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Twin Cities Campus
Anthropology M.A.Anthropology
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Anthropology, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-625-3400; fax: 612-625-3095)
Email:
anth@umn.edu
Website: http://anthropology.umn.edu
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
Note: The Department of Anthropology admits students for the master's degree only in cultural heritage management, although in some cases students admitted to the Ph.D. program complete a master's degree as they work toward the Ph.D.
The department offers graduate education in sociocultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, anthropological archaeology, and biological anthropology. Major areas of faculty research and graduate student training in sociocultural anthropology include colonial and post-colonial studies, cultures of capitalism, cultural studies of science, economic anthropology, ethnographies of the state, gender/sexuality, globalization, medical anthropology, personality and culture, and urban anthropology, among other specialties. Regional specializations include Europe, Latin America, the Pacific, the Middle East, North America, Russia, and South Asia.
The program in linguistic anthropology offers training and research opportunities in language, culture, and power; theory in sociolinguistics and the semantics of interaction; paralinguistic and nonlinguistic semiotics; and the anthropology of language styles. Regional specializations include the Middle East and the urban United States.
The program in biological anthropology offers training and research opportunities in two main areas: paleoanthropology and behavioral biology. The paleoanthropology specialty combines biological anthropologists and Paleolithic archaeologists in the reconstruction of hominin evolution and behavior through the application of evolutionary theory to the analysis of skeletal morphology, faunal remains, site taphonomy, and lithic technology. The behavioral biology specialty combines the department's biological anthropologists as well as primatologists in the Jane Goodall Institute's Center for Primate Studies in the study of non-human primates, human foragers, evolutionary ecology, and evolutionary theory. Regional specializations include Africa, Southwest Asia, Central Asia, and Europe.
The program in anthropological archaeology offers training and research opportunities in the use of sociocultural theories and interpretive strategies in the reconstruction of historic and prehistoric pasts, the application of faunal and lithic analysis to questions in paleoecology and evolutionary theory, and cultural heritage management through the M.A. program. Regional specializations include Europe, Southwest Asia, Central Asia, and North America.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.00.
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
For the master's program in cultural heritage management, students with a background in anthropology or archaeology are preferred because of the two-year nature of the program and the demanding final oral examination. Likewise, students with field and/or laboratory experience are preferred because of the nature of the competencies that structure the program. Nonetheless, all applicants to the cultural heritage management program are considered and students with little or no background in anthropology or archaeology are accepted depending on interest and training. These students may be required to make up specified deficiencies during their program.
Special Application Requirements:
Three letters of recommendation and scores from the General test of the GRE should be sent to the director of graduate studies. Students are admitted for fall semester only; the deadline for all materials is December 1.
Applicants must submit their test score(s) from the following:
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
Key to test
abbreviations
(GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Plan A: Plan A requires
14
major credits,
6
credits outside the major,
and
10
thesis credits.
The final exam is oral.
Plan B: Plan B requires
14
major credits and
6
credits outside the major.
The final exam is oral.
A capstone project is required.
Capstone Project: The Plan B project is a demonstration of familiarity with the tools of research or scholarship in the graduate student's area of study, the ability to work independently, and the ability to present the results of their investigation effectively, by completing at least one Plan B project, though advisers may require as many as three such projects. The norm in anthropology is two to three projects. Master's-level projects are often the result of work carried out in a seminar or course (e.g., a paper), and are generally polished in a directed reading or research course. Plan B project(s) should involve a combined total of approximately 120 hours of work. With the approval of their advisers, graduate students have considerable flexibility in defining the nature of their Plan B project(s). Cultural Heritage Management is a two-year, no-thesis Plan B master's program designed for individuals interested in becoming principal investigators in a non-academic cultural heritage positions.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
A minimum GPA of 2.80
is required for students to remain in good standing.
Students should consult the Graduate Student Handbook for special requirements for sociocultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology.
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