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Admission: MA in Public Issues Anthropology

Students apply to the joint program by completing an application to the university they wish to designate as their home institution.  A student may be offered admission to the partner institution if the joint committee deems this choice more appropriate because of the student’s interests or the availability of suitable supervisors.  Applications are considered by the joint committee consisting of Guelph and Waterloo faculty, and recommendations for admission are made by the director (and/or program administrator) to the dean of graduate studies at the proposed home university.  Students are governed by the rules of the university in which they are registered, and their degree is granted by that same university; however, students may use faculty and library resources at both universities.

Admission Requirements

Only students with a 4-year undergraduate honours degree will be admitted into the program, with a minimum 75% average in the final two years of their program. The expectation is that the undergraduate degree will be in Anthropology, but students with at least five courses in Anthropology may be admitted as long as these were part of a major in another social science or humanities program.  We will also accept students with a background in the natural sciences, as long as the five Anthropology courses they have taken include both ethnography and anthropological theory. 

Admission Procedures

Deadline for Application for Admission is February 1st. 

For University Waterloo applications:  Please note that all required materials must be received, i.e. uploaded into the On-Base Application system, by February 1st.

 

Re the Statement of Interest. This is very important for the members of the admissions committee to make their decisions.  Your statement of interest should include a brief description of your M.A. research project and the name(s) of a potential M.A. advisor(s).  Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact their potential M.A. advisor(s) before sending in their application.

Important: Please send your application to the institution with which the advisor of your first choice is affiliated.