I’m currently a psychology major with a year left. I changed my major many times on my way their, but am luckily only graduating a year behind where I should have. At the beginning of last semester I was introduced to anthropology and absolutely fell in love. But I knew it was too late to change majors or transfer to another school. And I actually
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Taking this small piece of experience tells me perhaps schools would be receptive if you could do some research associated with your desired area of study. Really a social psych professor with the right interest should really be able to help you. Talk to an advisor, get as many opinions as you can on it and get the ball rolling now, you have plenty of time to make it work! :)
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I can't say I'm 100% familiar but in my experience if you find a really good professor, with somewhat similar interests (your advisor could probably help with this), they will let you do your own thing and your own research. Under their supervision you could even still write a thesis with a full year left. I would for sure look into doing something like that, it will show you took the initiative to follow your interest even though your school doesn't have a specific major for it etc.
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You will be at a certain disadvantage applying for anthropology programs without any coursework in anthropology. I believe that universities reserve those statements (classes can be taken to make up for the material) for really outstanding candidates with brilliant applications who are very strong in related areas and possibly have fieldwork experience in those areas. If you're not that kind of candidate, do know that you're going to be competing with other average and above-average applicants who were anthro majors or the equivalent.
Possibly you should take some time off and take some anthropology courses in the meantime to bulk up your transcript.
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Heh, ignore me. :)
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It is great to finally see someone who is talking about anthropology programs. Although, I do wonder how you can be set on doing a PhD in a field you have never taken a class in. Maybe you picked up enough familiarity of the history, theory, methods, and current work from books though. Anthropology classes are super fun and can be challenging if you put the work into it. I really recommend taking some classes before applying.
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