Anthropology Department

Undergraduate Curriculum

Whether you're interested in anthropology as a major or minor, or just want to take a few courses, the William and Mary Anthropology Department has something for you.

Anthropologists study the hustle and bustle of modern corporations -- and the sounds of gorillas and baboons. There's archaeology, with it's stories about the past -- but the past also echoes in the customs and languages of everyone alive today.

Anthropologists are interested in both theoretical and applied pursuits. The discipline incorporates field work, data collection and analysis, but it is also extremely well suited to new theoretical insights and perspectives. Anthropology has long standing intellectual connections with History, Sociology, Biology - exchanging ideas and influences.

Anthropologists today work in a variety of settings, performing in a variety of jobs, most of which involve analyzing human behavior in some way or another. The study of people's cultural and physical evidences which anthropology provides can complement many other disciplines -- from law to economics, from business to teaching, from peace-keeping to police work.