MA Programs
The master's program provides students with a comprehensive grounding in the four fields of the discipline: biological anthropology, sociocultural anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics. Students may choose concentrations in the following:
Requirements
- The standard program consists of 36 hours of course credits, including 3-6 hours of thesis credits, although a thesis is not required for some program concentrations.
- All students take reading seminars (proseminars) that survey the four fields. Students must take the proseminar in sociocultural anthropology (Anth 202); students with appropriate background may place out of up to two proseminars.
- Each proseminar concludes with a qualifying exercise, which students must pass with at least a B-.
- All students must also take a methods course.
- Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA.
- All students must demonstrate competency in an approved foreign language.
- Students must successfully write an Integrating Essay that articulates that student's particular focus within anthropology and relates it to three of the four fields.
- For details, consult the graduate handbook on mapping out a program.
Financial Aid from the Department
The Anthropology Department provides several opportunities to assist graduate students:
- Five University fellowships/teaching assistantships are usually available, which provide a stipend and 18 hours of tuition credit for the academic year. Submit applications to the CCAS office. Assistantship responsibilities usually include assisting instructors in freshmen-level courses; fellowships provide tuition benefits but require no teaching. The application deadline is January 15 for incoming students, February 1 for continuing ones.
- Two work-study positions are available for students who are eligible for this form of federal financial aid. The positions involve work in our archaeology and discourse labs.
- There are also half-time administrative jobs in the offices of Anthropological Quarterly and the Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology.
- Jobs may also be available from faculty who have research grants, although these jobs generally have highly specific requirements.
- The Ann Gordon Webster Endowment supports the education of women who are returning to college after years spent raising family and/or pursuing a career outside anthropology.
- Also – check GW's Office of Fellowship and Graduate Student Support for more information on funding.
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