The 4-field approach in anthropology emphasizes training students to be keen observers who can collect relevant data and interpret it using comparative, scientific methodologies.
Anthropology teaches skills valued in a number of workplace settings:
- To approach problems with a holistic vision
- To combine statistical findings with descriptive data
- Scientific research methods
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Attention to detail
- Social ease in strange situations
- Attention to detail
Positions in Academic Settings
Traditionally, anthropologists obtain doctorate degrees if they intend to work in institutions of higher education as teachers and researchers.
Positions in Nonacademic Settings
Increasingly, applied anthropology provides numerous and varied career options for anthropologists with backgrounds ranging from a bachelor’s degree to a doctorate.
- Non-governmental organizations, such as international health organizations and
development banks, employ anthropologists to help design and implement a wide variety of programs worldwide and nationwide
- Cultural Resource Management (CRM) is a field that employs more archaeologists than ever before. CRM archaeologists manage and protect archaeological sites as mandated by state and federal laws.
- Corporations value the anthropologists’ perspective on corporate teams in market research, etc.
- Federal, state, and local governments use anthropologists in planning, research, and
managerial capacities.
Career Information
Anthropology’s professional organizations provide additional career information on their Web pages
- Cultural Anthropology —
American Anthropological Association (AAA)
- Physical Anthropology —
American Association of Physical Anthropology (AAPA)
- Archaeology —
Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
American Institute for Anthropology (AIA)
- Applied Anthropology —
National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA)
Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA)
Social and Cultural Sciences Majors
Check out our suggested curriculum for our four majors:• Anthropology
• Criminology and Law Studies
• Social and Welfare Justice
• Sociology
