Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Anthropology - Sociocultural Anthropology Option] From Appalachian State University

Anthropologists study everything humans do and create ? be it social organization, medicine and healing systems, economics, science, technology, literature and film, philosophy, indigenous knowledge systems and more. Anthropologists aim to better understand what it means to be human. Sociocultural anthropology focuses more specifically on the study of culture and society in cross-cultural contexts and looks at how people in various parts of the world organize themselves and understand their world.

In Appalachian?s Anthropology (BA) - Sociocultural Anthropology degree program, you will study with faculty who work in and teach on the cultures of India, Latin America, China, Native America, The Philippines, Appalachia, and the United States. Topics of specialization include medical anthropology, political anthropology, environmental anthropology, visual anthropology, and anthropological approaches to film, religion, social violence and more.