Course description
The Bachelor of Arts degree allows students to pursue Anthropology or Afro-American Studies as a major focus in the context of a liberal arts curriculum. The degree in anthropology is a balance of applied research and a broad-based academic curriculum, providing not only insights into the nature of humankind, but also the background necessary to find career opportunities wherever understanding of human beings and sensitivity to ethnic differences are needed. The undergraduate anthropology program places equal emphasis on all of the discipline's traditional four fields - cultural anthropology, archaeology, bio-physical anthropology and linguistic anthropology, providing a solid foundation for further graduate training, or for careers in applied fields such as cultural resource management.
The Anthropology Department is located near the center of the UNLV campus in newly renovated Wright Hall. Faculty and students work in high-tech and comfortable classrooms and offices.
In its 50-year history, UNLV has undergone an amazing transformation from a small branch college into a thriving urban research institution of 28,000 students and 3,300 faculty and staff.
Along the way, the urban land-grant university has become a dynamic resource for one of the country's fastest-growing and most enterprising cities. UNLV's 332-acre main campus, located on the southern tip of Nevada in a desert valley surrounded by mountains, is home to more than 220 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degree programs, all accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
Centrally located in Las Vegas, UNLV has a beautiful campus with extensive computer, library and residential facilities connected by spacious lawns and walkways shaded by trees and complemented by desert foliage. Just outside the campus are apartments, restaurants, shopping centers, libraries, hospitals and all the other hallmarks of a modern urban area.
The university is integral to the cultural environment of a city which bills itself as the Entertainment Capital of the World. The Master Series features world-class artists and performers, while the Barrick Lecture Series attracts some of the foremost thinkers of our time to the campus.
