ANTHR-MA - Anthropology (MA)

No more than 15 units may be approved from related areas of study or overseas studies. 

Note: Any related overseas studies must be approved by the faculty advisor and by requesting an Exception to the Graduate Program Committee: submit a faculty advisor-approved Graduate Program Committee Exception form to the student services officer (CoTerms) or student services manager (Terminal MA) for final review by the Graduate Program Committee. 

The university allows no transfer units into the master’s program. To provide a meaningful master’s program within one year, advance planning of coursework with a faculty advisor is required.

After accepting admission to this coterminal master’s degree program, students may request a transfer of courses from the undergraduate to the graduate career to satisfy the requirements for the master’s degree. Transferring courses to the graduate career requires review and approval of both the undergraduate and graduate programs on a case-by-case basis.

In this master’s program, no courses taken before the first quarter of the junior year may be used to meet master’s degree requirements. Course transfers are not possible after the bachelor’s degree has been conferred.

The Department of Anthropology is committed to academic advising and supporting graduate students’ scholarly and professional development. When most effective, this advising entails collaborative and sustained engagement by both the advisor and the advisee. As a best practice, advising expectations should be periodically discussed and reviewed to ensure mutual understanding. Both the advisor and the advisee are expected to maintain professionalism and integrity.

Entering MA students are assigned a primary faculty advisor.

Faculty advisors guide students in critical areas such as selecting courses, designing and conducting research, developing teaching pedagogy, navigating policies and degree requirements, and exploring academic opportunities and professional pathways.

Graduate students should be active contributors to advising relationships, proactively seeking academic and professional guidance and taking responsibility to the best of their ability for informing themselves of academic policies and degree requirements for their graduate program. For additional information, see:

• Graduate Advising and GAP section 3.3.1 Academic Advising: Policy,

• Administrative Guide Memo 1.1.1, Code of Conduct, and

Graduate Academic Policies and Procedures (GAP) manual 5.6.1.1 Guidelines for Addressing Graduate Student Professional Conduct.