Anthropology
Explore the BA in Anthropology and find out about program requirements, courses and faculty.
Career Possibilities
The options below are a starting point to explore potential career paths. Additional training, and experiential learning may be needed to pursue these possibilities.
Acquired Skills
- Oral and Written Expression
- Interviewing
- Formulating & testing hypotheses
- Conducting/explaining scientific research
- Writing descriptive reports
- Reading comprehension
- Cross cultural communication
- Critical thinking
- Analyzing
- Observation
- Attention to detail
Career Titles
- Analyst
- Applied Anthropologist
- Archaeologist
- Archivist
- Art Director
- Conservator
- Consultant
- Counselor
- Cultural Anthropologist
- Curator
- Ecologist
- Educator
- Forensic Scientist
- Fund-raiser
- Health Services Provider
- Lawyer
- Market Researcher
- Museum Exhibit Designer
- Park Guide/Ranger
- Physical Anthropologist
- Professor
- Project Evaluator
- Researcher
- Social Worker
- Teacher
- Tour Guide
- Web Designer
Types of Organizations that Hire
- Museums
- Zoos
- Government
- International Businesses
- Not-for-Profit
- Banks
- Private Industry
- Health Care Agencies
- Advertising/Market Development
- Cultural Organizations
- Social Service Agencies
- Educational Institutions
Career Information and Professional Association Links
- Employers by major
- American Anthropological Association (AAA)
- AAA Careers in Anthropology
- National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
- Society for Applied Anthropology
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American Association of Physical
Anthropologists - Society for American Archeology
- New York Archaeological Council
- New York State Archaeological Association
- Society for Medical Anthropology
- The American Alliance of Museums
- American Ethnological Society
- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Jobs in Public Service and Administration
- Occupational Outlook Handbook Online: job type descriptions, job growth forecasts, and salary information
Job Search Links
- Career Development Center: log into Purchase JobScore to access jobs posted for Purchase students and alumni
- Idealist: nonprofit website for internships and jobs
- Anthropology Careers & Employment
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: information and jobs
- New York City Department of Education
- HigherEdJobs: jobs in higher education
- Social Service: great list of variety of social service jobs
- USAJOBS: official jobs website of the US federal government
- State of New York: find opportunities with New York State
- Anthropology Internship Program: American Museum of Natural History
- Smithsonian: Smithsonian jobs, internships, volunteer, and fellowships.
- New York Archaeology Job Board
- Peace Corps
- Teach for America
- NYC Teaching Fellows