Master of Arts - Anthropology - Cultural Anthropology

Washington State University's (WSU) Master of Arts degrees in Anthropology are offered in archaeology, cultural anthropology and evolutionary anthropology. The Anthropology program emphasizes a four-field approach through a series of core classes that all graduates take in order to establish a solid foundation in Anthropology. Each program area offers specialized courses in methodological, theoretical and regional areas.

The graduate program in cultural anthropology at WSU emphasizes three constellations of subject matter within the broad range of the subdiscipline: (1) psychological and medical anthropology; (2) children, family, and gender; and (3) ecological anthropology. Within these specialties the cultural anthropology faculty has ongoing research and experience in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, Oceania, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. The cultural anthropology program offers an MA and a PhD.  Cultural anthropology emphasizes the importance of conducting original field-based research as part of their graduate training.