Undergraduates can benefit from our regional specializations in the archaeology and ethnology of Mesoamerica and North American Indians. Specialized courses are also available across nearly all of the special topics covered by the three subdisciplines. At the other end of the spectrum are pragmatic courses that link anthropology to a variety of very modern concerns, from public health and business administration to social welfare, criminal justice and urban planning. Undergraduates, no less than graduate students, receive direct benefit from ongoing research, getting their anthropology directly from the fresh personal experience of their professors in the field. The Department of Anthropology encourages undergraduates to participate in research in the fields of archaeology, biological anthropology, and cultural anthropology.
Students can either volunteer to work on projects or receive course credit for their participation.
The department has reserved a room with a computer and other equipment for undergraduate use. Students should contact individual faculty members for opportunities to participate in ongoing research. Projects are worked out between students and faculty members. Students receiving course credit should enroll in ANTH294 or ANTH 494. See Diane Snyder in 415 Carpenter Building for the forms that must be completed if course credit is received.