Archaeology-MA-Thesis

Our faculty members in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology believe that study and research must be grounded in rigorous training, as well as in extensive field experience. This thesis-based degree provides that hands-on approach, with students benefiting from the university’s world-class field and lab investigations from Western Canada, the circumpolar North, Asia, Africa, Latin America, to the Caribbean. Research areas in this program include cultural heritage management, development of complexity, ethnoarchaeology, human-environment interaction, landscape, paleobotany, bioarchaeology, social identity and more.

Completing this program

• Core Courses: Topics in Archaeological Theory and Method or Theory and its Application in Biological Anthropology.
• Specialized Courses: Professional Skills for Anthropologists, Theoretical Foundations, Human Osteology or other courses.
• Thesis: Students will be required to submit and defend an original research thesis.
• Additional Courses: Students may study hunter-gatherer adaptations, origins of agriculture, development of complex societies or other topics.
• Field Work: Students will participate in a season of field work or an equivalent activity.

Specializations

Biological Anthropology (Interdisciplinary)

An applicant whose primary language is not English may fulfill the English language proficiency requirement in one of the following ways:

• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT including TOEFL iBT Home Edition) minimum score of 86 (Internet-based, with no section less than 20).
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 6.5 (with no section less than 6.0).
• Cambridge C1 Advanced or Cambridge C2 Proficiency minimum score of 180.
• Pearson Test of English (PTE) score of 59 or higher
• Canadian Academic English Language test (CAEL) overall score of 70 (no section less than 60).
• Academic Communication Certificate (ACC) minimum of B+ in each course.
• Duolingo English Test obtaining a minimum score of 125 (with no sub-score below 105).

*Please contact your program of interest if you have any questions about ELP requirements.

Museum Curator, Cultural Resource Management, Heritage Regulator, academic positions.

A master’s degree in archaeology will give you the pre-requisite for a PhD.