<p>and on the nyu page:</p>
<p>Can I apply for an MA Degree in Anthropology?</p>
<p>The Department only admits students for doctoral (Ph.D.) study, with the exceptions of our new MA Program in Human Skeletal Biology (physical anthropology, see below). There is no other freestanding M.A. program; this degree is earned in the course of Ph.D. study.</p>
<p>so it apepars there is no ma program, and without the background I probably could not apply to the PhD?</p>