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