Chair - Francis E. Smiley IV, 520. Our programs offer students unique opportunities to apply anthropological theory, knowledge, and practice. NAU is located in a spectacular environment which provides exciting conditions for teaching, learning, and achieving personal growth in all possible anthropological endeavors. Our mountain campus is surrounded by a greater cultural and ecological diversity than can be found virtually anywhere else in the United States.
Prehistoric groups form another important part of the region's cultural diversity.
NAU's anthropology students and faculty are actively engaged in working with and learning from many of these groups at any given time. Our undergraduate students earn a B.A. in Anthropology. The curriculum provides a general introduction to anthropology for the University's Liberal Studies program, and provides majors with a four sub-disciplinary baccalaureat experience. Our undergraduate program provides a basis for holistic, cross-cultural evaluation and interpretation of human social, cultural and biological systems, and provides a foundation for potential careers in research, teaching, and applied settings. Our graduate students earn an M.A. in Anthropology in one of two graduate programs.