佛罗里达国际大学

It is human nature to question our origins and culture. It is also human nature to analyze relationships and social structures. As long as people have lived, anthropologists have studied human beings, their characteristics, ancestry, physiology and evolution. At the same time, sociologists have studied human relationships in society and the interactions of organized groups. The Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology, with an Anthropology track allows students to concentrate in anthropology, so they may fully discover cultures and societies and their stories.

The anthropology track emphasizes cultural practices in particular places, such as the influence of language, how people organize, govern and create meaning. Students will obtain broad and valuable investigative skills to decode simple, traditional and non-industrialized societies and will be able to reconstruct past cultures based on archeological finds and data.

By pursuing this bachelor’s degree program, students will acquire a global perspective and valuable analytic skills including social survey techniques, ethnography, social statistical sampling methods, computerized social data analysis, and computer-based mapping of social phenomena. Graduates will gain a broad view and thorough understanding of our universal human experience past, present and future.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of this bachelor’s degree program will be able to assess the needs of companies with a worldwide presence. International firms in public relations, advertising, journalism, government and planning, education, law, social services, research companies-these are just a few examples of the vast array of fields applicable to Sociology and Anthropology graduates.

Our graduates have successfully secured positions as administrators, chief executives, educators, sociologists, anthropologists, historians, clergy, instructional coordinators, writers, government officials, and urban planning managers, to name a few.