Hours: 36 semester hours

Required Courses

Core Courses:

• AS 5000 Bibliography & Research (3)
• AS 5020 Colloquium in Appalachian Studies (3)
• ANT 5410 Qualitative Research Methods (3)
• OR
• SOC 5110 Research Problems I (Quantitative Methods) (3)
• OR an appropriate research methods substitution (with approval of student's advisor)

SUBTOTAL HOURS 9

Regional Courses: Choose four courses, from 4 different disciplines (12 hours):

• ANT 5120 Appalachian Culture & Social Organization (3)
• BIO 5508 Biogeography (3)
• ENG 5710 Advanced Folklore (3)
• ENG 5720 Appalachian Literature (3)
• HIS 5208 Readings Seminar in Appalachian History (3)
• HIS 5209 Research Seminar in Appalachian History (3)
• REL 5400 Religion in Appalachia (3)
• PS 5130 Appalachian Political Perspectives (3)
• SOC 5300 Appalachia in Social Context (3)

SUBTOTAL HOURS 12

Electives:

Choose 3-4 courses (9-12 hours) from Regional courses above or list below (with approval of student's advisor). No more than 25% of the student's degree program may be taken in a combination of selected topics and independent studies.

• ANT 5200 Sustainable Development: Theory, Method and Case (3)
• ANT 5530-5549 Selected Topics: Appalachian Prehistory (3)
• ANT 5565 Agrarian Studies and Rural Development (3)
• ANT 5600 Medical Anthropology (3)
• ANT 5610 Ethnographic Field School (2-6)
• AS 5110 Ethnographic Field Study (1-6)
• AS 5500 Independent Study (3)
• AS 5530-5549 Selected Topics (3)
• ENG 5100 Composition Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy (3)
• ENG 5640 Cultural Studies (3)
• ENG 5650 Gender Studies (3)
• GHY/PLN 5400 Planning Theory and Process (3)
• HIS 5002 Seminar in Public History (3)
• HIS 5206 Readings Seminar in American History (when applicable) (3)
• HIS 5575 Introduction to Public History (3)
• HIS 5610 Management of Museums (3)
• HIS 5640 Interpretation in Museums (3)
• HIS 5660 Topics in Public and Applied History (3)
• PLN 5450 Planning for Sustainable Communities (3)
• PLN 5700 Project Management (3)
• PS 5060 Seminar in Public Administration (3)
• PS 5330 Problems in State and Local government (3)
• SD 5050 Foundations of Sustainable Development (3)
• SD 5300 Issues in Global Systems Science (3)
• SOC 5750 Social Stratification (3)
• TEC 5638 Contemporary Problems in Appropriate Technology (3)

SUBTOTAL HOURS 9-12

NOTE: Other electives may be selected upon approval of student's academic advisor.

Final Project:

• AS 5900 Internship (3-6)
• OR
• AS 5999 Thesis (3-6)

SUBTOTAL HOURS 3-6

TOTAL HOURS 36

Thesis: Optional

Language Proficiency: A reading knowledge of a foreign language is required. Demonstrated competency in statistics and/or computer science may be substituted upon approval of the student's advisor. The standards by which proficiency is determined are listed in the current Graduate Bulletin (under Degree Requirements, pg. 41).

Comprehensive: A comprehensive examination is required.

Product of Learning: None required.

Capstone/Capstone Experience: Thesis or Internship

Seminar:

• AS 5020, Colloquium in Appalachian Studies