• MA in Anthropology at York University is offered as a 2.5-years program by the Department of Anthropology.
  • It is an on-campus program offered on a full-time basis only.
  • The Master’s program in Anthropology is a unique 5-term program in which students conduct original fieldwork, library, or archival research resulting in a Major Research Paper.
  • Students develop skills in critical thinking, increase their knowledge of anthropological theory and methods, and gain specialized knowledge in a particular topical area of their choice.
  • The program consists of two required half-courses in Theory and Methods plus four elective half-courses selected from offerings in Social Anthropology.
  • The program emphasizes theoretical and practical research that combines conceptual sophistication, reflexivity, and political engagement at various levels from the global to the regional and the local.
  • The program prepares students for careers as professional anthropologists within the academy and for a diverse range of local, national, and international careers and professions outside the academy.