Master of Science Applied Anthropology

Students who complete the Master of Science program in Applied Anthropology at Minnesota State University, Mankato are competitive either for the applied professional career market or for admission to nationally recognized doctoral degree programs. Graduate work at Minnesota State Mankato offers students a generalist, holistic foundation in the discipline and one of the four subfields of archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and cultural anthropology.

• The program includes a series of core seminars in anthropological theory, research methods, and applied anthropology.
• A key component of each applied specialization is a semester long field intensive internship.
• The Department of Anthropology has field schools for three areas: Archeology, Forensics, and Cultural Anthropology. The archeology field school takes place in summer in the Red Wing, Minnesota area.