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Strengths of the program

• The Anthropology Museum houses the largest repository of archaeological artifacts from the interior Northwest.
• The flexible degree program allows students to concentrate in cultural anthropology, linguistics, archaeology, or physical anthropology?or receive a broad background in all four.
• Anthropology students can join WSU faculty working throughout the world for cultural, linguistic, archaeological, and physical anthropological research.
• The department hosts a regular lecture series where faculty, advanced graduate students, and visiting experts share their work.
• Faculty are experts in biological anthropology, evolution, and archaeology.

Career

Training in anthropology provides an excellent liberal arts background for many professions. WSU anthropology graduates are employed in museums, the National Park Service, archaeological crews, the Peace Corps, and other international development organizations.

Anthropology gives you an understanding of human diversity that is also useful in jobs that don?t require an anthropology degree. A major in anthropology is an excellent basis for teaching, legal professions, international business, foreign service, and graduate work in other social sciences or the humanities.