该系涵盖三个子领域：考古学，社会文化和语言人类学以及自然人类学。考古学专注于礼仪和文字，陶瓷分析，战争，古代文明，农业起源和博物馆研究。社会文化人类学提供一系列课程：民族志和社会理论经典，宗教，神话与礼仪，血缘与血统，历史人类学，文化与政治经济学，农业研究，生态学，环境与社会变革，医学人类学，情感，公共卫生，性含义和性别，后殖民地发展，种族，身份政治和散居，城市人类学，全球大众文化和现代性的替代。语言人类学包括语言，民族主义和意识形态，结构主义和符号学以及女权主义话语。身体人类学的重点是古人类学，进化论，
Students who enroll in one of the Anthropology Department’s Ph.D. programs join a vibrant and diverse community of scholars working to extend the disciplinary and interdisciplinary horizons of twenty-first century Anthropology. Students in all Ph.D. programs work closely with their advisers and other faculty to craft an appropriate sequence of graduate-level courses, professional experiences, and independent research culminating in a dissertation.