Master of Arts Degree
Tibetan nomad woman and child at horse
festival (Photo/ Stacey Van Vleet)
The main purpose of the Master of Arts degree program is to provide students with a solid background in Anthropology. Undergraduate coursework in anthropology, while helpful, is not a prerequisite for admission. However, students with no previous training in anthropology are expected to remedy deficiencies prior to taking the M.A. comprehensive examination.
New students will be assigned a faculty advisor to help them plan a program of study consistent with their interests. A student may change advisors at any time by notifying all parties involved.
Requirements for the master's degree include successful completion of the following:
- Degree plan
- Required core courses in each of the three subdisciplines
- An approved statistics course (or an approved “tools” course for students in cultural)
- Credit hour requirements (30-36 hours)
- M.A. comprehensive examination (written and oral)
- Thesis defense (applies only to students following Plan I: Thesis Plan)
DUAL MA/MBA PROGRAM
Ceiling House cliff dwellings in Grand Gulch, Cedar Mesa, Utah
(Photo/ Jeff Ferguson)
This combination of degrees will
suit you if your career interests
include managing the business
aspects of archeological projects,
working in the growing field of corporate
cultural anthropology,
ethnography or museum management.
Students may have a primary specialization
in any of the major subfields of anthropology: archaeology,
cultural, or physical anthropology
and must complete 30 hours of graduate work in the anthropology
program as well as 43 hours of MBA
coursework.
Please
see the following site for details
and contacts:
http://mbaep.colorado.edu/documents/MBA-MA_Anthro.pdf
Residents of Western states, including Alaska and Hawaii, may be eligible for in-state tuition for this dual degree program. Please see the Western Regional Graduate Program handout at: http://wrgp.wiche.edu/ or contact the Tuition Classification Officer in the Office of the Registrar at 303-492-0907; E-mail tuit.class@registrar.colorado.edu.