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If you’ve always had an interest in big, interdisciplinary questions about humanity, human relationships, and the essential human condition; questions like “what does it mean to be human,” the Anthropology Department at Whitman College may be a perfect fit for you.
- From tracing the biological origins of the human species and the emergence of the earliest human civilizations to understanding the impact of globalization on different cultures and societies, Whitman’s anthropology major provides students with a powerful, interdisciplinary scientific, cultural and philosophical lens through which to view the world and humanity’s place in it.
- As an anthropology major at Whitman, you can expect to collaborate closely with distinguished, accessible faculty and to take advantage of a curriculum that balances rigorous theoretical learning in state-of-the-art classroom, library, and laboratory facilities along with a variety of archeological and ethnographic fieldwork and research opportunities, especially in the summer.
- In addition to focusing in the humanities and the natural and social sciences, we also encourage our anthropology students to study a foreign language and to opt for courses in such affiliated disciplines such as history, religious studies, and Asian studies. In their senior year, students also conduct faculty-supervised theoretical or field research towards a thesis in areas as wide ranging as a comparative study of American Jazz and Indian classical music traditions, and the persistence of indigenous languages in Pendleton, Oregon.
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