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
Code | Title | Credits |
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Core Requirements | ||
ANTH 500 | Development of Anthropological Theory | 3 |
ANTH 699 | Thesis | 5 |
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
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Core Requirements | ||
ANTH 500 | Development of Anthropological Theory | 3 |
ANTH 695 | Independent Study | 2 |
Methods-Focused Courses 1 | ||
Select a minimum of 12 credits from the following: 2 | 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 | ||
Select a minimum of 9 credits from the following: 2 | 9 | |
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: 2 | 9 | |
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.