Anthropology

Address: 426 Graham Building
Phone: 336.334.5132
Web site: www.uncg.edu/ant

Majors & Concentrations

• Anthropology (BA) U101
• Anthropology (Social Studies Lic) (BA) U102

What's unique about Anthropology at UNCG?

We teach, research, and practice anthropology to explore the human experience across time and space, critically analyzing the interactions between culture, identity, and power.

The department participates in interdepartmental programs in African American Studies, Archaeology, International Studies, and Linguistics.

The licensure in social studies allows the student to receive a B.A. in Anthropology and simultaneously pursue high school teaching licensure in social studies.

The Accelerated Master's Program allows the student to receive a B.A. in Anthropology and either a Master of Arts in Economics or a Master of Business Administration in approximately five years.

Academic Clubs and Organizations

• Lambda Alpha (National Honor Society for Anthropology Majors) requires a 3.50 GPA; Dr. Susan Andreatta, Advisor
• The Student Anthropology Society (SAS) strives to encourage interest and academic involvement in anthropology through lectures, field trips, concerts, and social outings.

Student Opportunities

Students have opportunities to engage in hands-on learning experiences and ongoing research projects in the laboratory, field, and community. Students in the department can participate in projects involving archaeological fieldwork at regional prehistoric and historic sites, ethnographic research among North Carolina farmers and newly settled immigrants, forensic anthropology, prehistoric archaeological sites in Mexico, laboratory research in skeletal biology, and aging, identity and possessions research. Select undergraduates may participate in ongoing ethnographic research in Mexico.

Students are encouraged to present their research at national and regional professional conferences. In recent years, students have traveled to Washington, D.C., Tampa, and Santa Fe to present their research projects.

The department's internship opportunity contact is Dr. Susan Andreatta.

Graduates/Careers

• Graduates can continue in professional anthropology or combine with other courses of study (double majors) to enhance career possibilities and professional development. Anthropologists are often qualified to work for government agencies, in business settings, and as analysts in the Central Intelligence Agency or for non-profits.
• Careers of former UNCG anthropology students include research analysts at the National Academy of the Sciences, associate professor at Georgia State University, information security officer at Bank of America Corporation, and various positions in non-profit organizations.
• Graduate schools attended by our students include the University of New Mexico, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of South Carolina, the University of South Florida, Western Carolina University, the University of Tennessee, the University of Maryland, Purdue University, Michigan State University, East Carolina University, Rice University, Indiana University, and the University of Kentucky.

A Message from the Department Head

Our program stresses a holistic understanding of humans in society, past and present. We encourage students to use the full range of methodological and theoretical perspectives available within anthropology as a discipline and UNCG as an institution to better understand the human condition. We are particularly dedicated to providing students with as much "hands-on" learning as possible.

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