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Pursue cutting-edge academic work and add your unique research to the body of knowledge in your discipline. The MA program provides flexible pathways, including both research-focused and coursework-based degrees, with durations of one year or 18 months depending on your qualifications, across over 40 study areas. Your prior education may allow you to explore a field different from your previous specialization. The research master's lets you make meaningful contributions to your field through an extensive research project guided by New Zealand's top academics. For coursework-based degrees, you'll enhance your expertise through intimate class settings, direct faculty engagement, and a modest research component. This advanced degree sharpens both your subject mastery and versatile skills, with alumni applying their refined analytical abilities, communication talents, and cultural competencies across sectors including public service, global development, cultural institutions, and research organizations.
The program offers comprehensive graduate study options across anthropology's four core disciplines: Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, and Social Anthropology