Anthropology, B.A.
School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences
Program Overview
If you are excited by the idea of rummaging for million-year-old fossils; talking to people about food,听television, or health care; or finding out when people built the first cities of Europe or migrated to the Caribbean, you鈥檒l be right at home in the Department of Anthropology. Using a four-field approach鈥攕ociocultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, and linguistic anthropology鈥攖his degree combines the sciences with the humanities to understand the biological, social, and cultural factors contributing to human behavior, past and present.
Major Details
The program information listed here reflects the approved curriculum for the 2025鈥�26 academic year per the 可乐视频 Bulletin. Bulletins from past academic years can be found here.
Major Requirements (36鈥�39 Credits)
NYSED Program Code: 02102
I. Three of the following introductory courses (9 credits):
Anthropology 聽Culture and Society,听聽Human Origins,听 People and Language, 聽Digging the Past.
II. At least one of the following field or laboratory courses (3鈥�4 credits):
Field courses: 础苍迟丑谤辞辫辞濒辞驳测听聽Anthropology Abroad,听 Fieldwork in Anthropology, 聽Summer Archaeological Field School,听聽Archaeological Field School: Site Supervision,听聽Intersession Archaeological Field School,听聽Summer Ethnographic Field School,听 Seminar in Museum Techniques.
Laboratory courses: 础苍迟丑谤辞辫辞濒辞驳测听聽India Global Health: Ethnography,听聽Visual Anthropology,听聽Anthropology of Media,听听翱蝉迟别辞濒辞驳测,听聽Language and Culture,听听窜辞辞补谤肠丑补别辞濒辞驳测,听聽Historical Archaeology.
III. One of the following methods courses (4 credits; fulfills the writing intensive requirement):
础苍迟丑谤辞辫辞濒辞驳测听听贰迟丑苍辞驳谤补辫丑测,听聽Research Methods in Anthropology.
IV. All of the following courses (7 credits):
础苍迟丑谤辞辫辞濒辞驳测听聽Anthropological Theory,听聽Senior Seminar in Anthropology,听聽Selected Topics in Anthropology, Co-requisite with 础苍迟丑谤辞辫辞濒辞驳测听.
V. Fifteen elective credits (15 credits): in courses numbered 3000 and above (3 credits may be in a course numbered 2000 and above).
Elective courses for the four subfields of anthropology:
- Cultural anthropology: Anthropology, , , , , , , , ,听 ,,听
- Biological anthropology: Anthropology ,听,听,听
- Linguistic anthropology: Anthropology ,听,听,听,听,听
- Archaeology: Anthropology ,听,听,听,听,听,听
The department chair, with the approval of the department curriculum committee, may allow substitutions for one or more of these requirements consistent with the educational goals of the program.
Majors should consult a department adviser each year in planning their programs.
After completing the introductory course sequence, students should take a field or laboratory course. Majors should take聽聽Anthropological Theory and either聽聽Ethnography or聽聽Research Methods in Anthropology in the fall of their senior year; and聽聽Senior Seminar and its co-requisite聽聽in the spring of their senior year.
Honors in Anthropology
GPA of 3.50 or higher in anthropology. Honors in two courses (with a grade of B or higher): one an upper-level (3000 or above) elective course and the other Senior Seminar (ANTH ).
Student Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrates understanding of anthropological concepts of human diversity, past and present.
- Demonstrates critical thinking in writing and communication.
- Students are able to independently investigate anthropological phenomena using subfield-specific research methods.
- Students comprehend anthropological literature to identify and formulate an argument.
- Students are able to communicate research findings.
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The Support You鈥檒l Find
可乐视频 is an integral part of the cultural and artistic energy of New York City. Our faculty members in the Department of Anthropology offer incomparable expertise and tremendous talent, and each brings a unique perspective to their teaching and mentoring in and out of the classroom.
Internships and Employers
Through job fairs, the internship database, and internship panels, the Magner Career Center gives students in the anthropology B.A. program access to career opportunities at a wide variety of employers, including:
- American Anthropological Association
- American Museum of Natural History
- Grand Street Settlement
- Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Safe Horizon
- State Forest Service
- SUNY
- The Tenement Museum
- UNICEF
- United Nations
- Volunteers of America
- WNET-PBS
