Degree Requirements

Required Courses for all MA Students in Applied Anthropology:

  • AN 6123-Anthropological Theory (3 credit hours)

  • AN 8011-Professionalization in Applied Anthropology (1 credit hour)

  • AN 8013-Quantitative methods in Anthropology (3 credit hours)

  • AN 8215-Internship in Applied Anthropology (5 credit hours)

  • AN 9000-Thesis (6 credit hours)

  • One course offered from a department other than AMEC (3 credit hours)

Additional Required Courses for the Applied Archaeology focus:

  • AN 2510-Archaeological Field Methods: Survey (3 credit hours)

  • One of these two:

    • AN 3510-Archaeological Field Methods: Excavation (6 credit hours)

    • AN/REL/MEC 3540-Archaeological Travel and Participation (6 credit hours)

  • AN 6523-Public Archaeology (3 credit hours)

  • AN 8533-Readings in Archaeology: Theory (3 credit hours)

  • One Cultural Anthropology graduate course (AN prefix) (3 credit hours)

  • One Biological Anthropology graduate course (AN prefix) (3 credit hours)

  • Additional hours from the course list provided in the APAN Graduate Student Handbook and in the MSU Registrar’s Graduate Course Catalog to get to a total of at least 36 hours.

 

Additional Required Courses for the Applied Bioarchaeology/Forensics focus:

  • AN 2510-Archaeological Field Methods: Survey (3 credit hours)

  • One of these two:

    • AN 3510-Archaeological Field Methods: Excavation (6 credit hours)

    • AN/REL/MEC 3540-Archaeological Travel and Participation (6 credit hours)

  • AN 6313-Human Osteology (3 credit hours)

  • AN 8303-Seminar in Bioarchaeology (3 credit hours)

  • One Cultural Anthropology graduate course (AN prefix) (3 credit hours)

  • One Archaeology graduate course (AN prefix) (3 credit hours)

  • Additional hours from the course list provided in the APAN Graduate Student Handbook and in the MSU Registrar’s Graduate Course Catalog to get to a total of at least 36 hours.

 

Additional Required Courses for the Applied Cultural Anthropology focus:

  • AN 6143-Ethnographic Methods (3 credit hours)

  • AN 8103-Applied Cultural Anthropology (3 credit hours)

  • One Biological Anthropology graduate course (AN prefix) (3 credit hours)

  • One Archaeology graduate course (AN prefix) (3 credit hours)

  • Additional hours from the course list provided in the APAN Graduate Student Handbook and in the MSU Registrar’s Graduate Course Catalog to get to a total of at least 36 hours.