人类学文学硕士-公共问题

滑铁卢的公共问题人类学硕士课程是研究硕士。换一种说法
Our MA program in Public Issues Anthropology trains students to identify the relevance of anthropological findings and approaches to topics within public discourse. Our graduate students have written theses on diverse topics such as Arctic archaeology and climate change, drag queens and sexism, indigenous decolonization, and economic innovations in remote communities. Waterloo's Public Issues Anthropology Masters program is a Research Masters. In other words, in addition to the required coursework, each student does original research and writes a thesis based on their findings. A Research Masters is good preparation for students planning to go on to a Ph.D program and for those with career goals that entail research and analytical skills.<br>The Public Issues Anthropology program represents a unique approach to graduate studies in anthropology, and is based on two principles:<br><br>There are themes and issues that are fundamentally anthropological and which integrate the traditional sub-disciplines of anthropology—sociocultural, biological, archaeological (as well as applied and linguistic)— at every level of research.<br>Anthropological findings, theory, practices, experiences, and methodologies are relevant to current social, political, and cultural issues.<br>Students can choose to focus on traditional research topics and methods within their chosen sub-discipline, emphasizing in their thesis the public implications of their findings. Other students take an interdisciplinary approach and explore topics that span multiple sub-disciplines, or to explore innovative or non-traditional anthropological research topics and methodologies. <br><br>In a traditional approach, students can research the archaeology and material culture of ancient societies, analyze the physical and genetic characteristics of human populations, and explore the cultural practices and beliefs of different groups of people. Past students who have taken an interdisciplinary approach have covered everything from connecting anthropology to marketing, artificial intelligence, and drag queens and feminism.