University Catalog 2024-2025

Anthropology (MA)

Degree Requirements

Students may choose from the research tracks and specializations below to complete coursework within a focus area.

Degrees earned will be distributed as: "Master of Arts in Anthropology" without specialization or track specifications

Required Courses30
Select one specialization below
Select one research track below
Total Hours30

Specializations

Biological Anthropology

Required Courses15
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology
Overview of Anthropological Theory
Human Osteology
Statistical Methods For Researchers I
Theories of Archaeological Research
Elective Courses9
Select nine credit hours of ANT electives
Total Hours24

Cultural Anthropology 

Cultural Anthropology Specialization Required Courses9
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology
Overview of Anthropological Theory
Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology
Elective Courses15
Select fifteen credit hours of ANT electives
Total Hours24

Archaeology 

Required Courses9
Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology
Overview of Anthropological Theory
Theories of Archaeological Research
Elective Courses15
Select fifteen credit hours of ANT electives
Total Hours24

Research Tracks

 Thesis Track and Plan B Track

Required Course6
Independent Study in ANT

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Nora M. Haenn

Associate Professor

  • John K. Millhauser

Assistant Professors

  • Jennifer Jean Carroll
  • Claudia Gastrow
  • Kathryn Mary Grossman
  • Dru Evan McGill
  • Julie K. Wesp

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

  • Alison C. Greene
  • Carol Ann Lewald
  • Seth Murray

Emeritus Faculty

  • D. Troy Case
  • Risa Ellovich
  • J. M. Wallace III
  • William Wormsley