Joint Program in Anthropology and Health Services Administration

This is a certification program offered through Anthropology and Health Services Administration. Students must meet the course and other instructional requirements for the Cultural Anthropology Master's Degree, as well as for the Health Services Administration Program.

As part of the Cultural Master's, HSA students are required to take four of the following 3-credit courses:

ANTH 6193 - Medical Anthropology
ANTH 6291 - Evolution of Human Health
ANTH 6192 - Culture, Health and Healing
ANTH 6242 - Anthropology of Clinical Medicine
ANTH 6334 - Population Issues in Anthropology
ANTH 6133 - Maternal and Child Health
ANTH 6241 - Darwinian Medicine
ANTH 6130 - The Anthropology of Food

Like other Cultural Master's students, they are also required to take:

ANTH 6161 - Anthropological Theory I
ANTH 6162 - Anthropological Theory II
ANTH 6168 - Problems in Ethnology
ANTH 6163 - Ethnographic Data Collection
ANTH 6611 - Preparation of grant proposals

For admission to this program, you must be accepted into the Anthropology graduate program and then apply separately to the HSA program. Admission requirements for the HSA are described here. For further information, contact Polly Wiessner at 581-5757.