What Can I do With a Major

Major: Anthropology

Description of Major:
Anthropology is the study of humans and their cultures at different levels of social complexity, in different environments, and at different times and places. Anthropologists view humanity comparatively and consider the interplay between biology and culture in forming human behavior. Anthropological study has four foci:
Biological anthropology: the study of the evolution and biology of humans and other primates.
Cultural anthropology: the study of the various ways of life of recent and present-day peoples.
Archaeological anthropology: the study of past cultures through analysis of their material remains.
Linguistic anthropology: the study of language in its cultural context.
Each of these contributes to a discipline that attempts to understand how and why humans look and behave the way they do. (MU Department of Anthropology

http://anthropology.missouri.edu/programs/undergrad/undergrad.html)

Related Career Titles:
Anthropologist
Physical Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Curator
Collections manager
Conservator, Artifacts (Preservationist)
Development officer
Museum director
Museum educator
Exhibit designer
Museum librarian
Tour guide/ Docent
Ethnologist
Diplomat
Foreign service officer
Professor
Social worker
Sociologist
Teacher, secondary education
Archivist
Genealogist
Geographer
Historian

Employment Areas :
Universities and Colleges
Museums
Federal Agencies
National Park Service
International Agencies
Consulting firms
Contract archaeology firms
Physical anthropology laboratories
Public and private research organizations
Government agencies
Nonprofit associations
Private corporations

Related Links:
American Anthropological Association
http://aaanet.jobcontrolcenter.com/search.cfm

Society of Research Administrators International
http://jobs.srainternational.org/

Careers in Anthropology
http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/anth/careers.htm

Career in Anthropology- FAQ http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismdepts/anthro/dlcfaq.html

American Association of Physical Anthropologists
http://www.physanth.org/careers/

American Anthropological Association
http://www.aaanet.org/careers.htm

Society for Applied Anthropology
http://www.sfaa.net/

University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Anthropology http://web.missouri.edu/~anthwww/