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Anthropology Education
TEACH WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN
Anthropologists study us. We learn how and why people and their cultures are both similar and different over time and around the world. Anthropologists study people and primates face-to-face and we study past peoples by exploring fossils and digging archaeological sites. We examine the evolutionary and historical formation of humans as cultural beings and the ways in which cultures change as people, things and ideas move and intermingle.
The secondary social studies education program comprises seven different majors: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology. We produce middle and high school teachers who are dedicated to transforming the lives of future generations through teaching social studies. Our graduates are committed to helping adolescents become informed, engaged and caring citizens, knowing that these same students will be the history makers of tomorrow. Our goal is to inspire our future educators to teach passionately and knowledgeably so that all students are included in the mosaic of the past, present and future. This commitment, combined with rigorous program standards, enable our graduates to secure teaching jobs throughout the Eastern Seaboard, the nation and abroad.
AREAS OF STUDY
- Globalization
- Technology
- Human Nature
- Culture
- Gender and Race
- Heritage and Tourism
- Evolution and Human Health
- Teaching and Motivating Adolescents in a Diverse Society
- Educational Technology for Teaching Social Studies
- Disciplinary Literacy in the Social Sciences
- Teaching Methods
CAREER OPTIONS
- High School Teacher
- Middle School Teacher
- School Administration
- Museum Education and Research
- School Counseling
- Human Resources
- Historical Interpretation
- Nonprofit Organizations
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
- Social Sciences & Humanities
- Educational Leadership
- Law
- Special Education
- School Counseling
- Public Policy
- Museum Studies
What's special about this program?
Effective social studies teaching requires extensive content knowledge in different areas of social studies as well as teaching skills. Our strong emphasis on pedagogy and content knowledge prepares our teacher candidates to teach the content of their major as well as the other social science disciplines, including history, civics, economics, psychology, sociology and geography. Even before they begin student teaching our candidates complete over 75 hours of classroom experience tutoring, mentoring and teaching adolescents in local secondary schools. In their senior year candidates participate in a year-long placement in the middle or high school where they will complete their student teaching.
Get Involved
Anthropology Club
Sample curriculum
ANTH101
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Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology |
| ANTH202 |
Genes, Bones, and Human Evolution
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| ENGL110 | Seminar in Composition
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FLLL105
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Language course |
FLLL106
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Language course |
| PSYC100 | General Psychology
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UNIV101
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First Year Experience
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MATH (according to placement) |
University Breadth Courses
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| ANTH200 | Introduction to History of Anthropological Theory
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ANTH375
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Modern Latin America |
FLLL107
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Language course |
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ECON Elective Course |
POSC Elective Course
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SOCI Elective Course
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University Breadth Course
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| ANTH316 | Islam and Gender
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| ANTH329 | Archaeology of Agriculture
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| ANTH342 | Issues in American Culture
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EDUC413
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Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology |
EDUC414
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Teaching Exceptional Adolescents |
EDUC419
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Diversity in Secondary Education |
ANTH Elective Course
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Univeristy Breadth Courses
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| ANTH401 | Idea of Race
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| ANTH466 | Independent Anthropology Research
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| EDUC420 | Reading in the Content Area
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| HIS491 | Planning a Course of Instruction
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ANTH48X Tutorial
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| EDUC400 | Spring Semester - Student Teaching |
