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Anthropology students at Baylor can earn a BA or BS degree in Anthropology or a Minor degree in Anthropology. The BS degree also offers a Concentration in Forensic Anthropology. While each of these majors has a core of required classes, students have the flexibility to follow more specialized tracks in accordance with their educational and career goals. Many students further refine their degrees with double majors or complimentary minors. The requirements for each degree are described below.
Program Overview
For students majoring in anthropology, the emphasis is on learning by doing. Students work in medical research, community studies, appropriate technology in the third world, archeological excavations, cultural surveys in the United States and abroad and environmental analysis in Texas.
B.S. Degree in Anthropology
For students pursuing the general BS in Anthropology degree, this major will prepare you for graduate studies with sufficient training in the basic areas of anthropology. It is suggested that the student take additional courses in related social, biological and behavioral sciences. Research shows that students with a degree in Anthropology have higher acceptance rates to medical school than students with a degree in Biology or Chemistry.
For students pursuing the BS degree with a concentration in Forensic Anthropology, this degree provides basic training in physical anthropology as well as an introduction to the subfield of forensic anthropology. Students will have the background to pursue graduate training in physical anthropology with an emphasis in forensic anthropology if they so choose. For students interested in pursuing a career in the forensic science field, it is recommended that s/he also complete the Minor in Forensic Science.
B.A. Degree in Anthropology
Professional anthropologist: The student who pursues the anthropology major will be prepared to enter graduate study with sufficient training in the basic areas of anthropology. It is suggested that the student take additional courses in related social, biological, and behavioral sciences.
Anthropology Minor
A minor in anthropology provides students a broad introduction to the discipline, without requiring the more specialized courses in the major. It designed to be complimentary to almost any other major, grounding students in the fundamentals of the while opening their minds to an anthropological perspective.