These degree requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their major advisor and CLAS advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.<br>Anthropology is the study of human origins and evolution, the present conditions of human life and the prospects for the future. It considers human beings as biological and social entities and seeks to explain both diversities and commonalities of peoples and cultures. For undergraduates, anthropology provides a rich overview of human life. It also introduces them to a variety of skills and practical research methods anthropologists apply in laboratory and field studies of the ecological constraints on human existence, the cultural bases of individual and organizational behavior and the problems and circumstances relating to the maintenance of today's healthy, productive human action in general. Anthropological training provides entry to a variety of careers in archaeology, museology, education, community service, public administration, public health, international affairs and business. The specific skills it provides are useful to students of environmental design, city planning, community development, the medical and nursing professions and allied health sciences, law, public affairs and secondary education.<br><br>Student Learning Goals<br>Demonstrate familiarity with the history of anthropological thoughts, theories, and current major schools of thought within the discipline.<br>Demonstrate familiarity with human diversity, particularly people and cultures in at least one geographic region of the world over time (ELO of intercultural knowledge and competence, civic knowledge and engagement on a local and global level).<br>Apply anthropological research methods in collecting, organizing, and analyzing data in at least one subfield of anthropology (ELO of inquiry and analysis, critical thinking, quantitative literacy, information literacy, problem solving, ethical reasoning and action, foundations and skills for lifelong learning and integrative and applied learning).<br>Demonstrate competence in reading and critical evaluation of information from the perspective of behavioral science and from the perspectives of anthropological theory and ethics, thus fulfilling requirements for the well-rounded liberal arts education (ELO of critical thinking, reading, quantitative literacy, information literacy, problem solving, ethnical reasoning and action, foundations and skills for lifelong learning, and integrative and applied learning).