Anthropology

Overview

Digging deep into the area of study that interests you as either a full- or part-time M.A. student, you will prepare yourself for a future in higher education, field and lab research, museums, cultural-heritage tourism, or heritage management.  

At Trent University, your experience will be based on the Anthropology graduate program’s more than 40-year track record of educational excellence, and inspired by real-life learning. Three full-year courses and the research required for the completion of a thesis will see you explore the complexities of human biology and culture. Consider topics of societal importance through archaeological, biological, ethnographic, or linguistic research. Faculty members and students before you have undertaken fieldwork across Canada, in the U.S. southwest, in Mesoamerica, the Mediterranean, South and Southeast Asia, and Papua New Guinea. Their investigations have focused on mortuary practices, forensics, settlement patterns, civilization collapse, art, religion, and much more.

• Benefit from Trent’s top-notch facilities and an emphasis on individual instruction.
• Study at the intersection of physical sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.
• See the world and while doing original research on a topic that you love.
• Gain the skills employers of today want – adaptability, resourcefulness, and versatility.

Future Careers

Graduates of Trent’s Anthropology M.A. program are well-equipped to pursue an array of professional careers, including:

• Museum Curator
• Academic Anthropologist (teacher and researcher)
• Researcher
• Corporate Anthropologist / Market Researcher
• Policy Analyst
• Language Revitalization
• Lawyer
• Public Health Professional
• Urban Planner
• Cultural Heritage Management Consultant
• Heritage Tourism Consultant/Planner/Administrator
• Heritage Education Program Coordinator
• Tour Operator/Guide