Information for Prospective Students

Why Study Anthropology?

In a world of increasing complexity and connection, anthropology equips students with the knowledge and skills to understand humanity in all its remarkable diversity. Whether you are drawn to the deep past of human evolution, the richness of the world's cultures, the mysteries of language and meaning, or the urgent global challenges of climate change and injustice, anthropology offers the tools to ask better questions and pursue more thoughtful answers. Inherently, anthropology requires students to see the world from multiple perspectives, across time and space, and in different biocultural contexts. We equip students to move through the world with unflinching curiosity and analytical rigor, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. 

We actively support our students in pursuing hands-on research, fieldwork, praxis, internships, and other experiential learning opportunities alongside our faculty. This combination of rigorous, multi-perspective inquiry and real-world experience makes anthropology one of the most versatile and forward-looking majors a student can choose. Our graduates have leveraged their experience and skills obtained through anthropology for careers and graduate training across a wide range of fields, including public health, biomedicine, and nursing; law and policy; advocacy and social justice work; marketing, user experience, and emergent technologies like AI; museum careers and cultural resource management; education; journalism; and social work. In an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing world, the analytical tools and cross-cultural understanding that anthropology provides are not just valuable, they are indispensable. We encourage you to discuss your interests with our faculty to see how Anthropology can best support you in your academic and career paths!