Career Paths

Students find that the skills learned in studying anthropology can be applied to many professions and interests. Anthropological studies offer them insights about a variety of problems, from the study of relationships between culture and disease to issues in the area of international development. Graduates holding anthropology degrees may enter such fields as education, health care, business and personnel management, advertising, market research, journalism, recreation, counseling, community development, international development, women’s services, museum work, radio and television, public relations, environmental services, government, forensics, and contract archaeology. Students planning to pursue a medical degree frequently find that anthropology provides them with an important perspective on the biological, social, and cultural foundations of behavior. Students who decide to pursue a master’s or PhD in anthropology, or in other social science fields, will find that the department has an excellent history of placing students in very competitive graduate programs.

Majors can obtain a greater depth of knowledge about these fields by pursuing specific career pathways developed by the department. These pathways offer students suggestions for: 1) anthropology courses (for 300 level specialization), 2) related courses in other departments and programs, 3) potential fieldwork and/or internship placements, and 4) minors or certificate programs that might be taken in conjunction with anthropology course work.