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

College of Arts and Sciences

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

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.

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Anthropology Club

Archaeology and Biological Anthropology Field and Laboratory Opportunities

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
UNIV101	First Year Experience
	MATH (according to placement)
	University Breadth Course

SOPHOMORE

ANTH204	Introduction to Social Science Research in Anthropology
ANTH200-level	Group Elective
ANTH200-level	Group Elective
	Foreign Language Requirement
	University Breadth Requirement
	University Breadth Requirement (Laboratory)

JUNIOR

ANTH218	Solving Archaeological Mysteries
ANTH302	Medical Anthropology
ANTH316	Islam and Gender
ANTH375	Modern Latin America
	University Breadth Courses
	Elective Courses

SENIOR

ANTH352	Refugees and Forced Migration
ANTH384	Cinema and Global Cultures
ANTH466	Independent Anthropology Research
ANTH48X	Anthropology Tutorial
	Elective Courses