Program Overview

Applied Anthropology Certificate

Program Overview

The Applied Anthropology Certificate is an undergraduate certification program that complements a student's undergraduate degree. The program aims to provide students with a foundational knowledge of applied anthropology, which is "anthropology put to use" to solve practical problems.

Program Details

• Program Type: Certificate
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 1-2 semesters
• Credit Hours: 12

Program Description

Applied anthropology is a field of study that involves using anthropological research to solve practical problems. Applied anthropologists are trained to look at societies holistically, respect cultural differences, and learn about social phenomena through observation and interviewing. The flexibility of their possible career directions means that applied anthropologists often have a creative, entrepreneurial bent.

Program Courses

• Applied Anthropology (3 hrs)
  • Development, theory, methods, and approaches of applied anthropology.
  • Examines the current and historical roles and contributions of the various subfields in the application of anthropology to the problems of culture.
• Psychological Anthropology (3 hrs)
  • Explores the relationship between the self, culture, and society.
  • Compares concepts of self, socialization, and behavior in anthropological and psychological theory and research.
• Inequality, Social Justice, and the City (3 hrs)
  • Historical and ethnographic examination of urban society and how people-centered movements might regain “rights to the city”.
• Culture and Society (3 hrs)
  • Cultural anthropology is the social science that tries to make sense out of people’s lifestyles around the world.

Related Programs

• Anthropology Degree
• Anthropology Minor
• Humanities & Social Sciences
• College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
• Department of Anthropology