Welcome
We provide a dynamic, challenging, interdisciplinary environment where supportive faculty will push you to excel. Joining our school gives you access to hundreds of advanced social science courses, extensive professionalism and skills-development opportunities, 40 cutting-edge labs, huge material collections, field schools and teaching opportunities.
Our graduate students participate in major collaborative projects through our many research centers, and join a large dynamic community of scholars in allied fields.
These are times of great change in higher education, and graduates need to be able to adapt to this as they plan their careers. Our graduates get great jobs because they combine innovative ways of doing important scholarship with a thorough and sophisticated understanding of how to succeed as social scientists in the academy and beyond in this new era.
Doctoral Programs
Master's Programs
Graduate Certificates
Field Schools
The School of Human Evolution and Social Change hosts field-based programs in archaeology, medical anthropology and community health. Led by noted faculty, these field schools provide hands-on learning experiences that build skill sets, increase knowledge and create collaborative ties. See our field school page here.
Clubs and Organizations
Our school has several student-run graduate clubs that are very active on campus and in the community.
- Association of All Graduate Students (AAGS)
- Graduates in Integrative Society & Environment Research (GISER)
- Health Sciences Journal Club
- Graduate Lounge
- Admitted Students' Weekend
- Town Halls
Go here for more information about how to become involved.
Apply
The School of Human Evolution and Social Change welcomes applicants who meet ASU admission requirements. Our school does not have additional requirements. Apply now to begin your graduate school journey in one of our innovative programs!
Application Deadlines
PhD Programs: December 1
Application Fee Waiver
As part of our commitment to reducing financial barriers, the School of Human Evolution and Social Change offers a waiver of the Graduate Application Fee for students who qualify. If you were eligible for a Pell Grant as an undergraduate, please complete the Fee Waiver Form prior to submitting your program application. We will also waive the graduate application fee if you are a citizen resident of a lower- or middle-income country per the World Bank classification.