35 Find a Master's in Anthropology
- Fargo, USA
Full time
2 years
On-Campus
English
North Dakota State University offers M.S. and M.A. degrees in Anthropology. The focus of graduate education in Anthropology is directed toward both the development of applied anthropologists and the advanced training of those seeking to pursue a doctoral degree.
- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
4 years
On-Campus
English
A majority of our PhD graduates have embarked on an academic career, taking up lectureships in universities in the UK as well as abroad, or pursuing further their interests through post-doctoral fellowships and other research-based posts. At the same time, SOAS anthropology PhD graduates have gone on to a range of occupations in the fields of social and market research, development organisations at home and overseas, international and national government and policy, heritage and museum services, journalism and advisory services of many kinds. Social anthropology is widely regarded by employers as excellent training, equipping holders of the degree with a range of sought after skills. The MPhil/PhD offers graduates the opportunity to enhance their qualitative research skills and advance their expertise in their chosen field of study. Thus equipped, they are valuable not only for generating the empirical data required for reaching certain decisions but also for providing the necessary critical tools that enable organisations to innovate and address the challenges of a fast-changing world. The SOAS PhD in Social Anthropology is recognized by the ESRC as both a +3 and 1+3 course.
- Barcelona, Spain
On-Campus
Spanish, English
The master's degree Biological Anthropology is intended to provide holders of degrees in experimental sciences and the humanities with up-to-date training in human biodiversity, its origin, evolution and the biomedical implications. The program responds to the growing demand for specialists in the area of human biology and physical anthropology, contributing knowledge and methodologies pertaining to this area of specialization and related areas (e.g., physiology, genetics, zoology, medicine, archaeology).
- Saint Andrews, United Kingdom
Full time
1 year
On-Campus
English
The MRes in Social Anthropology provides a firm foundation in the methods and methodologies of social anthropology and the human sciences, to serve as a basis for knowledgeable and skilled research in social anthropology. The MRes in Social Anthropology is a full-time postgraduate program run by the Department of Social Anthropology within the School of Philosophical, Anthropological, and Film Studies.
- Barcelona, Spain
Full time
On-Campus
Spanish
Social and cultural anthropology is a social science that focuses on the processes of human sociability from a comparative viewpoint. More specifically, it explores the issue of cultural diversity.In addition to this transcultural perspective, social and cultural anthropology makes use of its own specific research method: ethnography. The success of the qualitative methodology employed in ethnography has clearly crossed the boundaries between disciplines, and it has already had a decisive influence in areas such as education, sociology and social work.
- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
On-Campus
English
The MRes Visual Anthropology offers advanced-level training to students who normally already have an undergraduate or MA degree in Anthropology.
- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
On-Campus
English
This programme offers advanced-level training to students who normally already have an undergraduate or MA degree in Anthropology.
- Kaunas, Lithuania
2 years
On-Campus
English
This Program offers an intensive introduction to contemporary sociocultural anthropology. The Master's of Social Anthropology Program is designed to study social and cultural variations as well as similarities of societies and social groups all over the world. Such topics as transnational mobility, debated cultural practices of inclusion and exclusion as well as the transformation of the state are especially articulated in the Program. It also provides the students with a thorough theoretical and methodological grounding, essential for attaining non-judgmental understanding and appreciation of the diversity of cultures, significance of cross-cultural perspectives and intercultural understanding. The students are taught to conduct independent scientific research and ethnographic fieldwork as well as apply other methods of inquiry.The Program is taught in English and provides an opportunity for the international and local students to study together; it also combines classroom and experiential field-based learning activities that are adopted to each student’s career plan.
- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
1 year
On-Campus
English
The MRes Social Anthropology offers students training in social science research methods, with a strong focus on ethnographic methods. It aims to provide students with the skills they need to conduct research at a doctoral level or to work as social science researchers. In addition to the acquisition of strong methodological skills, students are able to benefit from SOAS' renowned offering of African and Asian languages, as well as its expertise in the humanities, including philosophy, linguistics, literature, and history.
- Kaunas, Lithuania
Full time
2 years
On-Campus
English
This Programme offers an intensive introduction to contemporary anthropology. As societies around the world vary enormously in their social, cultural, and political forms, the Master of Social Anthropology Programme is designed to study these variations and the common humanity contained therein. Such topics as transnational mobility, debated cultural practices of inclusion and exclusion as well as the transformation of the state are specially articulated in the Programme. It also provides the students with a thorough theoretical and methodological grounding, essential for attaining non-judgmental understanding and appreciation of the diversity of other cultures, the significance of cross-cultural perspectives, and intercultural understanding.
- Hamburg, Germany
Full time
4 semesters
On-Campus
English, German
The Master's program in Social & Cultural Anthropology is characterized by a very good student-student ratio and a wide range of methodological, theoretical, and regional courses. 15 master's students are admitted per year. Since these places are fully allocated, it is one of the largest MA courses in anthropology in the country.
- London, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
2 years
On-Campus
English
The MRes Social Anthropology offers students training in social science research methods, with a strong focus on ethnographic methods. It aims to provide students with the skills they need to conduct research at a doctoral level or to work as social science researchers. In addition to the acquisition of strong methodological skills, students are able to benefit from SOAS' renowned offering of African and Asian languages, as well as its expertise in the humanities, including philosophy, linguistics, literature, and history. This two-year intensive language pathway is directed at students who wish to combine knowledge of social anthropology with expertise in a regional language. It prepares students to apply their anthropological knowledge in a specific region by achieving proficiency in a language.
- Siena, Italy
Full time
2 years
On-Campus
Italian
The master’s degree course in Anthropology and visual studies offers the possibility of a fully disciplinary specialization, thanks to the presence of a differentiated offer of anthropological teachings of classical cut, which however focus on the emerging themes of contemporaneity, and at the same time to practice interdisciplinary paths, in particular those aimed at artistic and communicative practices, at cultural representations, experimenting an original weaving with the area of visual studies, thanks to the contributions of semiology, qualitative sociology, spectacle disciplines.
- Palencia, Spain
1 year
On-Campus
Spanish
The Master's Degree in Anthropology of Latin America is organised jointly by the Universities of Salamanca, Valladolid and León. It focuses on anthropological specialisation, applied to knowledge of the cultures of the Latin American area. It has optional subjects that deal with sociological and, more generally, humanistic aspects, always in relation to the ethnology of the aforementioned socio-cultural area. The comparative and intercultural perspectives that are proposed in the research that is required to obtain the Master's degree are also very appropriate for studying in depth the relationship between the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America in areas such as indigenous peoples, emigration, education, international relations, tourism, heritage, cooperation, etc.
- Tromsø, Norway
Full time
2 years
On-Campus
English
The Department of Social Science offers a two-year full-time Master's program in Visual Anthropology. This program aims to teach students how to produce knowledge about people's lives and cultures through an exploration of their everyday lives based on the use of qualitative social science research methods and ethnographic film. The program combines lectures in academic theory and method, filmmaking, and practical instruction in camerawork, sound recording, and editing.