MA in Anthropology in Gainesville United States | University of Florida

The Department offers specialized education across four key disciplines: Anthropological Linguistics, Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, and Cultural Anthropology. Key program highlights include expertise in Social Research Methods, Medical Anthropology, and the Archaeology of the Americas. Students can gain focused experience in Forensic Anthropology through the C.A. Pound Human Identification Lab.
Graduate programs are available for both Master of Arts (with thesis or non-thesis pathways) and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
Advanced studies cover cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, and linguistic anthropology.
Graduate candidates must select a primary concentration from anthropology's four core fields, along with one of three academic pathways: a specialized single-field focus, a combined two-field approach, or an interdisciplinary track incorporating another discipline. Language proficiency or statistical knowledge may be mandated by the advisory committee.
Applied anthropology careers, especially in archaeology, often don't necessitate a Ph.D. degree. Responding to increasing opportunities in Cultural Resource Management (CRM) for Master's-level archaeologists, UF Anthropology introduced a Terminal Master's program with a Public Archaeology Certificate in 2023. This 30-credit curriculum combines certificate coursework, collaborative seminars with doctoral candidates, and practical internship opportunities to prepare students for CRM and public archaeology roles, covering technical, legal, ethical, and administrative dimensions of the field.