<p>Based in the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences at Boston University School of Medicine (which awards the degree) the Master of Science in Medical Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Practice (MACCP) is a two-year, full-time program requiring research methods and theory courses, seven electives, an eight-month service-learning internship in the student&amp;amp;amp;#39;s potential field site, intensive summer fieldwork, training in data analysis and ethnographic writing, and professional development workshops. (Students can opt to participate in the program on a half-time basis.) The overall goal of the MACCP program is to provide interdisciplinary training in medical anthropology and cross-cultural research, advocacy and/or clinical practice. The curriculum has been designed to provide students with a solid foundation in the theory and methods of medical anthropological and qualitative research, and in the student&amp;amp;amp;#39;s own area of concentration. The combination of a core curriculum and elective courses allows students to design a program tailored to their specific needs and career plans. Required courses address: Theory and its application to medical anthropological research; Research design and related proposal development for BU School of Medicine Institutional Review Board (ethics committee) review; Qualitative and anthropological research and fieldwork methods; Proposal development for funding applications; The student&amp;amp;amp;#39;s own area of research concentration; Skill and career-development workshops; Techniques for translating medical anthropological research into clinical interventions and services; Original research experiences, resulting in a master&amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;s thesis that emphasizes the integration of medical anthropology with the student&amp;amp;amp;#39;s own discipline and career goals. The thesis, on a topic of the student&amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;s choice, must demonstrate a solid research design; engagement in fieldwork with the collection of related data; data analysis skills; the effective application of theory; and well written ethnographic results. By the time students complete their program they should be able to demonstrate: Advanced knowledge of the history and breadth of medical anthropology theory and its application in research; An ability to design and propose an original fieldwork research project for Institutional Review Board review and funding agencies, including the