Master of Arts in Anthropology

Program Overview

The University of Manitoba's Master of Arts in Anthropology program provides research-focused training in socio-cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, and archaeology. Students tailor their programs to their interests, working closely with faculty advisors. The program includes coursework, a mandatory professional development course, and a thesis requirement. Sample courses cover topics such as the anthropology of religion, ethnographic research methods, and human skeletal biology.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Anthropology department at the University of Manitoba offers a Master of Arts in Anthropology with a focus on research training and tailoring programs to the interests and strengths of individual students in close cooperation with faculty advisors for graduate studies.

Outline:

Content:

• Socio-cultural anthropology
• Biological anthropology
• Archaeology

Structure:

• Combination of coursework and a research component
• Minimum of 12 credit hours of coursework at the 7000 level
• Mandatory pass/fail ANTH 7000 Professional Development in Anthropology Course
• Acceptable thesis and successful thesis oral examination

Course Schedule:

• Sample courses include:
• Seminar in the Anthropology of Religion
• Seminar in Ethnography of Power Systems
• Scientific Methods and Applications in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology
• Ethnographic Research Methods
• Prehistoric Human Ecology
• Advanced Topics in Human Skeletal Biology
• Archaeological Theory
• Seminar in Human Adaptability
• Growth, Development & Plasticity in Human
• Cultural Resource Management

Individual Modules with Descriptions:

Socio-cultural Anthropology:

• Applied and public anthropology
• Anti-colonialism
• Conflict
• Environmental anthropology and political ecology
• Food
• Gender, development and wellbeing
• Global political economy
• Media
• Migration
• Race and ethnicity
• Relatedness
• Repatriation
• Sexuality
• Social movements
• Youth culture

Archaeology:

• Analytic methods
• Ceramics
• Domestication
• Environmental archaeology
• Ethnoarchaeology
• Historical archaeology
• Hunter/fisher/gatherers
• Settlement patterns
• Theory
• Zooarchaeology

Biological Anthropology:

• Bioarchaeology
• Colonialism and health
• Demography
• Dental anthropology
• Gender and health
• Growth and development
• Historical epidemiology
• Infectious disease
• Medical anthropology
• Palaeodemography
• Proteomics
• Palaeopathology
• Skeletal biology
• 3D imaging and microscopy