ALM Anthropology at Harvard University

Explore human cultures and societies. Humanity is multifaceted and complex. The human experience is shaped by biology, culture, history, and language. Credential: the Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) in Extension Studies in the field of Anthropology.

Faculty: Harvard Extension School (Division of Continuing Education)  |  Duration: 12 courses (11 online) taken part-time  |  Study mode: online  |  Intake: Spring 2027  |  Location: Cambridge, MA, United States

What you will study

Example courses: Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Anthropology and Psychology; Archaeology of the African Holocene; Histories and Ethnographies of Capitalism; Moctezuma’s Mexico Then and Now: Ancient Empire, Race Mixture, and Finding LatinX; The Opioid Epidemic; Anthropology of Extreme Environments.

Career pathways

With their knowledge of history, people, and places, our anthropology alumni have gone on to top Ph.D. programs, including at Harvard University, Brown University, Brandeis University, and Simmons College.

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