回到人类学

主要的需求

The anthropology major at Trinity focuses on cultural anthropology, which is the interpretive study of human beings as they are culturally constituted and as they have lived in social groups throughout history and around the world. 人类学 is a comprehensive and comparative discipline that embraces human life in all of its diversity and complexity. 聚焦范围广, it seeks to understand in a non-ethnocentric manner why people—in both “exotic” and familiar settings—do what they do and what accounts for human differences as well as similarities. It asks how people use material and symbolic resources to solve, 以不同的方式, the problems of living in the world and with each other. To arrive at their interpretations, anthropologists interweave the sciences, 社会科学, 和人文, engaging in continuous dialogues with other disciplines.

Students majoring in anthropology study the discipline’s history, 方法, and contemporary concerns such as globalization, 环境, 医学和公共卫生, 城市化, 经济动荡. Since non-ethnocentric interpretations require familiarity with a particular cultural context, students also take courses concerning distinct ethnographic areas such as the Caribbean, 非洲, 欧洲, 北美, 和南亚. 除了, they take courses that emphasize issues of broad human concern, because interpretations of human similarities and differences can be achieved only through cross-cultural comparison. 在选修课上, students may choose either additional anthropology courses or appropriate courses in such cognate departments and programs as international studies, 经典, 宗教, 教育研究, 音乐, 社会学, 和女人, 性别, 和性. Students will learn to write research proposals, design and carry out research projects, and analyze and disseminate research results in a variety of formats and channels.

需求

The anthropology major requires 11 courses with a minimum grade of C-, including:

  • 四门核心课程.
    • 尖刺外壳101. Introduction to Cultural 人类学
    • 尖刺外壳301. 人种学方法与写作
    • 尖刺外壳302. History of Anthropological Thought
    • 尖刺外壳401. Advanced Seminar in Contemporary 人类学
  • 两门人种学课程. 例子包括:
    • 尖刺外壳228. 人类学 from the Margins of South Asia
    • 尖刺外壳243. Latin American and Caribbean Religions
    • 尖刺外壳305. 英国和爱尔兰的身份认同
    • ANTH 319: Contemporary Understandings of Puerto Rican Culture
  • Electives: Five electives in anthropology or in cognate subjects. At least one of these must be at the 300 level. 例子包括:
    • 尖刺外壳207. Anthropological Perspectives on Women and Gender
    • 尖刺外壳215. 医学人类学
    • 尖刺外壳227. Introduction to Political Ecology
    • 尖刺外壳245. 人类学与全球健康
    • ANTH 271: 人类学 of Museums
    • 304:物质宗教
    • 尖刺外壳308. 地方人类学

The Writing Intensive Part II requirement may be fulfilled by taking a 300- or 400-level course in anthropology.

Students considering a major in anthropology are strongly advised to take 尖刺外壳301. 人种学方法与写作 in their sophomore or junior years. Students must consult with their adviser to determine the exact mix of courses that will meet their particular objectives.

额外的机会

实习: The department is a strong supporter of both half-credit exploratory and full-credit internships. Students have undertaken internship projects including studies of the anthropology of policy while working in the CT Lieutenant Governor’s office; readings on the anthropology of museums while interning at the Wadsworth Atheneum; and exploring the anthropology of digital media while interning in the communications office for the Lego Group.

看职业 & Life Design Center website for more information on internships for credit and summer funding.

研究了: The department urges, but does not require, its students to study away for one or two semesters. Some programs offer courses the department recognizes as creditworthy toward the major: examples include Trinity programs in Capetown, and non-Trinity programs at SOAS in London, 爱丁堡, 伦敦大学, 伊斯坦布尔的bogazi大学, DIS在哥本哈根, and Australian National University. Some students remain abroad following their program courses to collect data for a subsequent honors thesis project. Early consultation with the department chair is advised for any student who wishes to study away and intends to take courses that could count toward the major.

荣誉: In order to be eligible for honors in anthropology, students must have a B+ grade average in the major. Students who wish to qualify for honors must write a two-credit senior thesis. The first credit is based on a one-semester independent study in the fall of their senior year. Following the successful completion of the independent study, and with approval from the department, students may register for a one credit senior thesis in the spring. 荣誉 will be awarded to students who have an A- or better on their thesis and who have maintained at least a B+ grade average in the major.

Here are some examples of recent theses:

  • “In 搜索 of Belonging: Reimagining Nostalgia and The Construction of Diasporic Identities” by Melina A. 塔瓦雷斯，2023届毕业生
  • “Reimagining Yiddishkeit: Place and Belonging in a Modern Orthodox Synagogue Community” by Joshua Jacoves, 2023届毕业生