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The practicum is the major independent project that students undertake in order to complete the master in applied anthropology. It involves doing work that will be of practical benefit to some organization or agency. Students must design and carry out a project that utilizes the skills in applied anthropology that they gained through their master's program coursework. The project has two kinds of outcomes:

	A practical application that benefits the organization or agency that is their client
	A report to the department of anthropology, submitted both as a written document and a verbal presentation

Planning the Practicum 
The practicum is structured around three courses:

ANTH 5050 Pre-Practicum: Problems and Cases in Applied  Anthropology
This is an overview of applied anthropology and a practical skills course which includes students' identification of a client and project. It is offered every spring, and should be taken in the student's first year.

ANTH 5800 Practicum I
Student work on their project under the supervision of a faculty member. For the project as a whole, they must work a minimum of 96 hours. They should accomplish as many hours as possible during Practicum I; they can finish the hours under Practicum II.

APAN 5810 Practicum II
Students finish up any remaining hours of work. They deliver their findings to the client. They also prepare a written report and a verbal presentation for the department of anthropology.

Some requirements for the project:

The client may not be affiliated with UNT. Some early practicums were projects 
for the anthropology department, but this is no longer an option.

Volunteer work with a community or ethnic group will not count unless the 
student is working for an established entity and reports to a designated individual in that entity.

For more detailed information on the Practicum, see our Graduate Student Handbook (.pdf).

Student: Rocky D. Crocker
Project: An Organizational Study of a Growing Business
Client: Superior Trailer Sales Company
Graduation: August 2007

Student: Andrea Robledo
Project: Latinos/as in Leadership: Participatory Action Research with Latino/a Organizations at the University of North Texas
Client: Multicultural Center at the University of North Texas
Graduation: August 2007

Student: Steven D. Gomez
Project: Implementing Best Practices: Program Evaluation and Program Development for an American Indian Gestational Diabetes Program
Client: Diabetes Care Center, Chickasaw Nation Health System, Ada, Oklahoma
Graduation: May 2007

Student: Nicole A. Matheny
Project: Traditional Healing and Biomedicine among Latinos in Denton, Texas: Beliefs, Practices, and Barriers
Client: Denton County Health Department
Graduation: May 2007

Student: Andrea McCoy
Project: A Trend Analysis of Notebook Computer Use by College Students
Client: Dell, Inc.
Graduation: May 2007

Student: Kelly Moran
Project: Designing Products and Work Practices with Pitney Bowes: Marketing Services for Small-Spend Advertisers
Client: Pitney Bowes
Graduation: May 2007

Student: Michael Neil Mansfield
Project: Nature Evaluation in the Big Thicket
Client: Big Thicket Association
Graduation: May 2007

Student: David Howard
Project: Better Understanding Ourselves and Our Clients - A Community Needs Assessment for a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Community Based Organization
Client: The Resource Center of Dallas, Gay & Lesbian Community Center
Graduation Date: May 2007

Student: Rodney Bales
Project: A Cost/Benefit Analysis of Wrap-around Services for Children Experiencing a Serious Emotional Disturbance Diagnosis
Client: The City of Fort Worth Public Health Department
Graduation Date: August 2006

Student: Michael Foitek
Project: Evaluation of the City of Denton's Mosquito Control Campaign Client: The City of Denton Information Office
Graduation Date: May 2006

Student: Ethan McGaffey
Project: Feeding the Family: Prices Paid for Subsistence Salmon Near the Upper Copper River, Alaska
Client: Partners in Fisheries, Alaska Fish and Game
Graduation Date: May 2006

Student: Mel. White
Project: Facilitated Learning in a Science Museum: The Impact of the Meadows Educators at The Science Place
Client: The Science Place
Graduation Date: May 2006

Student: Kiera Thaden
Project: Didactic vs. Constructivist: An Analysis of Two Label-Types at the Gyro Chair Exhibit
Client: The Science Place
Graduation: December 2005

Student: Liya Aklilu
Project: Assessing the Activities Resource Center: An Evaluation for the International Rescue Committee
Client: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Graduation: August 2005

Student: Pamela O. Brown
Project: Creating a Sex Education Program for Somali Bantu Women
Client: Refugee organization in the North Texas area
Graduation: May 2005

Student:  Stephen Brown
Project: Community Integration and Resource Development: Landmine Removal Fundraising
Client: Dallas Peace Center
Graduation Date: December 2004

Student: Violet Sparks
Project: Homelessness in Denton County: Needs Assessment and Homeless Management Information Systems
Client: City of Denton
Graduation Date: December 2004

Student: Jason Swartwood
Project: Bajito Onda: A Grassroots Movement for Peace as an Alternative to Violence
Client: Bajito Onda
Graduation Date: December 2004

Student: Sandra Tyson
Project: Access to Health Care for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: A Participatory Action Research Project
Client: Texas Association of the Deaf
Graduation Date: December 2004

Student: Sarah Barraza
Project: Migrant Education: Giving Hispanic Students A Voice
Client: Denton Independent School District
Graduation Date: December 2003

Student: Diane Naylor
Project: Somali Bantu in Dallas, Texas: Health Practices and Resettlement Issues
Clients: Parkland Hospital Outreach Clinic
Graduation Date: December 2003

Student: Albert Schott
Project: Evaluation of Dallas Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center
Client: Salvation Army
Graduation Date: December 2002

Student: Pei-fang Chuang Project: User Research for Redesign of UNT Anthropology Website Client: Department of Anthropology Graduation Date: August 2002

Student: Andu Meharie
Project: Evaluation of the UNT/NSF Summer Research Methods Project
Clients: Tyson Gibbs, Principal Investigator and Ramona Perez, Co-Principal Investigator
Graduation Date: June 2002