About the Master's Program

The Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Anthropology focuses on delivering advanced training and research opportunities in applied, interdisciplinary, archaeological, biological, and sociocultural anthropology. The Department of Anthropology has a strong tradition of graduate training at the Master's level with diverse opportunities for graduate student involvement in research in and near Cincinnati and abroad.

Students in our M.A. program can choose from one of three tracks:

Thesis track: Students choose to specialize in Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, or Sociocultural Anthropology and complete a 30-50 page research-based thesis.  This track is ideal for students who plan to continue on to a PhD program.

Applied Internship track: Students choose to specialize in Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, or Sociocultural Anthropology. This option involves completion of an internship experience for which a student defines and develops a participatory, collaborative project that applies anthropology to a selected real-world problem or opportunity (e.g. in public health, design, cultural resource management, human rights, urban planning, public archaeology, etc.) and culminates in a capstone project as an alternate route to the MA in anthropology.

Interdisciplinary certificate track: Students pursuing this option will choose a specialization and will complete Anthropology MA coursework as well as complete the requirements for a graduate certificate (usually 12-15 credit hours).  A list of some of the graduate certicates offered at UC can be found here.

Careers: Recent graduates have gone on to work in Cultural Resource Management, Historic Preservation, Occupational Health, Museum Curation, Design and other career fields.

Ph.D. Programs: In the last 20 years, UC M.A. graduates have been accepted at, and received fellowship packages from, top doctoral programs, such as Indiana University, Purdue University, Florida State University, the University of Florida, the University of Utah, Boston University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of California at Irvine.

Graduate Student Funding: Funding packages are available to highly qualified students and include Graduate Assistantships (3), Taft Enhancement Awards, and the Court Archaeological Fellowship.

Research funding for graduate students is available internally through the Charles P. Taft Research Center, the Graduate Student Governance Association, and the University Research Council.Replace with your text