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The Department of Anthropology offers major programs in Anthropology, including an Honors Degree option, and in Anthropology Education. In addition, interdepartmental majors with other departments are possible, and an Anthropology minor is also available.
Anthropology is the study of humans and their works. The field both the comparative study of worldwide variations in culture and the development of humankind from prehistoric to contemporary times. Anthropology at the University of Delaware encompasses three distinct but interconnected fields of study: social and cultural anthropology, physical or biological anthropology, and archaeology. Social and cultural anthropologists undertake holistic comparative studies of communities throughout the world, studying their art forms, religions, social organizations, and political and economic institutions. Physical anthropology addresses itself to the evolutionary differentiation of primates, the emergence of hominid populations, primate behavior and processes of adaptation in modern populations. Archaeological work is directed toward recovering the physical remains of prehistoric and historic communities and retracing their many different forms of cultural development and adaptation.
The undergraduate program at the University emphasizes a variety of subspecialties in social and cultural anthropology, but provides, nevertheless, a broad perspective on the fields of archaeology and physical anthropology. Because the department is devoted primarily to undergraduate instruction, students can take advantage of many opportunities to work closely with the faculty and to participate in small seminar classes. Courses are enriched by visits to museums and special exhibits in neighboring cultural centers, by films, and by local field inquiry.
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