A graduate student in Anthropology or any other graduate program at UCI has the option of obtaining an interim MA in either Anthropology or MSTS, but not both.
Unfortunaely, the Department of Anthropology accepting new applications to our MSTS program until further notice. PhD students currently enrolled at UCI are still able to complete the requirements and receive the MA degree.
The Department of Anthropology offers a Masters of Arts concentration in the School of Social Sciences focused on Medicine, Science, and Technology Studies, informally known as the M.A. in MSTS. Students who complete the program will earn an M.A. in Social Sciences (Medicine, Science, and Technology Studies).
This degree is the only terminal M.A. degree in either medical anthropology or science
and technology studies in the University of California system. The program recognizes
that these two fields and the social phenomena they examine are inextricably linked,
and flexible course offerings provide students with an opportunity to pursue projects
that focus on either field or that bridge both areas of study.
Ethnographers of medicine, science, and technology are in high demand, and the M.A.
in MSTS will enable students to respond to the significant and rapidly changing impact
of medicine, science, and technology upon economies and societies around the world.
The program helps to prepare students for a range of employment opportunities in academia,
public health, technology industries, and the nonprofit sector.
The program is administered by the Department of Anthropology, but draws on the expertise of faculty across the Irvine campus.
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To obtain a Master's degree within the Anthropology Concentration the student must:
a) Complete 2 years of course work.
b) Satisfy all of the course requirements for the Ph.D., except for two of the anthropology
electives and the language requirement.
To put it another way, the student must have taken the three-quarter proseminar sequence, 2 quarters of statistics, research design, anthropological field methods, and 4 of 6 anthropology electives required for the Ph.D.
NOTE: A university requirement for this degree is that a student be advanced to candidacy for the MA in the quarter before it is granted.
Course Offerings
Resources
Schedule of Classes
Social Sciences Graduate Office
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for the Social Studies of Science