Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humans and our biological relatives across time and space. The field involves a global look at human cultures from prehistoric times to the present, integrating findings from the social sciences, natural sciences and humanities. Students of anthropology learn to appreciate biological, social, and cultural diversity throughout human history and to understand the meaning of human biological and cultural development.The undergraduate degree in anthropology emphasizes knowledge and awareness of:Basic methods, concepts, alternative theories and approaches and modes of explanation appropriate to each of the three main subfields of the discipline (archaeology, biological anthropology and cultural anthropology).Basic archaeological techniques, including stratigraphy, dating and inference of human behavior from archaeological data, as well as human history from its beginning through the emergence of complex societies.Variation, patterning and creativity in human communities and symbolic systems, including ecological, social structural and cultural factors exemplified in a diverse array of the world's societies, including those undergoing change as a result of globalization and the impact of contemporary social and political movements.Theories of primate and human evolution and the basic data of the hominid fossil record, as well as biological variation in contemporary human populations.

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