Concentration :: Heritage Studies

The concentration in Heritage Studies allows M.A. and Ph.D. students to create a focused plan of study around issues of cultural heritage preservation, interpretation, and representation. Students will learn to identify, document, and critically interpret the significance of cultural heritage in urban, rural, and non-US settings, with a particular emphasis on community-based and collaborative approaches to these issues. One course, ANG 7933 (Issues in Heritage Studies, 3 cr.), is required. In addition, students select two electives from among the following options:

• ANG 5935 (3 cr.) Visual Anthropology
• ANG 6081 (3 cr.) Museum Methods
• ANG 6197 (3 cr.) Public Archaeology
• ANG 6437 (3 cr.) Heritage Tourism
• ANG 6448 (3 cr.) Regional Problems in Urban Anthropology (topics include ‘Ethnohistory,’ ‘Museums in Culture,’ ‘Ethnicity and Public Policy,’ ‘Heritage Research and Management,’ ‘Culture and Environmental Resources’)
• ANG 6495 (3 cr.) Oral and Life History
• ANG 6676 (3 cr.) Seminar in Anthropological Linguistics (when the topic is ‘Language and Culture’ or ‘Language and Racism’)
• ANG 7750 (3 cr.) Qualitative Research Methods