Anthropology: Applied Medical Anthropology, M.A.
View ChecksheetMinimum Total Hours (Non-Thesis): 34
Program Code: M025 Q035
- this program is Non-Thesis only
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses 1 | ||
| ANTH 5123 | Contemporary Culture Theory | 3 |
| ANTH 5223 | Foundations of Social Thought | 3 |
| ANTH 6633 | Method and Theory in Biological Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 6843 | Foundations of Biological and Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| Professionalization | ||
| ANTH 5001 | Professionalization in Anthropology | 1 |
| Applied Anthropological Methods | ||
| Choose from: | 3 | |
| Applying Anthropology to Contemporary Social Problems | ||
Or alternative as approved by the student's Chair and Committee | ||
| Ethnographic Methods | ||
| Choose from: | 3 | |
| Ethnography of Communication | ||
| Ethnographic Methods | ||
| The Anthropology of Communities | ||
Or alternative as approved by the student's Chair and Committee | ||
| Statistical Methods | ||
| Choose from: | 3 | |
| Statistical Concepts in Anthropology (taken for Graduate Credit) | ||
BSE 5163 | (Biostatistical Methods I - HSC course) | |
| Statistical Applications in Health and Exercise Science | ||
| Fundamentals of Sociological Statistics | ||
Or alternative as approved by the student's Chair and Committee | ||
| Culture and Health | ||
| Choose from: | 3 | |
| The Anthropology of Aging | ||
| Anthropology and the Health of Indigenous People | ||
| Psychiatric Anthropology | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
Or alternative as approved by the student's Chair and Committee | ||
| Elective | ||
| 3 hours of coursework selected in consultation with the student's Chair and Committee | 3 | |
| Internship | ||
| ANTH 6310 | Internship in Applied Medical Anthropology | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours | 34 | |
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A grade of B or higher is required in the Anthropology Core courses.
General Requirements for all Master's Degrees
The master’s degree requires the equivalent of at least two semesters of satisfactory graduate work and additional work as may be prescribed for the degree.
All coursework applied to the master’s degree must carry graduate credit.
Master’s degree programs which require a thesis consist of at least 30 credit hours. All non-thesis master’s degree programs require at least 30 credit hours.
Credit transferred from other institutions must meet specific criteria and is subject to certain limitations.
Courses completed through correspondence study may not be applied to the master’s degree.
To qualify for a graduate degree, students must achieve an overall grade point average of 3.0 or higher in the degree program coursework and in all resident graduate coursework attempted. A student must also have at least a 3.0 in all coursework (including undergraduate coursework if any).
Additional information for master's degree students may be found in the Graduate College Bulletin.