Bachelor of Science in Anthropology

Baylor University

As a discipline, anthropology studies human diversity across time and space, attempting to understand the human past, present, and future using tools and techniques from various sub-fields like biological anthropology, archaeology, and sociocultural anthropology. It utilizes a comparative approach between people/populations and among different species to understand the forces that have shaped their ways of life.We aim to educate students to address real-world problems through a combination of classroom learning, seminars and hands-on field and laboratory research opportunities. This can include, for example, examining fossil casts or modern human bones, studying at the zoo or in villages in developing countries, and digging for artifacts in the fields or just facts in the library.Our faculty pursues research in disease diagnostics and other biomarkers, Global and One Health, evolutionary medicine, human biology, child development, applied anthropology, ecological anthropology, forensic anthropology, fossil excavation, modern Mayan cultures, DNA analyses, and both historic and prehistoric archaeology. Research sites include Central and Latin America, the Caribbean, West, East, and South Africa, near Eastern Mediterranean, South Pacific, and Texas. All of these projects offer excellent opportunities for students to participate in primary research working alongside their professors.

College of Arts and Sciences