MA Degree Program

 The MA Anthropology Program offers expertise for aspiring students to specialize in two major sub-disciplinary areas of research: Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology.

The program is a thesis-driven combination of advanced coursework and original research which is designed for a variety of different students, including those who will use this graduate program to deepen their knowledge and develop their skills in order to pursue a Ph.D. degree, those who plan to teach Anthropology at the junior or community college level, or those who intend to pursue careers as professionals practicing anthropology or applying their knowledge of anthropological methods and perspectives in various areas of public life.

Major sub-disciplinary areas of study in the program include: cultural anthropology; archaeology; medical anthropology; social theory; anthropology of food; political economy, development, and economic anthropology; anthropology of labor; environmental anthropology; urban anthropology; anthropology of borders and migration; linguistic anthropology; anthropology of gender and sexuality; digital humanities; public anthropology.

Geographical regions of research expertise among program faculty include: Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Mesoamerica, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the United States.

For a fuller sense of the range of specialized expertise in the program, explore the individual biographical information of the Anthropology faculty.

The MA requires the completion of 24 semester hours of graduate-level course work with a cumulative standing of 3.0 (B) or better, plus 6 hours of thesis writing (making a total of 30 semester hours earned), and the satisfactory completion of a Thesis Prospectus Defense (which is the comprehensive examination) consisting of a written prospectus for original research and an oral defense. At the end of your MA research and completion of all requirements you will also have a mandatory MA Thesis Defense.

For further details of requirements and expectations, use this link: https://www.uh.edu/class/ccs/anthropology/graduate/degree-reqs/

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