Anthropology (MA)

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Degree Requirements

Students are not accepted for the MA in Anthropology alone, but the MA in Anthropology can be granted after two years of course work and satisfactory completion of the screening exams.

Required Courses

ANTH 501 History and Foundations of Anthropology Units: 4
ANTH 502 Contemporary Theory in Anthropology Units: 4
ANTH 503 Regional Ethnography Units: 4 or
ANTH 506 Primate Behavior and Sociobiology Units: 4
ANTH 562 The Practice of Ethnography Units: 4 (or another methods course approved by the supervisor for primatologists)
Four 4-unit graduate-level courses in anthropology Units: 16

Total units: 32

Note:

A screening examination must be taken before a student has completed more than 24 units of course work and should be submitted in the third year of residence. The exam consists of three written field statements, a working bibliography and an oral defense.