Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Archaeology] From Sweet Briar College

Students learn how common processes and connections help us understand different cultures. Majors gain an understanding of anthropology practices, from the field?s emergence as a 19th-century discipline to its part in the contemporary global movement.

Students take courses that are regionally focused ? on Africa, the Mediterranean or the Middle East ? and courses that conceptually and ethnographically explore a topic. Such topics could include family and kinship, forms of exchange and the meaning of commodities, or rituals and beliefs.

Students pursue their own research projects and learn to write purposefully in different styles. Some develop their majors while studying abroad though Sweet Briar?s?JYF?or?JYS?programs or completing internships in countries such as Greece, Croatia, South Africa, Japan, Ireland and Turkey.