Anthropology

Anthropology, College of Letters & Science

Alia Gurtov, Professor John Hawks, and postdoctoral fellow Caroline VanSickle are pictured with human fossils. — Doctoral candidate Alia Gurtov, Professor John Hawks, and postdoctoral fellow Caroline VanSickle are pictured in the Biological Anthropology Lab. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)

Advisor: See website, http://www.anthropology.wisc.edu/for-undergraduates/ Departmental Office: 5240 Social Science Building (608-262-2866)

Field of Study: Biological anthropology is the study of the behavior, ecology, evolution, anatomy, and variation of primate species, including humans past and present.

Possible Careers: University or College professor; museum curator; medical or forensic anthropologist; demographer; epidemiologist; physician; veterinarian; nursing; public health here and, especially in other countries.

Special Opportunities & Additional Information

Anthropology Circle, a student organization.
Field trips to zoos and museums
Majors must take courses in three subdisciplines of anthropology: biological anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology
Summer Field School on Paleoanthropology at the famous fossil human locality of Swartkrans, South Africa

Selected Related Courses

Intro Biology: Recommended. Anthro 105 or 107 required
Calculus: Recommended
General Chemistry: Recommended
Organic Chemistry: None
Physics: None
Statistics: Recommended