人类学将对社会生活的文化基础的研究与人类过去的物质证据相结合。在社会人类学中，我们研究了“不像我们”的人群之间以及人群中的关系，无论来自哪个人群，作为研究人员的“我们”都可能属于我们。通过比较，我们发现了世界各地日常生活中令人惊讶的差异。在考古学中，我们研究了人类过去的物质证据–从诸如拉帕·努伊（Eapa Island）的礼仪雕像之类的纪念碑结构到诸如柱子和石器之类的较小的便携式文物–以便更好地了解我们的人类起源和社会和过去的环境。希望专门研究考古学的人类学专业的学生。
Anthropology has been taught as a major for the Bachelor of Arts (BA) since 1966. The major normally takes three years and requires a minimum of nine papers in the subject, out of 20 papers for a BA. We also offer our graduate students a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts, which are both one-year courses available following the completion of a BA. Those students who do not want to major in Anthropology can pick up some anthropology papers as part of their degree, or do a minor in the subject, which requires a minimum of five papers.