Sustainable Communities (3 credits, External or Internal elective) |
FEWs Global Field Course (credits variable or zero credit) Or Challenge grant for pre-dissertation research |
Leadership (1 credit) |
Professional-ization workshops, conference presentations, & article submission |
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| Anthropology Courses (9 credits per semester covered by Dept. assistantship) |
3 Core Courses (3 credits ea. ANG 6701 ANG 6766 ANG 7704) |
2 Core Courses (3 credits ea. ANG 7487 ANG 6084) |
Complete Qualifying Exams and Advance to Candidacy | Dissertation Research (ANG 7940) |
Dissertation Writing
(ANG 7980) |
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| 2 Anthro. Electives (3 credits ea.) |
2 Anthro. Elective/1 non-Anthro elective (3 credits ea.) |
4 credits required | 6 credits required | ||||
| Credits | 18 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 46 Total |
Example program of study for Anthropology PhD students participating in the NRT program as a trainee. Program example is for a student entering with an MA in Anthropology. Without a prior degree in Anthropology, trainees would also be required to take ANG 6705 Foundations of Applied Anthropology (3 credits) and Pre-requisites prior to their first semester, and would take one less elective to total 46 credits. Courses in Years 1 and 2 are interchangeable except FEWs Nexus NRT core course should be taken in the first semester. All graduate students in Anthropology can also apply to become Strong Coasts Affiliates and participate in optional leadership activities, sponsored events such as talks and workshops, NRT courses, field research, and apply for graduate Challenge Grants focused on FEWs projects.
Any questions related to the Strong Coasts NRT and the anthropology program? Please contact Dr. Rebecca Zarger, Graduate Director and Strong Coasts Co-Principal Investigator, via email at rzarger@usf.edu. The doctoral program in anthropology requires applicants to hold a masters degree in order to be accepted, but the degree does not have to be in anthropology.
[Students who participate in the program will be asked to participate in a 30 minute interview and 30 minute survey about Strong Coasts. The interview will be audio recorded. Participation is voluntary, does not affect your application status, and is not compensated. This is a research study being conducted by the University of South Florida to learn about your experiences and learning outcomes in the Strong Coasts program (IRB study Pro00033749). The Principal Investigator is Dr. Maya Trotz (matrotz@usf.edu or (510) 593-3647).]