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BA Anthropology

4 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

The Catholic University of America

Program Overview

Anthropology is the study of human diversity from the Paleolithic to the present, how humans form and think about communities, how they make a living, impact the environment, communicate, and express themselves in art, religion, language, and in practical activities. Anthropological study is comparative and wholistic; students learn to integrate diverse kinds of information - environmental, economic, political, social, expressive - into composite pictures of human social life and cultures. Anthropology is where the natural and social sciences meet.Some anthropologists excavate and study material remains of past societies, others do up-close and personal research with living people where they live and work, on their thoughts and feelings, beliefs, recreation, material stuff and everyday lives. Anthropology also includes the study of human evolution and of linguistics, from the dialects that mark communities to how we do things with words.

Program Key Stats

$44060 (Annual cost)



80 %

Eligibility Criteria

2.5
30
67

1214
6.5
80

Additional Information & Requirements

Essay, Statement of Purpose, Unofficial transcripts from all undergraduate level or higher courses, Secondary School Report with Counselor Letter, Teacher Recommendation

Career Options

  • Anthropology is an excellent major for students considering careers that involve communication
  • writing
  • critical analysis of information
  • and high levels of cultural interaction
  • Anthropology graduates pursue careers in fields such as: advertising
  • city planning
  • education/teaching
  • forensics
  • journalism
  • marketing
  • medicine/health care
  • politics
  • public health
  • social work
  • museums
  • writing
  • systems analysis
  • environmental consulting
  • community development
  • and law
  • Students interested in research and teaching in anthropology usually continue on to graduate school as professional employment in the field typically requires an advanced degree

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