Arts & Humanities
Accelerator Science Graduate Certificate
Stony Brook University, United States
- Degree
- Postgraduate
Arts & Humanities
Stony Brook University, United States
The Advanced Graduate Certificate in Human Origins is a 15-credit field education programme in Kenya, based at the Turkana Basin Institute facilities at Ileret and Turkwel on Lake Turkana. It combines field-school learning with a full semester of study abroad.
Department: Turkana Basin Institute (Anthropology and Geosciences courses) | Duration: 15 credits; one semester (five sequential two-week modules) | Study mode: full-time | Location: Stony Brook, NY, United States
Five sequential two-week 500-level modules: Ecology (ANT 504), Earth and Life Through Time: Vertebrate Paleontology (ANT 505), Human Evolution (ANT 506), Prehistoric Archaeology of Africa (ANT 507) and Geology of the Turkana Basin (GEO 504). Students gain hands-on experience in field survey and excavation, paleoenvironmental reconstruction and taphonomy.
Minimum GPA of 2.5 in the previous bachelor degree or current graduate coursework. No course or experience prerequisites. Applicants can apply as non-matriculated graduate students after a bachelor degree or during a master or PhD programme.
Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.
Duration: 15 credits; one semester (five sequential two-week modules)
Apply through the official page: https://www.stonybrook.edu/grad/admissions/apply-graduate-programs.html
Arts & Humanities
Stony Brook University, United States
Arts & Humanities
Stony Brook University, United States
Arts & Humanities
Stony Brook University, United States
Arts & Humanities
Stony Brook University, United States
Arts & Humanities
Stony Brook University, United States
Arts & Humanities
Stony Brook University, United States
Arts & Humanities
Stony Brook University, United States
Arts & Humanities
Stony Brook University, United States
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