The University of North Carolina (UNC) offers a bachelor of arts degree in the field of anthropology. The program at UNC has three primary areas of concentration that students can elect to follow: social formation and processes; history, meaning and materiality; and ecology and evolution. Students must take at least three courses in their declared concentration as part of the program. The school offers an honors program in the field as well as chances to study abroad. Courses offered as part of the three areas of concentration include fields such as environmentalism and American society, Darwin's dangerous idea, the art of healing and the science of curing, introduction to cultural anthropology, anthropology and social problems and introduction to folklore, among many others.
University of North Carolina
Department of Anthropology
CB #3115, 301 Alumni Building
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
919-962-1243
anthropology.unc.edu
The University of Missouri offers a second option for an undergraduate degree in anthropology. Students can earn either a bachelor of arts degree or a bachelor of arts with honors. In order to graduate with the undergraduate degree from Missouri, students must complete 18 hours of core courses in the fundamentals of archaeology, cultural anthropology, anthropological linguistics and introduction to biological anthropology. As part of the 18-hour requirement, students also take a capstone course in the field. The university's anthropology emphasizes three primary concentrations within the field: cultural anthropology, archaeological anthropology and biological anthropology.
University of Missouri
Department of Anthropology
107 Swallow Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-4731
anthropology.missouri.edu
Students wanting to pursue a degree in anthropology online may wish to consider Oregon State University (OSU). OSU offers both a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science degree in the field of anthropology through its extended campus. The program requires 180 credit hours, 60 of which must be upper division courses. In the anthropology field, students must take 49 credit hours in order to fulfill curriculum requirements. Courses of study offered as part of the program include introduction to both biological and cultural anthropology; wealth and poverty; natural resources and community values; cultures in conflict; biological and cultural constructions of race; and forensic anthropology.
Oregon State University Extended Campus
4943 The Valley Library
Corvallis, OR 97331
541-737-2676
ecampus.oregonstate.edu