This program centres on a research-based thesis. Your coursework will connect across the subfields of anthropology. Our department works within four innovative and integrative themes:

Culture, Health and Inequality
Evolution and Ecology
Space, Place, Knowledge and Power
Visual Anthropology and Materiality

You’ll take courses in relevant methods and your research area. Your independent thesis research project will incorporate fieldwork and/or lab work, which will allow you to make original contributions to the discipline and our communities of practice, while growing your expertise through experiential learning.

Outcomes

Our department structures students’ learning experiences to reflect the content, values and skills of our dynamic contemporary discipline.

Students in this program will:

encounter anthropological ways of knowing from a multiplicity of sub disciplinary perspectives
explore the current state of knowledge within the chosen topic/area
gain in-depth knowledge of particular peoples, processes, places and histories
contribute original research to a defined problem within the discipline
conduct fieldwork and/or work in the lab to generate valued knowledge informed by experience
articulate a research proposal and communicate research results
learn project management skills including time management, data management and quality control
understand and navigate ethical dilemmas involved in different forms of anthropological research
understand and employ ethical principles, relationships and practices
foster respectful, reciprocal and collaborative partnerships
cultivate personal and professional integrity and accountability