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298 Master's degrees in Area & Cultural Studies in United States
Spanish
Spanish from Saint Louis University focuses broadly on language, literature and culture, with courses offered in the three primary areas of Latin American studies, peninsular studies and linguistics.
Creative Enterprise and Cultural Leadership
The Creative Enterprise and Cultural Leadership MA program from Arizona State University empowers students to advance innovation in the cultural sector, support creative work and careers, and design public and private enterprises that will strengthen arts and design in the future.

Linguistics - Language and Society
The Linguistics - Language and Society programme offered at California State University Fullerton is suitable for students interested in any of the wide-range of professions that expect excellence in reading and writing—including education, creative and professional writing, public service and preparation for further study in literature, law, medicine, or business.
American Indian Studies (Cultural Resource Revitalization and Sust)
With this American Indian Studies (Cultural Resource Revitalization and Sust) MSc program from Arizona State University, you will gain a deeper understanding of complex issues facing indigenous communities and learn how to apply your expertise and advocate for social justice. Your skills will be applicable in a variety of careers.

Languages, Literatures and Cultures
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures from Colorado State University offers a M.A. degree in Languages, Literatures and Cultures with a specialization in Spanish.
Intercultural Communication
The Intercultural Communication program of University of Pennsylvania provides a solid foundation in ethnographic approaches to the study of communication between members of different cultural groups and within different organizational contexts.
Jewish Thought
The Jewish Thought programme at University at Buffalo is a 30-credit Master of Arts degree. This postgraduate course offers advanced training in the spiritual and intellectual history of Judaism. Available for full-time study, it focuses on medieval and modern texts to prepare students for doctoral research or professional roles.
Positive Organization Development and Change
The Positive Organization Development and Change program of Case Western Reserve University is for learning how to manage systemic organizational change and transformation, leadership development, and team effectiveness
Christian Ministry
The 60-hour Master of Arts in Christian Ministry (MACM) degree offered by Baylor University is designed to equip persons for competent leadership in some form of specialized ministry in congregations and other settings.
Global Studies
The Global Studies program's curriculum at Bard College places at its center the theory-practice nexus, equipping students with a sophisticated set of theoretical and conceptual tools and practical experiences that in combination will prepare them to understand the contemporary global landscape, where problems and solutions increasingly transcend territorially defined national communities.
Women's and Gender Studies
This Women's and Gender Studies degree at Eastern Michigan University explores the conceptual, analytical and practical aspects of women and gender in a global context. The interdisciplinary nature of the women’s and gender studies program allows students, in consultation with the graduate advisor, to create tailored programs of study designed to meet their goals.
Appalachian Studies
Appalachian Studies at Shepherd University offers a flexible and adaptive pathways that allow students to pursue their individual interests while finding an expression of those interests in the working world and achieving a global habit of mind.
Interreligious Chaplaincy
The first of its kind, the Graduate Theological Union’s Interreligious Chaplaincy Program equips leaders to practice spiritual care among diverse populations. The program offers students who have previously earned a qualifying master’s degree the opportunity to earn a Certificate in Interreligious Chaplaincy.
Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Indiana University Bloomington's Folklore and Ethnomusicology program offers comprehensive training in the study of vernacular culture with concentrations in Folklore or Ethnomusicology. We use ethnographic and historical methods and approaches to closely examine the traditional arts and contemporary thoughts of the world’s communities.
Church Music
The Master of Music in Church Music program at Baylor University is designed to bring students to the highest levels of performance and scholarship of which they are capable.
Cultural and Heritage Resource Management (online)
The online Cultural and Heritage Resource Management (online) program at University of Maryland provides advanced training for those interested in working in the applied specialization of cultural resource management and heritage resource management.
History of Philosophies, East and West
History of Philosophies, East and West from Stony Brook University curriculum includes courses on Islamic philosophy, Buddhist philosophy, Chinese philosophy, Japanese philosophy, Hindu philosophy, ancient Greek philosophy, as well as medieval and modern western philosophy.
European Thought and Culture
The European Thought and Culture program of University of California, Irvine (UCI), administered by the Department of European Languages and Studies in the School of Humanities, draws on expertise from faculty in other departments in the Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences in order to take an interdisciplinary approach to this area of study.
Institute of Latina,o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies
In picking a methodological and theoretical orientation for their thesis papers, students specialize in one discipline of their choice, while also taking courses in at least two additional disciplines. Learn more with Institute of Latina,o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies from University of Connecticut.
Folklore Studies
The Folklore Studies Postgrad certificate at George Mason University enables students to explore the processes of tradition that move through multiple expressive forms, such as folktales, folk beliefs, folk medicine, folk art, folksong, and literature.