人类学文学士

人类学是对全世界历史和当代文化及语言多样性的研究。它是一个广泛的领域，分为四个领域：社会文化人类学，当代社会研究，考古学，过去社会物质遗迹的研究，语言学，语言结构和原理的研究以及生物人类学，有关人类进化和人类生物多样性的研究。在弗吉尼亚大学，我们专门研究这些领域中的前三个领域。
Anthropology majors develop expertise in historical and contemporary cultural and linguistic diversity as well as skills in reading, research, and writing that give them excellent preparation for many professional careers. Some students go on to graduate school to become professional anthropologists, archaeologists, and linguists and pursue careers in teaching, research, museum work, or applied anthropology and archaeology. Many go on to careers in law, medicine, social services, and other professions, where they find their work greatly aided and enhanced by their background in anthropology. In addition, many businesses are interested in hiring anthropologists, archaeologists, and linguists today, since our current era of globalization demands an appreciation of different cultural and linguistic perspectives. And, finally, we have a wonderful program that allows enterprising undergraduate majors to complete both the BA and an MA in anthropology with just one additional year. Anthropology is the study of historical and contemporary cultural and linguistic diversity throughout the world. It is a broad field that is divided into four areas:<br>Socio-cultural anthropology: the study of contemporary societies<br>Archaeology: the study of the material remains of past societies<br>Linguistics: the study of the structure and principles of language<br>Biological anthropology: the study of human evolution and human biological diversity<br>Our faculty include specialists in the first three of these areas. We have three archeologists on the Anthropology faculty who specialize in the archaeology of South America, the Middle East, and Africa. Four faculty are linguists, with particular expertise in Native American, Middle Eastern, and Melanesian languages. The majority of the faculty are socio-cultural anthropologists, whose teaching and research interests span the globe and engage numerous theoretical and topical interests. Particular geographical concentrations include the cultures of East Asia, Indonesia, Melanesia, the Caribbean, Native Central and South America, Europe, and North America. We have affiliated Anthropology and related faculty in other departments and programs whose coursework contributes to the Anthropology major.