The Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Anthropology at Shorelight University of Utah offers you a comprehensive exploration of human societies, cultures, and biological origins. This undergraduate degree is ideal for curious minds who seek to understand the diversity of human experience across time and space, from our evolutionary past to contemporary global challenges. You will delve into the core sub-disciplines of cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, archaeology, and evolutionary ecology, developing a nuanced perspective on what it means to be human. This program equips you with critical analytical skills to engage with complex social and biological questions.
You will study this degree full-time on campus over four years, engaging with foundational courses such as Culture and the Human Experience and Human Origins, Evolution and Diversity. The curriculum includes a range of lower-division and upper-division electives, allowing you to tailor your studies, alongside a required 5000-level advanced elective. Throughout your degree, you will develop research methodologies and analytical frameworks, culminating in a potential independent research project or thesis. Graduates are prepared for diverse career paths in research, policy, non-profit work, and international development.