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Overview
The Discipline

Anthropology's central aims are to describe and interpret human behavior in sociocultural systems. It also seeks to explain the similarities and differences in human behavior patterns among all peoples and cultures in the present and the past. Sociocultural anthropology studies human society in the present, using participant observation, interviewing, and other techniques to understand the full round of life in a single culture, a subculture, or a multicultural system. Archaeology provides methods for learning about the world's peoples who are no longer living; thus it is an important part of the anthropological family of special skills and interests.

Undergraduate Programs and Degrees
  • Anthropology: Archaeology emphasis (BA)
  • Anthropology: Sociocultural emphasis (BA)
  • Minors
    • African Studies
    • Anthropology
Frequently Asked Questions

Please see the Anthropology FAQ page for answers to common questions.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Program graduates will
  1. think analytically,
  2. write clearly and succinctly,
  3. understand basic current anthropological study and theory,
  4. argue orally and in writing,
  5. understand basic worldwide human history or human cultural diversity,
  6. demonstrate competence in anthropological research skills and understand ethical obligations involved in the discipline, and
  7. experience archaeological or ethnographic fieldwork mentored by a faculty member and instruction in planning and implementing a research project.

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