爱荷华大学

Learning Outcomes

Students should be able to:

• describe a broad range of changing and diverse human experiences and activities across time and space;
• relate one’s cultural background, including the social constructs of race, gender and other categories of inequality, to one’s perceptions and experiences;
• understand the evolutionary perspective as it applies to primates, including human origins, behavior, ecology, and biocultural variation;
• apply anthropological research tools from the four fields of anthropology linguistic anthropology, biological anthropology, archaeology, and sociocultural anthropology to collect and interpret data; and
• effectively communicate anthropological concepts and findings in speech and writing.

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in anthropology requires a minimum of 120 s.h., including 33 s.h. of work for the major. Students must maintain a g.p.a. of at least 2.00 in all courses for the major and in all UI courses for the major.

The major in anthropology prepares individuals for advanced training or careers in anthropology, allied fields, and professional programs. Students who complete an anthropology major gain special understanding of human relations and expertise for jobs involving international or cross-cultural work, cultural resource management, and in responding to social and ethnic diversity, whether in the United States or globally.

Upon graduation, anthropology majors embark on careers in government, international affairs, conservation, economic development, public health, cultural resource management, urban and regional planning, social work, museum work, and education. Many go on to help resolve contemporary world problems by working with international or domestic organizations such as AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps, and Teach for America. Some pursue graduate study in anthropology or related social and natural sciences, while others earn degrees in business, law, or the health professions.