Get your graduate degree at Western Michigan University
Anthropology Programs M.A. in Anthropology
Research
Credits Required: 36 hours
Faculty and Student research includes: • • • • • • • • • •
Thesis Track: • • • • •
Four Seminars (ANTH 6010, 6020, 6030, 6040) One course in Research Methods (ANTH 5300 or 5400) Six hours of thesis credit (7000) MA thesis Oral presentation of thesis results to department
Non-Thesis Track: • • • • •
36 credit hours (10 classes + 6 hours Internship) Four Seminars (ANTH 6010, 6020, 6030, 6040) Six hours of Internship or Practicum (ANTH 6990) Paper based on Internship or Practicum Oral presentation of practicum results to department
Employment Sample jobs in Anthropology include: • • • • • • • • • • • •
Funding Assistance Graduate College Fellowships are available for two semesters to outstanding students entering MA programs. Thurgood Marshall Assistantships are available for the academic year plus the spring and summer sessions. Teaching Assistantships are available on a competitive basis to graduate students in Anthropology. Service Assistantships for two semesters of full-time appointment are available in many administrative units of the University.
Deadline to Apply
Archivist College Professor Contract Archaeologist Cultural Artifact Specialist Cultural Resource Manager Linguist Medical Anthropologist Museum Education Director Parks Interpreter Paleontologist Researcher/Evaluation Specialist Program Manager
Exams
February 15 of each year.
GRE (optional)
Department of Anthropology Vin Lyon-Callo (269) 387-3964 vincent.lyon-callo@wmich.edu
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Historical Archaeology Bodies, Disease, and Medicine Cultural and Biological Dimensions of Race Anthropology of Food and Eating Power, Poverty, and Inequality Language, Consciousness, and Identity Material Culture Analysis Primate Evolution Bioarchaeology Critical Analysis of Gender
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