The Master of Arts in Anthropology, Professional Methods and Techniques Specialization develops skills in a wide range of methods and techniques used by professionals in applied anthropology, federal, and state natural resource agencies, and other arenas of social, historical, biological, and spatial research about humans. These include qualitative research and interview protocols, quantitative analysis, GIS and remote sensing, archaeological field survey, historic archaeological methods, culture and heritage resource management, and paleoanthropological methods.

Effective Fall 2023

Core Requirements
ANTH 500Development of Anthropological Theory3
ANTH 699Thesis5
Methods-Focused Courses 1,2
Select a minimum of 12 credits from the following:12
Human Osteology
Digital Digging--Geophysics in Archaeology
Method in Cultural Anthropology
Ethnographic Field School
Cultures of Virtual Worlds–Research Methods
Community Development from the Ground Up
Archaeology and the Public
Lithic Technology
Field Class in Archaeology
Anthropology Curation and Exhibition Methods
Zooarchaeology
Human Biology
Human Skeleton Analysis
Methods of Analysis in Paleoanthropology
Heritage Resource Management
Psychiatric Anthropology Laboratory
Cultural Analysis of Qualitative Data
Cognitive Anthropology Field Methods
Cultural Analysis of Personal Networks
Seminar in Archaeological Method
Foundations of Ethnographic Research
From Death to Discovery
Global Mental Health--Theory and Method
Mind, Medicine, and Culture
Historical Archaeology
Ecological and Social Agent-based Modeling
Bayesian Chronologies in Archaeology
Field Methods Training in Online Environments
Paleoclimate and Human Evolution
Field Archaeology
Research Design and Analysis in Anthropology
Practicum-Field Archaeology
Spatial Analysis with GIS
Remote Sensing and Image Analysis
Supporting Courses 1,2
Select a minimum of 6 credits from the following:6
Development in Indian Country
Cultural Psychiatry
Approaches to Community-Based Development
Theory in Cultural Anthropology
Psychological Anthropology
New Orleans and the Caribbean
Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Impacts on Ancient Environments
Great Plains Archaeology
The Neandertals
Anthropology of Happiness and the Good Life
Culture and Environment
Culture, Mind, and Cognitive Science
Theoretical Topics in Cultural Anthropology
Geoarchaeology
Paleoecology
Place, Space and Adaptation
Edge Effects--Place, Embodiment, Environment
Outside Courses 1,2
Select a minimum of 6 credits from the following:6
Historical Method: Historiography
Historical Method: Archives
Historical Method: Preservation
Historical Method: Museums
Research for Public Communicators
Logic and Scientific Method
Qualitative Methods in Political Science
Quantitative Methods of Political Research I
Seminar in Methods of Qualitative Analysis
Seminar in Methods of Evaluational Research
Communication Research Methods
Program Total Credits:32

A minimum of 32 credits are required to complete this program.

1

Courses listed here constitute a partial list.  Other courses may be used with approval of advisor and committee. Select courses with approval of advisor and committee.

2

A maximum total of six 300- to 400-level credits may be used to fulfill the requirements of this specialization under the M.A. Anthropology.

Students must complete the minimum number of credits specified in the official program of study as approved by the University Curriculum Committee, and all credit requirements specified in the Graduate and Professional Bulletin for their degree.

Effective Fall 2023

Core Requirements
ANTH 500Development of Anthropological Theory3
ANTH 695Independent Study2
Methods-Focused Courses 1
Select a minimum of 12 credits from the following: 212
Human Osteology
Digital Digging--Geophysics in Archaeology
Method in Cultural Anthropology
Ethnographic Field School
Cultures of Virtual Worlds–Research Methods
Community Development from the Ground Up
Archaeology and the Public
Lithic Technology
Field Class in Archaeology
Anthropology Curation and Exhibition Methods
Zooarchaeology
Human Biology
Human Skeleton Analysis
Methods of Analysis in Paleoanthropology
Heritage Resource Management
Psychiatric Anthropology Laboratory
Cultural Analysis of Qualitative Data
Cognitive Anthropology Field Methods
Cultural Analysis of Personal Networks
Seminar in Archaeological Method
Foundations of Ethnographic Research
From Death to Discovery
Global Mental Health--Theory and Method
Mind, Medicine, and Culture
Historical Archaeology
Ecological and Social Agent-based Modeling
Bayesian Chronologies in Archaeology
Field Methods Training in Online Environments
Paleoclimate and Human Evolution
Field Archaeology
Research Design and Analysis in Anthropology
Practicum-Field Archaeology
Spatial Analysis with GIS
Remote Sensing and Image Analysis
Supporting Courses 1
Select a minimum of 9 credits from the following: 29
Development in Indian Country
Cultural Psychiatry
Approaches to Community-Based Development
Community Mobilization
Theory in Cultural Anthropology
Psychological Anthropology
New Orleans and the Caribbean
Anthropology of Happiness and the Good Life
Culture and Environment
Culture, Mind, and Cognitive Science
Theoretical Topics in Cultural Anthropology
Geoarchaeology
Paleoecology
Place, Space and Adaptation
Edge Effects--Place, Embodiment, Environment
Outside Courses 1
Select a minimum of 9 credits from the following: 29
Historical Method: Historiography
Historical Method: Archives
Historical Method: Preservation
Historical Method: Museums
Research for Public Communicators
Logic and Scientific Method
Qualitative Methods in Political Science
Quantitative Methods of Political Research I
Seminar in Methods of Qualitative Analysis
Seminar in Methods of Evaluational Research
Communication Research Methods
Program Total Credits:35

A minimum of 35 credits are required to complete this program.

1

Courses listed here constitute a partial list.  Other courses may be used with approval of advisor and committee. Select courses with approval of advisor and committee.

2

A maximum total of six 300- to 400-level credits may be used to fulfill the requirements of this specialization under the M.A. Anthropology.

Students must complete the minimum number of credits specified in the official program of study as approved by the University Curriculum Committee, and all credit requirements specified in the Graduate and Professional Bulletin for their degree.