Undergraduate and graduate majors can earn credit by completing internships or externships, which provide students with an opportunity to practice the research skills learned in classes and to experience how applied research is conducted in non-academic settings, something that cannot be simulated in an academic environment.

Research facilities include the Cultural Anthropology Laboratory and the Center for Archaeological Studies (director Dr. Todd M. Ahlman), the Center for Art and Symbolism in Ancient America (director Dr. F. Kent Reilly), and the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (director Dr. Daniel Wescott).