Program: Applied Anthropology, MA - University of North Texas

Jul 14, 2025

2025-26 Graduate Catalog

Admission requirements

The applicant must complete application forms through University Graduate CAS. International applicants must apply to International Admissions and be eligible for graduate study.
The applicant must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. institution or equivalent training at a foreign university.
Applicants must have adequate subject preparation in anthropology. If the applicant is accepted into the program with fewer than 12 hours of anthropology, the applicant must take a prerequisite leveling course (ANTH 5000 ) the summer before the first year of study. Please contact the Graduate Program Coordinator for more information (anthropology@unt.edu).
Applicants must submit a statement of purpose (500–750 words).
Applicants must submit a writing sample.
Applicants must submit three Reference Evaluation Forms (or letters of recommendation) from persons familiar with their academic record.

See anthropology.unt.edu/graduate/courses.html for details.

Program requirements

For the Master of Arts degree, students fulfill the 36 hours of degree requirements as listed below.

Core courses, 15 hours

Elective courses, 15 hours

A minimum of two electives (6 hours) must be from outside anthropology. A minimum of two electives (6 hours) must be from inside anthropology. The student’s graduate committee must approve the course work.

Electives, on-campus program

Electives in the on-campus anthropology master’s program are:

Electives, online program

Electives in the online anthropology master’s program are:

ANTH 5100 - Organizational Anthropology
ANTH 5110 - Design Anthropology
ANTH 5201 - Medical Anthropology
ANTH 5300 - Migrants and Refugees
ANTH 5400 - Environmental Anthropology
ANTH 5620 - Anthropology of Education
ANTH 5700 - Topics in Applied Anthropology (when the topic is “Evaluation Anthropology”)
ANTH 5900 - Special Problems
ANTH 5910 - Special Problems

Note

During some terms/semesters, graduate courses meet with undergraduate courses, which provides graduate students with a greater selection of elective courses.

Applied thesis or non-thesis research, 6 hours

All candidates must take either 6 credit hours of ANTH 5950 or both ANTH 5920 and ANTH 5930, depending on if they are completing the thesis or non-thesis option.