Explore cultures and human evolution with a Master in Anthropology. Gain hands-on research experience in Idaho. Apply now for your future career!
Whether students want to study people who lived long ago or examine the cultures of today, this program provides the advanced graduate training and research experiences they need to pursue a professional career in the field of anthropology. As a student in this program, students will complete coursework, seminars, and directed studies in general anthropology, archaeology, physical anthropology, and ethnology. Students will also lead independent research and complete a thesis. Department research specialties include historical archaeology, prehistoric Plateau archaeology, archaeological conservation and stabilization, Plateau Indian ethnography, contemporary American culture, human evolution, and indigenous peoples of South America. Graduate students have opportunities to work alongside faculty in the field and in the university’s Laboratory of Anthropology on archaeological digs, archival research, and artifact and preservation projects.
