The undergraduate Anthropology Program emphasizes the commitment of this department to four-field anthropology, providing exposure to Anthropological Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology and Linguistic Anthropology. This holistic approach serves Anthropology's intellectual goal to achieve a comprehensive and comparative understanding of humanity. An undergraduate concentration in Anthropology contributes to a liberal arts education, offering a disciplined awareness of human behavior and social institutions in different times and places.

Anthropology can be an important component of a liberal arts education, complementing a wide variety of fields. While the undergraduate concentration program provides an excellent foundation for more advanced work in anthropology, it is not intended to be solely a pre-professional program. Many of our concentrators pursue advanced degrees in other disciplines, such as law, medicine, social work, public health, education, and history. Others find a concentration or coursework in anthropology helpful in government service or in a variety of international organizations and businesses. A number of our concentrators choose to combine an anthropology concentration with a second field of study. We also offer minors in the sub-disciplines of anthropology. The Undergraduate Advisor will provide interested students with information and guidance in planning a concentration or minor, and is always happy to discuss the ways that anthropology can contribute to various goals.

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