About the Department of Anthropology

Anthropology stands at the nexus between the social sciences, biological sciences, and humanities. It is dedicated to understanding the worldwide diversity of social institutions and cultural traditions, past and present, as well as to studying our nearest nonhuman relatives.

The Department of Anthropology offers a full range of undergraduate and graduate courses in archaeology, as well as in biological, social, cultural, psychological, and linguistic anthropology. Courses include offerings that focus on specific societies or regions of the world—especially Latin America, Asia, and Oceania—as well as more theoretically oriented topics. 

The Department of Anthropology offers undergraduate major and minor programs, a senior honors thesis program, and doctoral training designed to provide the theoretical background and methodological skills necessary for a career in professional research and teaching anthropology at the university level, as well as the application of anthropological knowledge to contemporary problems.