Program Overview

Anthropology Bachelor's

Program Overview

The Anthropology Bachelor's program at the University of North Texas offers a comprehensive education in anthropology, emphasizing the use of anthropology to solve problems and improve people's lives. The program is designed to provide students with a deeper understanding of societies and cultures from around the world.

Program Details

• Program Type: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 4 years
• Credit Hours: 120

Program Description

Our department emphasizes the use of anthropology to solve problems and improve people's lives. Our dedication to students is driven by a department culture based on collaborative decision making, camaraderie, congeniality, and support of collaborative work, motivated through creatively generating solutions.

Marketable Skills

• Oral and written communication
• Critical thinking
• Teamwork
• Basic research methods
• Multi-cultural/diversity competencies

Program Highlights

• Our department offers the following areas of interest: Business Technology and Design, Public Health and Medical Care Systems, Population Displacement and Migration, Education and Education Equity, the Environment and Environmental Sustainability, Urban Anthropology.
• Two members of the UNT anthropology department are also on the steering committee of the Consortium of Practicing and Applied Anthropology Programs (COPAA).
• All faculty members are applied anthropologists, united by our flexible intellectual and practical approaches. We challenge epistemological boundaries by using mixed methods, relying on interdisciplinary or multifaceted approaches.
• Most of our courses require intensive writing, and you're encouraged to become proficient in a second language.
• Undergraduate anthropology program ranked 37th in the nation for best value.

Career Opportunities

People with training in anthropology work in a world transformed by global forces (shifting political borders, ethnic tensions, environmental challenges resulting from global climate change, etc.). They act locally to bridge communication between diverse groups and help everyone adapt to our changing world. You may work for a:

• Federal, state or local government agency as an analyst or public information officer
• Museum as an education director
• Nongovernmental organization such as UNESCO, UNICEF or the American Red Cross
• Public health department or hospital as a medical anthropologist

Anthropology also prepares you for a variety of graduate and professional school degrees including law, medicine, public health or even a Master of Business Administration degree.

Sample Courses

• Introduction to Anthropology (3 hrs)
• Development of Anthropological Thought (3 hrs)
• Anthropological Field Methods (3 hrs)
• Culture and Human Sexuality (3 hrs)
• Anthropology of Religion (3 hrs)
• Culture and Society (3 hrs)