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The Anthropology major offers basic preparation for careers requiring contemporary cross-cultural understanding and awareness of cultural heritages. Due to the growing global nature of today’s job market, cross-cultural training is often an employment prerequisite. The major emphasizes archaeology, cultural, biological, medical, visual, and applied aspects of anthropology. It is also designed for students planning to teach social and biological sciences, and for students preparing for graduate work in anthropology and its various geographical areas/interdisciplinary specializations such as African Studies, Asian Studies, and Latin American Studies. Training in Anthropology is ideal for pursuing a career in many related fields such as forensic science, biology, medicine, public health, law, marketing and market research, public administration, and urban planning.
Anthropology Program Learning Outcomes
Anthropology majors will be able to:
- Recognize the value of diversity in contemporary and past societies and cultures around the world.
- Explain the holistic relationship between human culture and biology that is central to the 4-field discipline of anthropology.
- Apply anthropological perspectives to real world problems.
- Demonstrate strong analytical reasoning, critical thinking, public speaking, and professional writing skills in anthropological coursework and co-curricular activities.
- Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the theoretical orientations and development of anthropological thought.
- Demonstrate advanced skills in research methods appropriate to one or more of the subfields of anthropology.
