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Master of Arts
MACotermOverview
The MA Degree Program in Anthropology is designed to provide (1) Advanced knowledge of the field of contemporary anthropology (2) Training for independent postgraduate research. The program is organized to facilitate the training of students from different intellectual backgrounds.
Anthropology is devoted to the study of human beings and human societies as they exist across time and space. It is distinct from other social sciences in that it gives central attention to the full time span of human history, and to the full range of human societies and cultures, including those located in historically marginalized parts of the world. It is therefore especially attuned to questions of social, cultural, and biological diversity, to issues of power, identity, and inequality, and to the understanding of dynamic processes of social, historical, ecological, and biological change over time. Education in anthropology provides excellent preparation for living in a multicultural and globally-interconnected world, and helps to equip students for careers in fields including law, medicine, business, public service, research, and ecological sustainability and resource management.
The Department of Anthropology offers a wide range of approaches to the various topics and area studies within anthropology including: archaeology, ecology, environmental anthropology, evolution, linguistics, medical anthropology, political economy, science and technology studies, and sociocultural anthropology. Methodologies for the study of micro- and macro-social processes are taught through the use of qualitative and quantitative approaches. The department provides students with excellent training in theory and methods to enable them to pursue graduate study in any of the above mentioned subfields of anthropology.
The master’s program in Anthropology offers the following options for students who seek a Master of Arts (MA) degree:
Degree Options
Students may pursue one of two possible department tracks in the Anthropology MA degree program.
The tracks are not declarable in Axess and will not appear on the transcript.