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Why Choose SUU for Anthropology?

A diverse course plan explores social development, prehistoric culture change, and medical evolution. Students are encouraged to question ethnocentric beliefs, attitudes, and prejudices. Passionate professors contribute to professional journals, actively participate in the anthropology research community, and often earn university awards for teaching, research and service.

Anthropology graduates excel in diverse careers, including as archaeologists for both the government and private sector, forensic scientists for law enforcement agencies, museum educators and curators, interpretive rangers for the National Park Service, user-experience researchers for businesses, and development officers for international non-profit organizations. Some anthropology graduates pursue PhDs in archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics, or cultural anthropology.