MA Anthropology
The Anthropology program from George Mason University has special strengths in sociocultural anthropology and bioarchaeology. Students in the program benefit from George Mason’s proximity to the academic and cultural resources of the Washington, D.C., area.
Duration
1 year
Starting Date
January, August
Tuition Fee
$ 1,431 per credit
Location
Fairfax, United States
Key Features
The Anthropology program from George Mason University prepares you for a PhD as well as for careers in government, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, museums, and numerous other fields.
- You will work with faculty in an R1 university who are committed to individual student mentorship.
- Areas of faculty expertise include bioethics and climate change; militarization and biotechnology; political economy and markets; food and culture; health and culture; urbanism; transnationalism; bioarchaeology; zooarchaeology; and paleopathology. Faculty have won the Wenner-Gren and Fulbright fellowships and are the recipients of National Science Foundation grants.
Courses include:
- Anthropology and the Human Condition: Seminar
- Methods in Anthropology
- Master’s Research Project
- Master’s Thesis