Anthropology - Marlboro College

Anthropology from Marlboro College is a Campus Bachelor Anthropology degree that prepares you for a Science career. Anthropology is the study of humankind, of all people?ancient and modern?and their beliefs and ways of life. What holds anthropology together as a discipline (and in particular the cultural anthropology taught at Marlboro) is a history of theoretical approaches to cross-cultural understanding and field research as a common methodology. The questions that anthropologists ask can vary from ?what does it mean to be human?? to ?how do people think about and relate to nature?? and ?what do people eat and why???with ethnographic research focused on particular groups of people. Anthropologists can therefore be found studying concepts of space and place among the Western Apache, questions of gender in Mexico City, sustainable development projects in Indonesia and tourist markets in West Africa. Historically, anthropologists have worked with small groups of people living in (to us) isolated places such as Amazonia and Papua New Guinea; however, today anthropological research is also being conducted in retirement communities in California, Turkish immigrant neighborhoods in Germany and bluefin tuna fishing ports and markets in Maine, Spain and Tokyo. Three key skills that come into play in anthropology are reading, field research and writing. Anthropology students read abundantly to gain a sense of the history of the discipline and fundamental ideas, to familiarize themselves with different ethnographic studies and to prepare themselves for their own research projects. As part of anthropology classes and Plan work, students do field research projects, which can be large or small, conducted over the course of a weekend at the college or over the course of a semester spent abroad. Finally, writing is central to anthropology and includes documenting ideas and observations as well as writing papers that argue for a particular understanding of a social situation or cultural meaning. Students who want to graduate with a degree in anthropology should consider taking: 1. Introduction to Anthropology or Introduction to Sociology 2. Anthropological Thought and Theory or Classical Sociological Thought 3. Additional anthropology courses 4. Courses in other disciplines that relate to their interests in anthropology 5. Designing Fieldwork 6. A foreign language Many anthropology students also spend a semester abroad (typically during their junior year). As is the case with preparations in any discipline, it is important for you to talk with faculty early and begin planning a course of study that will allow you to take the classes you need and thus enable you accomplish what you want to do on Plan. View more details on Marlboro College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Anthropology courses.