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Dual MA/MBA Program

To support the University’s mission of advancing knowledge across disciplines, and in recognition that business education and training has relevance to many academic fields, the Leeds School of Business and the Department of Anthropology endorse a dual degree program in which both a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Arts in Anthropology be awarded to those students who satisfy the requirements of the respective programs. An MBA degree in combination with the MA degree in Anthropology will provide you with a set of business tools to complement your anthropology background and expand your career options. The dual MA/MBA offers you the opportunity to earn both degrees together in less time than if the degrees were earned sequentially.

Admission to the Dual Degree Program

• Students must apply to and meet the application requirements for each program separately.
• Students must meet the admissions standards for each program separately.
• Dual degree students may start either program first; however, in the first year of the dual degree program, courses are taken in one of the two departments exclusively, and in the second year, courses are taken in the other department exclusively.
• It is strongly recommended that dual degree students begin the MBA program first.

Description of Curriculum

• In preparation for the quantitative nature of the MBA program, Anthropology students lacking a quantitative background are strongly advised to enroll in the following courses:
  • For preparation in math: MATH 1001 and MATH1300; or ECON 1078 and ECON 1088
  • For preparation in statistics: BCOR 2010, or ECON 3818, or ANTH 5000

• If a dual degree student starts in the Anthropology department, he or she will enroll in a full load of Anthropology courses during his or her first year in the program, as described below.
  • The required first year courses for all graduate students:
    • ANTH 5790  Proseminar
    • One graduate level seminar (can include a Bridging Seminar) not in the student's subdiscipline
• ANTH 5000  Quantitative Methods (required of Archaeology and Biological Anthropology students) or an approved "Tools" course (required of Cultural Anthropology students)

• Specific additional requirements, depending upon the student’s subdiscipline, to be at least partially met in the first year, the remainder to be completed in the third or fourth year:

Archaeology: 

• ANTH 5345 Archaeological Theory,
• ANTH 5390 Archaeological Research Methods I,
• ANTH 5400 Archaeological Research Methods II,
• ANTH 5460 Archaeology in Contemporary Society, plus a required MA Thesis (6 hours)

Cultural Anthropology: 

• ANTH 5785 Advanced Seminar in Cultural Anthropology,
• One ethnographic area course or independent study, plus three elective cultural anthropology courses at the 5000 level or above for non-thesis option students.
• Thesis option students must complete one or two such electives plus an MA thesis of 4-6 credit hours.

Biological Anthropology: 

• 18 hrs (6 courses) in graduate-level biological anthropology courses and in consultation with their advisor, other courses in related disciplines. MA thesis is expected.

• Dual degree students who start in the Anthropology department will enroll in the following MBA courses during the second year in the program (31 credits):

• If a dual degree student starts his or her first year in the business school, they will enroll in the above MBA courses during their first year and the Anthopology courses their second year.

• A dual degree student will enroll in a combination of Anthropology and MBA courses during his or her third and fourth years in the dual degree program, as described below:
• MBA requirements to be taken during the 2nd and/or 3rd year (12 credits):

  -Corporate Strategy (3 credits)

  -3 additional business electives to complete a total of 43 MBA hours

• One MBA course at the 5000 level or above dealing with cultural, anthropological or ethnographic approaches may be substituted for an elective course in the Anthropology MA program.
• All remaining coursework required for the MA in Anthropology will be taken during the third or fourth year.

Graduation Requirements

• Dual degree students will be required to complete 43 hours of MBA coursework and 30 hours of Anthropology coursework (3 hours of which may be an approved elective in the MBA program).
• Both degrees must be awarded simultaneously.
• Dual degree students must maintain the academic and ethical standards required of both schools. Students in good standing in one school, but not the other, may be allowed to continue in the school in which they are in good standing.
• Students who do not complete the dual degree program requirements (i.e., who withdraw for any reason from one of the two programs) will be required to meet the full requirements of the remaining program in which they are enrolled.

For details on the business school offerings and requirements, please see the Leeds School of Business MBA site or contact Anne Sandoe.  In Anthropology, contact Michelle Sauther, Director of Graduate Studies, for related questions. Click here for additional MBA/MA Anthropology Information.