Liberal Arts and Sciences: Humanities and Social Sciences — Anthropology concentration
SUNY ADK offers a Humanities and Social Sciences concentration in Anthropology. Anthropology is the study of humankind, providing insight into diversity in cultures and peoples around the world. Invaluable skills such as communication, critical-thinking and problem-solving make up this degree.
- Degree
- Associate in Arts
- Program Type
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Career-oriented degrees
- Pathway
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Credits
- 64
Learning outcomes
- Develop sufficient background in an Anthropology discipline to qualify for upper-level study.
- Demonstrate the skills and knowledge needed to think critically.
- Employ effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Articulate the presence and influence of diversity within societies such as the United States and those in Western Europe, as well as throughout the world.
- Demonstrate the skills and knowledge related to personal health and fitness, lifelong sports, and recreational wellness.
- Examine expression and the creative process in one or more of the areas of humanities.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the scientific method.
- Identify basic factors relevant to the analysis of human behavior.
Curriculum and requirements
Students take introductory courses cultural anthropology, physical anthropology and archaeology. Anthropology uses a holistic approach, combining knowledge, information and skills from related fields, including sociology, biology, geology, political science, economics, geography, psychology and forensic science.
Educational journey
SUNY Adirondack's Anthropology concentration prepares graduates for further education. Popular transfer institutions for this program include: University at Albany | SUNY Plattsburgh | SUNY Potsdam | SUNY Binghamton
Field experience
Students gain practical experience from our annual archaeology field school. Students may take a Forensic Anthropology course, which includes a field project. SUNY Adirondack has an award-winning World Studies Club that provides opportunities for students to engage in extracurricular activities. The club has taken trips to places of anthropological interest in cities, including Boston, St. Louis, Tucson, Washington, D.C., Montreal, Philadelphia and New York. After earning bachelor's degrees and beyond, graduates become: Anthropologists | Archivists | Historians
World view
Three or four weeks in Peru and Bolivia altered my perception of who I am, who we are as a culture, and what other people are."
