Program Learning Outcomes: Anthropology

• Students will possess factual knowledge in the fields of anthropology and/or archaeology, including the role of culture and social structures in shaping individual lives and human societies.
• Students will have the ability to understand, describe, and critically assess theories, principles, and concepts central to the anthropological and/or archaeological fields.
• Students will demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to design ethical anthropological/archaeological research and to apply anthropological/archaeological concepts and methods in field research or other forums.
• Students will possess and demonstrate critical and analytical thinking and reasoning skills to understand, describe, and critically assess the role of culture and social structures in shaping individual lives, and to understand, describe, and critically assess inequalities based on race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexualities, immigration status, etc.
• Students will analyze personal experiences (inclusive of educational experiences), including experiential learning projects, using the anthropological/archaeological imagination.