MA in Public Anthropology
Degree Requirements
- 30 credit hours of approved graduate work
- Students focus their studies in either cultural/social anthropology or archaeology
- One written comprehensive examination, appropriate to the student’s concentration
- A thesis or nonthesis option of two substantial research papers prepared in conjunction with advanced courses or research seminars, read and approved by two faculty members and the department chair
Course Requirements
- ANTH-552 Anthropological Research Methods (3)
- ANTH-632 Contemporary Theory: Culture, Power, History (3)
Cultural/Social Anthropology Track
- 18 credit hours from the following as approved by the student’s advisor, with no more than 6 credit hours from ANTH-691 and ANTH-797:
- ANTH-531 Topics in Archaeology (3)
- ANTH-532 Changing Culture (3)
- ANTH-534 Class and Culture (3)
- ANTH-535 Ethnicity and Nationalism (3)
- ANTH-537 Topics in Language and Culture (3)
- ANTH-541 Anthropology and State Policy (3)
- ANTH-542 Reinventing Applied Anthropology (3)
- ANTH-543 Anthropology of Development (3)
- ANTH-544 Topics in Public Anthropology (3)
- ANTH-550 Ethnographic Field Methods (3)
- ANTH-631 Foundations of Social and Cultural Anthropology (3)
- ANTH-634 Foundations of Archaeology (3)
- ANTH-635 Race, Gender and Social Justice (3)
- ANTH-637 Discourse, Text, and Voice (3)
- ANTH-640 Current Issues in Anthropology (3)
- ANTH-691 Internship in Anthropology (1–6)
- ANTH-797 Master’s Thesis Seminar (6) (thesis option)
- 6 credits hours of approved graduate course work from another discipline, such as history, sociology, communication, or international service.
Archeology Track
- ANTH-533 Cultural Resources Management (3) or ANTH-536 Archaeology and Politics (3)
- ANTH-634 Foundations of Archaeology (3)
- 12 credit hours from the following as approved by the student’s advisor. Students without field archaeology experience are strongly encouraged to take ANTH-560 Summer Field School: Archaeology:
- ANTH-531 Topics in Archaeology (3)
- ANTH-532 Changing Culture (3)
- ANTH-533 Cultural Resources Management (3) (if not taken to meet requirement above)
- ANTH-534 Class and Culture (3)
- ANTH-535 Ethnicity and Nationalism (3)
- ANTH-536 Archaeology and Politics (3) (if not taken to meet requirement above)
- ANTH-537 Topics in Language and Culture (3)
- ANTH-541 Anthropology and State Policy (3)
- ANTH-542 Reinventing Applied Anthropology (3)
- ANTH-543 Anthropology of Development (3)
- ANTH-544 Topics in Public Anthropology (3)
- ANTH-550 Ethnographic Field Methods (3)
- ANTH-560 Summer Field School: Archaeology (3–9)
- ANTH-590 Independent Reading in Anthropology (1–6)
- ANTH-631 Foundations of Social and Cultural Anthropology (3)
- ANTH-635 Race, Gender and Social Justice (3)
- ANTH-637 Discourse, Text, and Voice (3)
- ANTH-639 Culture Area Analysis (3)
- ANTH-640 Current Issues in Anthropology (3)
- ANTH-690 Independent Study Project in Anthropology (1–6)
- ANTH-691 Internship in Anthropology (1–6)
- ANTH-797 Master’s Thesis Seminar (6) (thesis option)
- 6 credit hours of approved graduate course work from another discipline, such as history, sociology, communication, economics, mathematics and statistics, computer science, information systems, business, and public affairs.
