Students in the Anthropology program learn to conduct research on aspects of human history, evolution, behavior, social and cultural worlds, using interdisciplinary methods including ethnographic field observations, anatomical and genetic analyses, material culture studies, and human-environment studies. They learn these primarily through the sub-disciplinary fields of archaeology, biological anthropology, and social/cultural anthropology. In addition, students learn to communicate and teach the results and significance of anthropological studies. Students graduate from our program with the skills to:
• Formulate significant anthropological research questions, informed by a breadth of scholarly discourses, plan and execute research addressing those questions, and communicate their results to multiple audiences.
• Understand the harmful legacies of anthropological research in the past and mitigate those legacies through application of the highest ethical standards.
• Employ their research practices in positions in higher education, human services and policy organizations, museums and historical organizations, scientific centers, and private industries.
• Collaborate and teach with multiple stakeholders.