Master of Arts in the Field of Anthropology

Master of Arts in the Field of Anthropology

The following requirements must be fulfilled:

The general requirements stated under Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Programs.

The minimum requirement consists of:

36 credits of approved graduate coursework including the following:

At least three of the following four proseminars:

• Proseminar in Biological Anthropology
• Proseminar in Sociocultural Anthropology
• Proseminar in Archaeology
• Proseminar in Linguistic Anthropology

Those with significant background in a field, as determined by evaluation of a student petition to the proseminar instructor, may waive one proseminar. Those who are permitted to waive a proseminar must, however, take two courses from the following:

• Proseminar in Biological Anthropology
• Proseminar in Archaeology
• Proseminar in Sociocultural Anthropology
• Proseminar in Linguistic Anthropology

An approved methods course

In addition to 30-33 credits of approved graduate coursework, 3-6 credits of research for a thesis or other culminating project.

Students with fewer than four undergraduate semesters of a major foreign language must demonstrate a reading knowledge of an approved language before beginning the third semester of graduate work.