Anthropology Department Anthropology is the study of humankind over the entire world and throughout time.
Today there are eighteen full time faculty members and several full time research staff members.
The Anthropology Program now has about 120 undergraduate majors working toward Bachelor of Arts degrees and offers over thirty undergraduate courses in physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and folklore. Today the department offers over thirty graduate courses to more than 100 students. In addition to teaching Anthropology courses, our faculty members are also busy conducting a variety of research projects in various parts of the world. Affiliated with the department are one research center and one institute. The Institute of Nautical Archaeology is involved in field investigations around the world.