Anthropology
What is Anthropology?
"[Anthropology] is less a subject matter than a bond between
subject matters. It is in part history, part literature; in part
natural science, part social science; it strives to study men
both from within and without; it represents both a manner of looking
at man and a vision of man--the most scientific of the humanities,
the most humanist of sciences" --Eric Wolf, Anthropology,
1974.
Anthropology at Mason
The Anthropology program at George Mason covers the four main
sub-disciplines of anthropology. Cultural anthropology focuses
on the comparative study of social and cultural systems around
the world. Biological anthropology explores human origins, human
diversity, and the biological dimensions of humans as culture-bearing
animals. Archaeology studies material culture, especially the
material remains of past cultures. And Linguistics is the study
of the quintessentially human trait language.
Students are not required to remain within a single concentration.
They may pick and choose freely among courses in all four areas.
The concentrations prepare students to demonstrate a degree of
specialized competence to graduate schools and prospective employers.
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