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Anthropology Education

Students in the class Nutritional Anthropology look into the composition of milk by conducting lactose measurements in UD's Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory.

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Department of Anthropology

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DISCOVER WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN

Anthropologists study the diversity and richness of humanity. We study how and why people and their cultures are similar and different around the world and over time. We study people face-to-face in the contemporary world in diverse local settings, as well as past groups through fossils and archaeological sites. We study complex relationships between human biology and culture. We commonly emphasize issues of social justice and equity when considering differences. We examine the evolutionary and historical formation of human societies and the ways in which they change as people, things, and ideas move and intermingle. In today's world, we ask how the local is shaped by regional, national, and global processes. Every career requires a rich understanding of cultures and diversity in the context of our rapidly changing, interconnected human experience. There is no limit to where you can go with that kind of understanding of our world and its people.

AREAS OF STUDY

Health and Medicine
Gender and Race
Environment
Materials and Technology
History and Culture
Deep Time
Globalization
Power and Inequality

CAREER OPTIONS

Health and Medicine
Education
Business
Social Work
Law
International Affairs
Government
Forensics
Museums
Journalism

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

Social Sciences & Humanities
Educational Leadership
Law
Special Education
School Counseling
Public Policy
Museum Studies

What's special about this program?

At Delaware, Anthropology is an exclusively undergraduate department. Our students receive both a broad education in anthropology and focus on the topics that interest them most. Our faculty are dedicated and fully committed to mentoring students in personal ways, including through classwork, independent research, and community engagement. Our combination of a broad, holistic, and robust department and an exclusively undergraduate program is virtually unique among top universities.

Get Involved

Anthropology Club

Sample curriculum

FRESHMAN

ANTH101

Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

ANTH202

Genes, Bones, and Human Evolution

ENGL110

Seminar in Composition

FLLL105

Language course

FLLL106

Language course

PSYC100

General Psychology

UNIV101

First Year Experience

MATH (according to placement)

University Breadth Courses

SOPHOMORE

ANTH200	Introduction to History of Anthropological Theory
ANTH375	Modern Latin America
FLLL107	Language course
	ECON Elective Course
	POSC Elective Course
	SOCI Elective Course
	University Breadth Course

JUNIOR

ANTH218	Solving Archaeological Mysteries
ANTH316	Islam and Gender
EDUC413	Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology
EDUC414	Teaching Exceptional Adolescents
EDUC419	Diversity in Secondary Education
	ANTH Elective Course
	Univeristy Breadth Courses

SENIOR

ANTH352	Refugees and Forced Migration
ANTH384	Cinema and Global Cultures
ANTH466	Independent Anthropology Research
EDUC420	Reading in the Content Area
HIS491	Planning a Course of Instruction
	ANTH48X Tutorial
EDUC400	Spring Semester - Student Teaching