Master’s program

MA in Anthropology

General information and program requirements - Master of Arts Anthropology

Understand the world better in ever-changing social and environmental conditions

Anthropology offers new critical perspectives on the world by highlighting how local and global issues are connected. The discipline’s field research method, ethnography, makes it possible to document in real time a host of complex phenomena pertaining to diverse topics such as medicine, the environment, minorities, media, indigenousness and more. As an Anthropology student, you will live “in the moment” to observe and understand the contemporary issues that emerge during field research taking place anywhere in the world.

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General information and program requirements - Master of Arts Anthropology

Taiwanese indigenous peoples, Photo credit: 總統府 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/presidentialoffice/)

The School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies

The School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies at the University of Ottawa offers a distinctive and innovative approach to culture and society, in both French and English.
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PhD program

PhD in Anthropology

General information and program requirements - Doctorate in Anthropology

Bring new critical perspectives to problems and challenges of the contemporary world by highlighting links between local and global issues

The doctoral program in Anthropology at the University of Ottawa features innovative training that combines a contemporary theoretical approach with the existing experiential ways in which to learn about anthropology such as field work, ethnography, international experience, and multidisciplinary perspectives. The method of inquiry grounded in field work and ethnography allows you as the researcher, to document in real time the complexity of phenomena while situating various themes, including medicine, the environment, new media, the city, politics, the economy and indigeneity in diverse social and cultural contexts. The program curriculum newly includes a professional development seminar and a comprehensive exercise that favours your integration into the labour market.

Language

While this program is offered full-time in French and in English, the three required doctoral seminars are offered only in French.

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Contact us

School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies

Faculty of Social Sciences
120 University Private
Social Sciences Building
Room 10005
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
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Tel.: 613-562-5720

[email protected]

Office Hours
Monday to Friday 8:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. & 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(June to August: closed at 3:30 p.m.)

Supervisor of the Master's Program in Anthropology

David Jaclin
Social Sciences Building
Room 10038
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