Students who are interested in pursuing graduate studies in anthropology will usually take more than the minimum number of upper-level courses. The department provides opportunities for involvement in faculty research through its course offerings, which include independent study, internships and honors research.

Learning outcomes

• Critical-thinking skills

• Global knowledge, citizenship and ethics

• Oral communication skills

• Scientific literacy

• Advanced writing skills

• Conversant with disciplinary tenets

• Research methods and design skills

• Experiential learning

• Advanced language skills

The goal of the anthropology program is to impart to our students a global awareness and appreciation of the full range of human biological and cultural diversity across time and space, as well as of the underlying similarities derived from our common evolutionary origins.

Students gain proficiency in the knowledge and application of disciplinary and subdisciplinary research methods and analytic concepts, and are trained to develop a holistic and comparative perspective on the human condition, with regard to the cultural, biological, archaeological and linguistic dimensions of anthropological inquiry.