After Graduation
What Skills Do You Develop?
Anthropology majors graduate with an impressive array of skills--for work and for life.
* Intensive training in fieldwork methods and ethnographic observation
* Experience conducting life histories, oral histories, and in-depth interviews
* Intercultural communication skills
* Critical thinking, reading, and writing skills
Anthropology majors hold internships in the nonprofit sector and participate in study abroad programs in Japan, Argentina, Spain, Egypt, France, India, Australia, and China. Intercultural experience and foreign language skills will make you a stronger job or graduate school applicant--they help you become a global citizen.
What career opportunities will Anthropology prepare you for?
Our students go on to careers in a wide range of fields.
* Urban Planning
* Curatorial and archival work at museums and historical societies
* Social work
* Journalism
* The nonprofit sector
* Political activism
* Entertainment industry and cutting-edge performance venues
* Consumer research and creative communications for marketing and advertising firms
* Teaching at language schools, primary and secondary schools, and colleges or universities
* Archaeological digs
* Graduate programs in numerous disciplines (urban planning, museum studies, anthropology, sociology, social work, international affairs)
See the Alumni tab to read profiles of recent Purchase Anthropology graduates
Anthropology majors graduate with an impressive array of skills--for work and for life.
* Intensive training in fieldwork methods and ethnographic observation
* Experience conducting life histories, oral histories, and in-depth interviews
* Intercultural communication skills
* Critical thinking, reading, and writing skills
Anthropology majors hold internships in the nonprofit sector and participate in study abroad programs in Japan, Argentina, Spain, Egypt, France, India, Australia, and China. Intercultural experience and foreign language skills will make you a stronger job or graduate school applicant--they help you become a global citizen.
What career opportunities will Anthropology prepare you for?
Our students go on to careers in a wide range of fields.
* Urban Planning
* Curatorial and archival work at museums and historical societies
* Social work
* Journalism
* The nonprofit sector
* Political activism
* Entertainment industry and cutting-edge performance venues
* Consumer research and creative communications for marketing and advertising firms
* Teaching at language schools, primary and secondary schools, and colleges or universities
* Archaeological digs
* Graduate programs in numerous disciplines (urban planning, museum studies, anthropology, sociology, social work, international affairs)
See the Alumni tab to read profiles of recent Purchase Anthropology graduates