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General Description / Special Programs
Emphases: sociocultural anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology. Sociocultural foci include culture and political economy, cultural production, ecology, migration and mobility, global political economy, gender and development, human rights, indigenous politics, health care, media, ethnoarchaeology, kinship, nationalism, education, youth culture, conflict, and applied anthropology in Aboriginal Canada, South America, India, China, eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union. Archaeology foci include mortuary archaeology, environmental archaeology, settlement patterns, zooarchaeology, domestication, lithics, ceramics, and historic and fur trade archaeology in Canada (especially Manitoba and British Columbia), Europe (especially Eastern Europe), the Near East, South Africa, and the Arctic. Biological anthropology foci include skeletal biology, demography, medical anthropology, historical epidemiology, and anthropology of disease and health.
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Tuition Info
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Degrees
Degrees Offered Anthropology BA, Advanced Major, Double-Advanced Major, Honours, Double-Honours, MA, PhD
Highest Degree Offered PhD
BA/BS Field Areas
Archaeology
Biological Anthropology
Forensic Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
MA/MS Field Areas
Archaeology
Biological Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
MA/MS
MA/ MS Requirements Thesis MA: 12 hours of graduate coursework plus a pass/fail "Professional Development in Anthropology" Seminar, a thesis proposal, research, thesis defense.
PhD Field Areas
Archaeology
Biological Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
Phd
Phd Requirements MA degree in Anthropology is required. 9 hours of graduate coursework plus a pass/fail "Professional Development in Anthropology" Seminar, candidacy examination, thesis proposal, thesis proposal defense, research, thesis defense.
Internship / Grants / Funding
Internships Available 0
Internship Required 0
Support Opportunities University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowships from $14,000.00 (MA) to $18,000.00 (PhD) through a competitive process. Anthony Arnhold Graduate Fellowship in Anthropology; Dr. Emoke Szathmary Graduate Fellowship in Biological Anthropology; C Thomas Shay Scholarship; Kent and Karen Fowler Scholarship in Anthropology, Dianne Grant Memorial Scholarship; Joan F de Pena Prize; Pamela Mason Memorial Fellowship. Some departmental funds are available to support student research and travel.
Program Details
Research Facilities The Anthropology Laboratories, including the Bioanthropology Digital Image Analysis Laboratory, the C T Shay Palaeobotanical Collection, and the Zooarchaeology Comparative Collection, permit advanced study and research in osteology, archaeology, zooarchaeology, lithic and botanical analysis. The Provincial Archives include the Archives of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Publications University of Manitoba Anthropology Student Association Journal
Certs Offered 0
Contacts
Online Courses
Online Courses: 1
Application Deadlines
January 15
Club / Honor Society
Anthropology Club: 1
Anthropology Club Info: University of Manitoba Anthropology Student's Association (UMASA)
Lambda Alpha Chapter: 0