Anthropology
About the Major
Anthropology majors study people as they relate to their culture and examine the patterns of social behavior. Anthropology looks at all aspects of human biological and social life from earliest times to the present, and seeks to understand how humans adapt to their natural and social environments. The Anthropology major has four subfields: cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology and linguistics.
Our graduates have gone on to become...
- A host for a forensic medicine show on cable television
- President of FUNAI, the Brazilian Indian Protection Service
- Vice-president of a historic preservation and archaeology consulting firm
Possible Careers for this Major
Prehealth & Prelaw
Any CLAS major may prepare you for admission to professional schools such as medical school, vet school, law school, etc.
For more possibilities visit the Career Resource Center Web Site
- Marketer
- Museum Curator
- Peace Corps
- Policy Specialist
- Public Relations
- Specialist
- Research Director
- Social Worker
- Organizational Psychologist
- Behavioral Scientist
- Cultural Resource Manager
- Ecologist
- Development Specialist
- Editor
- Ethnologist
- Foreign Service Officer
- Forensic Anthropologist
Cool Courses You Might Take
- Human Sexuality and Culture (ANT 2301)
- Lost Tribes and Sunken Continents (ANT 2149)
- Development of World Civilization (ANT 3141)
- Human Evolutionary Anatomy (ANT 3515)
- Skeleton Keys: Forensic Identification (ANT 3520)
- The Primates (ANT 3930)
- Race and Racism (ANT 3930)
- Culture and Medicine (ANT 4462)
- For more course descriptions, please visit the course descriptions page in the Undergraduate catalog
Some Unique Opportunities in this Major
- Combined Degree program with Public Health
- Overseas Study in Ethiopia
- Internship opportunities at the Florida Museum of Natural History
- For more opportunities, please refer to the department website
