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Objectives
Program & Entrance Requirements
Admission Requirements
Graduation Requirements
Curriculum

Objectives

The Master of Arts in Anthropology degree is designed for those students who desire advanced training in the study of people in culture preparatory to careers in the teaching of anthropology, serving as anthropological consultants to cross-cultural agencies or research into and the application of anthropological methods of inquiry to contemporary issues associated with globalization, development, public health or other social conditions. The Master of Art in Anthropology has been designed as a generalized degree that requires students to be familiar with all five fields of anthropological inquiry: cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, physical anthropology, archeology, and applied anthropology. A distinctive of the Master of Arts in Anthropology degree is the manner in which a Christian perspective is integrated into every aspect of the courses offered.

Program & Entrance Requirements

The M.A. in Anthropology is a 42-unit program. Curriculum includes 15 units of core courses, 18 units of electives, and 9 units of Bible and theology courses. Students entering the program are expected to have a strong background in anthropological studies including introductory courses in each of the five fields of study. Students wishing
to enter the program without these prerequisites will be required to take them as graduate students during the first year of study, thereby adding up to 15 units of study to the program. Qualified applicants with a B.A. in anthropology consisting of 40 or more units in anthropology may have their coursework reduced to a minimum of 32 units.

Admission Requirements

All Master of Arts in Anthropology students must meet the following requirements:

1. Applicants must possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) grade point average. Graduates from approved unaccredited colleges, if accepted, will be granted provisional acceptance, if GPAPA is 3.4 or higher. Graduates from approved unaccredited colleges may be required to take additional liberal arts course work (not applicable toward the graduate degree), if their undergraduate program did not include these courses.
2. Those without intercultural/ missions or Bible / theology may have additional coursework added to their program.
3. Applicants must submit a written statement outlining their vocational objectives and how the degree will relate to those objectives. Applicants should attach a one-page, typewritten letter to the application.
4. Three letters of references on forms supplied by the school are required.
5. Official transcripts for all previous schools attended are required.
6. Application deadlines. M.A. programs: fall is August 1, spring is January 1. Applications may be submitted after deadlines (late fee of $55) but will only be cnsidered if space and time allow. Late applications may be postponed to later terms.

Note: Official documents presented for admission or evaluation become part of the student’s academic file and normally cannot be returned or copied for distribution.

Graduation Requirements

1. Satisfactory completion of all coursework.
2. At least 24 units must be taken at this institution.
3. Maintain a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
4. Completion of an approval of a thesis.

Curriculum

Core (15 units)

ISAN 521	Contemporary Anthropological Theory
ISAN 523	Ethnographic Research Methods
ISAN 601	Proseminar
ISAN 603	Master's Thesis

Seminars in two of the following fields

ISAN 691	Seminar in Advanced Archaeology
ISAL	Any ISAL 600 level course
ISAN 693	Seminar in Advanced Physical Anthropology
ISAN 521	Contemporary Anthropological Theory

Electives (18 units)

Electives may be chosen from any of the five sub-fields of anthropology.

Bible/Theology 9 units

Select three courses from TTBE/TTTH or similarly approved Talbot classes in Bible and/or theology upon the recommendation of the academic advisor and from the following list:

• ISCL 755 Biblical Morality & Cultural Relativity
• Approved CSSR theological and scientific approaches to the study of humanity courses;
• TTOT courses in language and/or cultures of the biblical world;
• Approved TTNT biblical backgrounds courses.

Pre-approved courses include:

ISCL 755	Biblical Morality & Cultural Relativity
TTNT 703	The Cultural Setting of the Gospels
TTNT 704	The Cultural Setting of Acts
TTNT 707	The Cultural Setting of Second Corinthians
TTNT 812	The World of the New Testament
TTNT 814	Seminar on the Cultural Setting of the New Testament
TTOT 715	Studies in the History & Culture of Israel
TTOT 718	Archaeology of Palestine