J. Coltrain, S. Donnelly, C. Frost, B. Milicic, R. Pennington, E. Wasilewska. Anthropology is the comparative study of people and their ways of life across the full temporal and spatial range of human experience. Biological, archaeological, ethnological, and evolutionary ecological lines of evidence contribute to the anthropological enterprise of describing and explaining human diversity. Active research is carried on in hunter gatherer ecology, North American, African, and Oceanic ethnology and archaeology, and medical and biological anthropology. Special facilities include the Utah Museum of Natural History, Archaeological Center, Middle East collections, and Human Relations Area Files.
Associated laboratories are well-equipped for research in archaeology and biological anthropology.
The department has computer facilities for research and computer-aided instruction. Undergraduate Program Degrees. B.S. The undergraduate program has four principle aims. It provides a major for those interested in pursuing a graduate degree in anthropology or an advanced professional degree such as medicine or law. It provides an interesting and imaginative course of study for those desiring a liberal, but rigorous, education and a better understanding of the human biological and cultural experience through time and space.