Bachelor Of Arts [B.A] Anthropology

at James Madison University

Anthropology’s goal is to document the diversity of ways humans live and have lived throughout the world. Anthropologists go “off road,” working directly with people and their artifacts, to examine their beliefs and values, how they make a living, how they express themselves, how they interact, and how they affect and are affected by the natural world. 

Students develop their interests by taking a wide range of classes in cultural, linguistic and biological anthropology and archaeology. Anthropology majors can also do individually-driven practical and hands-on research in internships, anthropology labs, excavations and field-schools, and study-abroad programs.