Anthropology

Globally-recognized researchers closely mentor students on designing a thesis research project, including collecting, analyzing, and interpreting cultural and biological data. Our faculty are uniquely equipped to offer intensive, hands-on training in research methods, based in our specialized laboratory facilities. Apply to the aNtrhopolgy degree from Trent University .

Key Facts

Trent’s M.A./M.Sc. programs in Anthropology provide a robust foundation for Ph.D. studies or for professional careers in higher education, field and lab research, cultural heritage tourism, or heritage management.

Break new ground alongside world-class researchers. Be a part of cutting-edge anthropological research and learn challenging ideas and methods for understanding past and present human societies, with core emphasis on examining the dynamic relationship between culture, biology and the environment.

Areas of strength within the M.A. program include:

• North American archaeology, European and Southwest Asian prehistory, the archaeology of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds;

• Landscape and environmental archaeology, lithic technology, material culture studies, zooarchaeology, isotope biogeochemistry, bioarchaeology and mortuary practices;

• Archaeological method and theory, public archaeology, anthropology of art, ethnographic studies.