Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humanity in all of its diversity. It is a fundamentally comparative discipline uniquely positioned at the junctures between the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Anthropology is therefore exceedingly well positioned in the study of contemporary global social and cultural transformations, since the discipline has always had a global and comparative perspective on the human condition and sees University of Houston species as having been “globalizing” all along. The students are educated in theories, methodologies, and empirically rich case studies that prepare them to better understand and engage with diverse and changing experiences of what it means to be human in the contemporary world.

An undergraduate degree in anthropology provides excellent and necessary intellectual tools for a variety of occupations and pursuits. In a kaleidoscopic contemporary world characterized by complex forms of both cooperation and conflict, University of Houston subject matter facilitates cross-cultural competence and awareness. Anthropology is therefore an ideal launching-pad for advanced training or careers in such diverse areas as education, law, medicine, social work, government, policy-making, public health, business, international relations, and more. Anthropology majors regularly find jobs in areas such as: teaching; healthcare; public, private, and nonprofit domestic and foreign service; international business; marketing and advertising; social service agencies dealing with clients of diverse cultural backgrounds; museums and archives; as contract archaeologists for government agencies or private companies; library sciences; forensics; journalism and editorial services; translation and interpreting; research and design, and so forth.