Anthropology & Social Change, M.A.
The M.A. in Anthropology & Social Change at CIIS centers anthropology on activism, social justice, and activist research. Students study theory, media, and organizing skills through a hybrid program with a research-based portfolio and residential intensives.
Course Overview
CIIS’s Anthropology & Social Change, M.A. is a two-year, 36-unit hybrid program focused on activism and social justice. The curriculum is organized around theoretical coursework, media skills, and organizing skills, and culminates in a research-based portfolio that includes original activist research, essays from core courses, and an integrative essay. The program emphasizes collaboration with activist scholars, progressive organizations, and local social justice groups. It is designed to connect social movement practice with academic study and to build experience in activist research, critical theory, and community-based work. Students also attend a residential intensive each semester. These intensives include fieldwork exercises, skills-based in-person courses, public talks, film screenings, and other collaborative sessions.
Who is this for?
Students interested in anthropology, social justice, activism, and community-based research.
Prerequisites
Applicants to the master’s in Anthropology and Social Change program do not need to have an undergraduate major in anthropology, however, it is necessary to have had at least three upper-division-level social science courses. If lacking, these courses can usually be taken concurrently with graduate courses, although they will not be counted toward required degree units.
About the Provider
The California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) launched the world's first university-affiliated Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research Certificate Program in 2015, establishing the gold standard for post-graduate psychedelic clinician training, with cohorts now also offered a B.S. in Psychedelic Studies and a KAP clinic. Based in San Francisco, CIIS is a non-profit graduate university pioneering integral approaches to consciousness, therapy, and psychedelic medicine.
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- PriceFree
- FormatHybrid
- Lifecycle statusNo New Dates
- Skillscritical theoryactivist anthropologyactivist researchsocial movement analysismedia skillsorganizing skillscommunity engagementqualitative research
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