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Program checklist · MA

Anthropology, MA

George Mason University · Fairfax, VA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
MA
Credential class
ceterms:MasterDegree
CIP
45.0201
Total credits (published)
3
Credits (computed from items)
98-103
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
232186
CourseShelf checklist
CK_232186_26cf852f
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Core Courses

major core · 4 items
  1. ANTH 535
    3
  2. ANTH 537
    3
  3. ANTH 586
    Quantitative Methods in Anthropology
    or: ANTH 650 Ethnographic Research Methods
    3
  4. ANTH 798
    3

Electives

electives · 1 item
  1. Select 15 credits from advanced courses in anthropology chosen in consultation with an advisor
    Not resolved to a course
    15

Thesis or Research Project

3 items
  1. Three credits from one of the following:
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. ANTH 796
    1-6
  3. ANTH 799
    1-6

Accelerated Pathway Requirements

24 items
  1. ANTH 531
    3
  2. ANTH 535
    3
  3. ANTH 537
    3
  4. ANTH 555
    3
  5. ANTH 556
    3
  6. ANTH 557
    3
  7. ANTH 570
    3
  8. ANTH 577
    3
  9. ANTH 580
    3
  10. ANTH 581
    3
  11. ANTH 582
    3
  12. ANTH 583
    1
  13. ANTH 584
    3
  14. ANTH 585
    3
  15. ANTH 586
    3
  16. ANTH 587
    4
  17. ANTH 590
    3
  18. ANTH 591
    2
  19. ANTH 599
    3
  20. ANTH 616
    3
  21. ANTH 635
    3
  22. ANTH 640
    3
  23. ANTH 650
    3
  24. ANTH 684
    1-6
Source. George Mason University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.gmu.edu/colleges-schools/humanities-social-sciences/sociology-anthropology/anthropology-ma/. Captured page pages/0087.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.