Anthropology

Degrees offered

Application deadline

January 15 for Fall admission

Departmental website

Why Anthropology at Memorial?

The Department of Anthropology at Memorial has strong intellectual roots in both Europe and North America. While the department has historically placed a strong regional focus on the North Atlantic Rim, particularly: Eastern Canada; the United States; Iceland; The Shetland Islands; Norway; England, Ireland, and Spain, our faculty members also have expertise in other areas, including Central and South America, the Pacific Islands, and Eastern Europe.

Memorial's anthropologists seek to foster an approach that is at once critical and engaged. While the research interests of the faculty are diverse, we share a strong interest in problems of power and social inequality, which we view as being critical to understanding the contemporary world. Faculty research projects have addressed a wide range of important topics, including: the Northern Ireland Peace Process, the political transformation that has taken place in Spain after the fall of the Franco's fascist regime, the politics of authenticity in Newfoundland's tourism industries, historical memory of the Viet Nam war, issues of development in Latin America, and social and political struggles over access to ocean spaces and resources.

Funding

Memorial University offers competitive funding packages to eligible Canadian and International graduate students. Below is an approximate value of funding packages recently offered to graduate students in Anthropology. For more information, refer to Fees and Funding.

MA: $7,000-$11,000
PhD: $13,000-$18,000

Tuition

We are proud to offer some of the lowest graduate tuition rates in Canada. The following are general program fees for graduate programs in Anthropology. For more information on special fees, continuance fees, and related charges, refer to Graduate Tuition and Cost of Living.

Program	Program fee per semester		# of semesters
Program	Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents	International Students	# of semesters
Master’s program
Plan A	$733	$953	6
Plan B	$486	$632	9
Plan C	$1,010	$1,312	3
PhD	$683	$887	12

Duration (for full-time students)

Master’s: 1-2 years | PhD: 4 years

Find a supervisor that meets your research needs

Visit the Department of Anthropology website for areas of research, or search Yaffle to find a supervisor you may wish to work with (for research programs).

Description of programs

The Department of Anthropology offers thesis-based MA and PhD programs, both of which require an extended period of ethnographic fieldwork. We also offer a coursework-based MA program which does not involve fieldwork and is designed to be completed in one year. Please visit the Department's website for a complete description of the graduate programs.

Minimum admission requirements

For MA: Bachelor's degree (minimum second class) in an appropriate area of study

For PhD: Master's degree in an appropriate area of study

Important Note: The information provided on this website is subject to change. The University Calendar is the final authority on university regulations.