A field school is taught on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation and surrounding region every summer. Medical Anthropology brings together theory bearing on biology, ecology, culture, and social relations to investigate human health, disease, illness, and curing, historically and in the present. Rigorous training in research methods and theory, combined with practical, applied field experience, prepares our graduates for professional careers in teaching, research, and practice. Field projects are ongoing in Alaska, Siberia, Mexico, the West Indies, and in the continental U.S. Evolution and Ecology focuses on human adaptation to the social, biological, and physical environment and on how human evolution has been influenced by human interactions with members of their own and of other species. This focus integrates the interests of many members of the other concentrations.
Field projects are ongoing in Africa, Alaska, Siberia, the West Indies, and the Amazon Basin.
The graduate curriculum is currently under revision to reflect both new staffing and the department's united vision of the future of the discipline. They are encouraged to meet these requirements as early as possible in their training, preferably during their first year. Each training focus has further specific course requirements. Required courses will be offered each year, and specialized topical courses will be offered at least every three years. A listing of undergraduate and graduate courses courses is here .