{"id":4772,"date":"2025-09-02T15:05:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/?post_type=program-page&p=4772"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:58:54","slug":"ba-anthropology","status":"publish","type":"program-page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/academics\/programs\/ba-anthropology\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthropology<\/h1>

BA<\/a> • Major<\/a>, Minor<\/a><\/p>

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The Anthropology program invites curious minds into an exploration of what makes us human \u2013 our origins, cultural practices, languages, belief systems, and social structures. Drawing from all four subfields (cultural, physical, archaeological, linguistic) plus applied anthropology, students develop a nuanced, interdisciplinary understanding of human behavior and global issues, preparing them to engage with a rapidly evolving world.<\/p>\n

The curriculum offers several tracks, including community development, K-6 teacher certification, combined BA \/ MS Sustainability Sciences and minors in Anthropology, Archaeology and Urban Humanities.<\/p>\n

Students get hands-on learning experience via fieldwork, lab excavation, applied research, internships and more. Graduates emerge from the Anthropology program equipped to drive change in many sectors including education, nonprofits, museums, public policy, cultural resource management, environmental planning and more.<\/p>\n

Here, engaged, global-minded students will find a launchpad for careers that make a real-world impact and give deeper meaning to our shared human story.<\/p>\n

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