Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Anthropology] From University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley

Emphasis is placed on exposing students to a holistic approach to anthropology that incorporates four major subfields ? cultural anthropology, physicalanthropology, archaeology, and folklore. A major or minor in anthropology is especially appropriate for professionals closely involved with people.Our graduates acquire skills useful in many careers rather than just skills applicable to one job. Students trained in our program should haveacquired oral and written communication skills, research skills, and "people" or "sociocultural" skills which qualify them well for careers ininternational business, government, politics, criminal justice, social work, and medicine or other health-related professions. Our graduates areespecially well prepared to practice in south Texas or a comparable area made special by the meeting of different cultures.