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General Description / Special Programs
Grinnell-in-London, Grinnell-in-Washington
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Degrees
Degrees Offered Anthropology BA major
Highest Degree Offered BA/BS
BA/BS Field Areas
Anthropology
BA/BS Requirements
32 credits, including 4-field intro, 12 credits in three of the four subfields, methods, history of theory, and two seminars or one seminar and thesis. Also requires statistics course and one year non-native language.
Experience Offered
Internship
Other Degree Field Areas
Various interdisciplinary concentrations, including: Global Development Studies, Policy Studies, Environmental Studies, Linguistics, Technology Studies, and multiple area studies.
Internship / Grants / Funding
Internships Available 1
Internship Required 0
Internship Info <p>Diverse summer internships coordinated through the Center for Careers, Life, and Services (CLS).</p>
Grants Or Funding Funds available for advanced research (Mentored Advanced Projects) and summer internships. Small funds available through department for independent research.
Program Details
Research Facilities <p>Statistics and GIS software, electronic HRAF, computerized archaeological mapping and surveying equipment, skeletal collection of ancestral hominids and contemporary primates, archaeology lab, Data Analysis and Social Inquiry Lab. Various linked programs and centers, including the Center for Prairie Studies, and Peace and Conflict Studies.</p>
Certs Offered 0
Contacts
Affiliations
Associated Colleges of the Midwest
Online Courses
Online Courses: 0
Club / Honor Society
Anthropology Club: 1
Anthropology Club Info: Student Educational Policy Committee--Participates in faculty hiring and review, organizes departmental activities
Lambda Alpha Chapter: 0