24 Master Degrees in Anthropology in North America for 2024
- 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.
- New York, USA
Full time, Part time
2 years
On-Campus
English
The MA in Anthropology is a 30 credit program combining the theoretical and methodological foundations of social and cultural anthropology with an emphasis on the critical exploration of how ethnographic sensibilities matter in the world today.
- 109, USA
English
The free-standing MA program in Sociocultural Anthropology is designed specifically for those who wish to cultivate a deeper understanding of the discipline of anthropology and improve their particular professional competence, but who intend only to pursue the MA degree. Study may be undertaken on either a full-time or part-time basis. Applicants with degrees in medicine, psychiatry, business, social work, the arts, library science, theology, demography, law, foreign affairs, international relations, criminology, linguistics, architecture, planning, and community affairs are encouraged to apply for admission to the program, while professionals in the fields of education and nursing are encouraged to consider appropriate programs at Teachers College
- Gambier, USA
On-Campus
English
Anthropology is often referred to as the science of humanity, embracing biological, historical and cultural studies as distinct but interrelated pursuits.
- 2001, USA
A Master of Arts (MA) in Anthropology is a graduate-level degree program that focuses on the study of human biology, behaviors, and cultural traditions. Anthropology is a broad field that encompasses various sub-disciplines, including cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, archaeology, and linguistic anthropology. In the context of an MA in Anthropology, the emphasis is often on cultural anthropology and human biology.
- Orlando, USA
On-Campus
English
The Department of Anthropology offers a graduate program leading to the Master of Arts degree in Anthropology. This program's course work is conceptually four-field, with faculty strengths in archaeology, cultural anthropology, and physical anthropology.
- Columbia, USA
On-Campus
English
Train in broad social theory as well as interdisciplinary, anthropological discourses for a well-rounded education. Find rich opportunities for research through ethnographic and archaeological field schools locally and abroad. Gain experience through authentic simulations and laboratory classes in artifacts and material culture. Engage in four subfield anthropology perspectives, and gain extensive training in research ethics.
- Sadler Center, USA
On-Campus
English
The Department of Anthropology's graduate program offers an M.A. with a specialization in Historical Anthropology and a Ph.D. with specializations in Historical Archaeology or Historical Anthropology. Students holding an undergraduate degree have the option of applying for admission to either the terminal M.A. program or the sequential M.A./Ph.D. program. Students with an M.A. degree in Anthropology "in hand" may apply for admission directly into the Ph.D. program.
- Santa Barbara, USA
On-Campus
English
The Department of Anthropology at UCSB is a medium-sized department with excellent faculty, high national visibility, and a reputation for a first-rate graduate program. Each student contracts a unique course of study and research directed towards understanding human nature, culture, biology, past, and present.
- Lexington, USA
On-Campus
English
Since its inception in the 1960s, the graduate program has been nationally recognized as a leader in applied anthropology. We define applied anthropology as research with practical application and impact, but anchored in a rigorous foundation in anthropological theory and method, whether from socio-cultural, bio-cultural, medical, or archaeological perspectives. With grounding in core anthropological theory and method, we train our students to be skilled researchers who can traverse both academic and non-academic settings, bringing to their research a sound intellectual base, and skills for application and practice.
- Milwaukee, USA
On-Campus
English
The Department of Anthropology offers programs of graduate study designed to provide a broad background in all significant facets of the discipline—biological, archaeological and sociocultural, analytic as well as descriptive—while still encouraging specialization. It provides training both for students interested in an academic career in anthropology and for those concerned with practical issues approached from the integrative perspective of anthropology. Each student’s program of study includes training in anthropological theory and methods, issues and problems in sociocultural anthropology, archaeology, and physical anthropology, as well as topics that focus on the student’s area of particular interest. Interdisciplinary research is actively encouraged, and many faculty and student projects involve collaborations with other departments and programs at UWM as well as a wide range of national and international institutions.
- Milwaukee, USA
On-Campus
English
The Department of Anthropology offers programs of graduate study designed to provide a broad background in all significant facets of the discipline—biological as well as cultural, analytic as well as descriptive—while still encouraging specialization. It provides training both for students interested in an academic career in anthropology and for those concerned with practical issues approached from the integrative perspective of anthropology. The department, in cooperation with the Milwaukee Public Museum, also offers a program leading to a Certificate in Museum Studies. The Milwaukee Public Museum, the fourth largest natural history museum in the country, is the site for methods courses that provide the student practical experience in museum work and for courses in the history and theory of museum exhibits. Each student’s program of studies includes training in anthropological theory and methods, issues and problems in cultural anthropology, archaeology, anthropological linguistics and physical anthropology, as well as topics that focus on the student’s area of particular interest.
- Mankato, USA
On-Campus
English
Students who complete the Master of Science program in Applied Anthropology at Minnesota State University, Mankato are competitive either for the applied professional career market or for admission to nationally recognized doctoral degree programs. Graduate work at Minnesota State Mankato offers students a generalist, holistic foundation in the discipline and one of the four subfields of archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and cultural anthropology.
- New York, USA
English
The most important characteristics of our program include the following: The Department maintains a commitment to a four-field approach to graduate training despite an apparent national trend towards increasing specialization at earlier levels of graduate training. We feel that a substantial background in sociocultural anthropology, biological anthropology, anthropological archaeology, and linguistics is essential to student training irrespective of sub-disciplinary specialization.
- 1500, USA
On-Campus
English
Master of Arts in Anthropology we've been offering a nationally recognized master's degree in anthropology for over 50 years. Our program is designed to prepare you for a public or private archaeology career or to pursue a doctoral degree