Goals for Student Learning
BA Anthropology
At the time of graduation students receiving the B.A. degree in Anthropology should be able to:
- recognize the theoretical bases and methodological approaches that characterize the four major subfields of Anthropology (cultural, biological, linguistic, and archaeological)
- understand basic evolutionary theory, human origins, and biological variation
- understand and be able to apply a critical, comparative, cross-cultural, framework in explaining human variation and the diversity of human societies and groups
- demonstrate an understanding of cultural theory and ethnographic research, with a more sophisticated understanding of the research in at least one sub-discipline of cultural anthropology, including medical anthropology and global health, linguistics, political economy and development, sustainability, gender and sexuality, globalization, or psychological anthropology
- demonstrate an awareness of the ethical and social implications of anthropological research.