Anthropology Department

By exploring other people’s lives, traditions, and values, you will be equipped to understand and appreciate their own multicultural society.

Saint Mary’s Anthropology Department offers the personalized attention of a tight-knit liberal arts college alongside a rigorous research university experience. Our outstanding faculty will guide you  2.5 million years of human culture and social development, from the Paleolithic Era to the present day. We’ll challenge you to apply anthropological insights to contemporary social issues like human rights, cultural resource management, and political and economic injustices.

Along the way, you’ll develop your skills of analysis, critical thinking, and communication, highly prized strengths for any field.