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University of West Alabama Bachelor in Anthropology
University of West Alabama

University of West Alabama

Bachelor in Anthropology

Livingston, USA

Bachelor's degree

English

Sep 2025

On-Campus

Key Summary

    About: The Bachelor in Anthropology explores human behavior, culture, and societies across various contexts. It offers students the chance to engage with anthropological theories and methods, developing critical thinking and analytical skills while understanding diverse cultural practices.
    Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue careers in fields such as cultural heritage management, social research, community development, and education. Additional opportunities may include roles in non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, and international development.

Anthropology is the comparative study of human diversity, past and present. It examines behaviour, relationships and meaning within and between different societies and cultures. This major incorporates the study of key anthropological theories, and the history of the discipline, and introduces students to anthropological perspectives on religion and ritual, politics, kinship and land rights, and ecology and environment.

This major incorporates the study of key anthropological theories, history of the discipline, and introduces students to anthropological perspectives on: religion and ritual, politics, kinship and land rights, and ecology and environment. It does so in a way that explores local experiences yet addresses the ‘big questions' for the future of human societies, not least that of climate change. The major provides students with a comprehensive overview of one of the social sciences' core research methods - ethnography.

Throughout, an emphasis is placed upon active learning and assessment, which enable students to develop job-ready skills, for working in fields such as: heritage, community and social development, or policy and analysis – in Australia, or anywhere in the world.