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Forensic Anthropology,
Enhance your credentials by studying with world-acclaimed faculty in forensic anthropology.
Description
The Graduate Certificate in Forensic Anthropology is designed to provide a general background in the skills and techniques of forensic anthropology. Forensic Anthropology is an applied field of bioanthropology and archaeology that focuses on the examination and identification of unknown individuals to service the medico-legal communities at all levels from local to international. The proximity of the UNL campus to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s forensic laboratory provides a unique opportunity for students to intern at the world’s largest and most esteemed skeletal identification laboratory system.
For more information, visit: Forensic Anthropology
Career Pathways
Municipal Forensic Divisions
Contractors with Department of Defense to support DPAA
Disaster Mortuary Operational Teams (D-MORT)
Medical Examiner Offices as Forensic Anthropologists or Death Investigators
Forensic Anthropologist
Applying for Admission
Standard requirements for all graduate programs
- Application for Admission with $50 non-refundable application fee.
- Transcripts (unofficial): Uploaded as part of application form.
If International: Uploads must include all college- or university-level transcripts or mark sheets (records of courses and marks earned), with certificates, diplomas, and degrees plus certified English translations.
After admission: Official documents are required from all students who are admitted and enroll. Photocopies of certified records are not acceptable. International students enrolled in other U.S. institutions may have certified copies of all foreign records sent directly to the Office of Graduate Studies by their current school’s registrar office.
- If applicant’s native language is not English, verification of English proficiency
is required.
When sending TOEFL scores, our institution code is 6877 and a department code is not needed.
- If applicant is not a US citizen and expects an F or J visa: financial information.
- Applicants must also fulfill any additional requirements the department specifies at the time of application.
Additional requirements specific to this program
- Academics: Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above.
- Personal Statement: Statement of purpose.
- Two letters of recommendation.
Certificate programs are not considered degree programs, additionally, so international students should be aware that admission to this program is ineligible for immigration forms for an F-1 student visa.
Admission Application Deadlines
Rolling; apply at any time for admission in the following semester
Department
Graduate Chair
Certificate Advisor
Campus Address
Program Faculty
William Belcher (bio)
Forensic anthropology and archaeology, Forensic taphonomy, Indus Valley Civilization (South Asia) and Umm an-Nar Culture (Oman), Northern New England prehistory, Ancient fishing ecology and technology, Faunal analysis (fish remains), Climate change and prehistory
Elizabeth S. Clausing (bio)
Biological Anthropology, Genomic Epigenetics, Public Health, Health Inequities, Early childhood experiences impact on health in adulthood
Carolyn Heitman (bio)
North America and the American Southwest, Archaeologies of Social Inequality, Gender, Social and Ritual Organization, Household Archaeology, Digital Humanities, Critical Heritage Studies, Community Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Digital Methods and Emergent Technologies in Anthropology
Sophia Perdikaris (bio)
Environmental archaeology, Zooarchaeology, People – environment interactions , Viking Age to Medieval time period, Northern Norway and Iceland, Heritage and sustainability, Barbuda (Caribbean)
Heather Richards-Rissetto (bio)
Digital Cultural Heritage, Mesoamerica, Landscape Archaeology, 3D Modeling and Visualization, Geographic Information Systems, Accessibility and Visibility Studies, Social Networks and Inequality
LuAnn Wandsnider (bio)
Time in Archaeology, Costly Signaling and Multi-level Selection, Hellenistic-Roman southern Turkey, Historic Homesteading Nebraska, Community Formation
UNL Graduate Chairs and staff please complete the program update form to provide edits. Updates to graduate program pages are made on an annual basis in conjunction with the Graduate Application for Admission.