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Overview
University of Waterloo's Anthropology research and teaching expertise covers three major sub-fields of the discipline: sociocultural anthropology, archaeological anthropology, and biological (physical) anthropology.
Key Features
- All Canadian students who meet our eligibility requirements receive funding, usually in the form of a teaching assistantship combined with scholarship monies.
- Also, the Anthropology department has limited additional funding available to defray the costs of student research.
Programme Structure
Courses include:- Technologies of Being Human
- Social & Cultural Anthropology
- Biological Anthropology
- Issues in Contemporary Indigenous Communities in Canada
- Paleopathology of Health and Disease
- Archaeology of Complex Cultures
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 18 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
IELTS 7.5
TOEFL® IBT 100
Credits
45 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Anthropology History Ancient History View 37 other Masters in Ancient History in CanadaAcademic requirements
GRE® Required
English requirements
IELTS 7.5
TOEFL® IBT 100
Other requirements
General requirements
- An Honours Bachelor's degree with at least a 75% overall standing with 78% in the major. The expectation is that the undergraduate degree will be in Anthropology, but students with at least 5 courses in Anthropology may be admitted as long as these were part of a major in another social science or humanities program. The program will also accept students with a background in the natural sciences, as long as the 5 Anthropology courses they have taken include content in both ethnography and anthropological theory.
- Students must demonstrate to the Advisory Committee competence in theory and methods adequate for study at the graduate level, e.g., through completing undergraduate courses which include these topics.
- Two academic references
- Proof of English language proficiency, if applicable. TOEFL 100 (writing 26, speaking 26), IELTS 7.5 (writing 7.0, speaking 7.0)
Tuition Fee
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International
15392 AUD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 7696 AUD per semester during 18 months. -
National
4508 AUD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2254 AUD per semester during 18 months.
Living costs for Waterloo
810 - 1447 CAD /month
Living costs
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Financing
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