Chair: McGee.
Faculty: Garber, Reilly, Warms, Juarez, Bousman, Erhart, Conlee, Hadder, Spradley, Black, Agwuele, Hamilton, Lewis.

Masters of Arts with a major in Anthropology

The Masters of Arts with a major in Anthropology has two major educational objectives. The first is to prepare students for non-academic careers that are facilitated by or require an advanced degree in anthropology such as foreign affairs, international business, international development, primatology, forensic anthropology, cultural resource management, or world health services. The second objective is to prepare students for continued graduate education in anthropology at the Ph.D. level.

Special Resources and Facilities
The Department of Anthropology houses fully equipped laboratories for training and research in archaeology, physical anthropology, and forensic anthropology. Students will work with faculty on ethnographic, archaeological, primatological, or forensic projects.

A cultural anthropology and primate ecology field school is offered for study in Mexico. The department conducts archaeological field schools in Texas and at Maya sites in Belize, Central America.

The department houses the Center for Archaeological Studies (CAS) dedicated to archaeological research and cultural resource management in and outside Texas, and is also headquarters for the Center for the Arts and Symbolism of Ancient America (CASAA). This center is dedicated to researching the art and symbolism of ancient Native Americans both in the United States and in Latin America.

Faculty in the Anthropology Department have active research programs in Texas, Peru, Mexico, Belize, Madagascar, Mali, and South Africa.

Degree Requirements
The basic degree requirements for the Masters of Arts with a major in Anthropology is 36 semester hours, including six semester hours of thesis. All students must take core seminars in Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, and Archaeology.

Students are also required to take nine hours of prescribed elective courses in one of three areas of specialization: Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology and Forensic Anthropology, or Archaeology and Iconography.

From the remaining 12 credit hours, students are free to select electives from any graduate course within the department or students may select up to six credit hours outside the department (transfer hours in other elective subjects will be evaluated on an individual basis).

A course in graduate statistics will be required for all students specializing in Physical and Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology and Iconography. Foreign language proficiency is required for students specializing in Cultural Anthropology.