The anthropology major requires a total of 30 credit hours in anthropology courses. Most students take about 15 to 17 credit hours, or four or five courses, a semester. Each summer, the University of Kansas and Kansas State University run an archaeological field school, where students learn excavation and analysis procedures. Faculty members are internationally recognized scholars and teachers with broad research interests. They teach in fields ranging from humanities to natural sciences.
Anthropology is a multi-faceted field, so the faculty is diverse.
Faculty members conduct research all over the world, including Europe, Africa, Asia, North and South America, and the Pacific. As a first-year student, you will automatically be enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and you can declare an anthropology major immediately. You will begin taking anthropology courses your first year. You become a major when you fill out a major declaration form in the department office. Confer with the undergraduate coordinator as early as possible and plan to meet with your adviser at least once each semester.