Anthropology and Sociology

the painted rock in the QuadAnthropology explores the range of cultural and biological differences and similarities among all peoples. Some topics we cover in this discipline include: evolution, environment, symbolism, values, art, healing, religion and consciousness. Anthropology’s emphasis upon cultural relativism reveals the rich diversity of human life within the global setting.

Sociology investigates social interaction, the societal forces of inequality, power, and the role of social structure including the family, economics, politics, education, religion and the media. These forces collectively organize the lens through which we in turn organize and makes sense of our behavior and relationships.

With integrative study in anthropology and sociology, students learn to appreciate, understand and investigate how diversities and social structural arrangements among people affect the distribution of power around the globe. Furthermore, you'll study how this distribution of power impacts the possibilities for people to co-exist in a fair, socially just world and to personally live robust and ecologically sustainable lives.

The B. A. in anthropology and sociology prepares you for careers that require people management skills in a complex global world. Examples include the service industry, in social work, in police/correctional agencies, in social activist agencies, in personnel agencies of corporations and in the nonprofit management sector.

Degree Requirements

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Course Descriptions, Program Information, Degree Requirements

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