Anthropology - St Mary's College of Maryland

Anthropology from St Mary's College of Maryland is a Campus Bachelor Anthropology degree that prepares you for a Science career. Anthropology, the broadest of the social science disciplines, is the study of human culture and social experience through space and time-from early hominid ancestors to postindustrial societies. The major consists of a four-field approach: cultural anthropology and the study of historic and contemporary societies (ethnography, ethnology, and ethnohistory), archaeology and the study of material culture (prehistoric, historic, and underwater archaeology), biological anthropology (biology, human evolution, and forensics), and linguistic anthropology (language and culture). Course offerings address topical areas that include applied anthropology, Chesapeake archaeology, ecological and economic anthropology , kinship and social organization, food, media, myth, ritual, and symbolism.Many courses address issues of gender, ethnicity, and globalization. Affiliations with Historic St. Mary's City and nearby Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum/ Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory provide adjunct faculty and generate rich opportunities for majors to engage in internships, independent studies, St. Mary's Projects, hands-on professional research, and laboratory and field work. Several study tour and exchange programs offer exciting possibilities for study and research abroad, including the Gambia program sponsored by anthropology faculty. A degree in anthropology prepares students for graduate work in the social sciences and professions, and provides an excellent liberal arts foundation for a wide range of career options- working in educational institutions, museums, business, private industry, or government. View more details on St Mary's College of Maryland . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Anthropology courses.