Anthropologists study human beings from every time period, in every way possible, in all their complexity. The Department of Anthropology at Berkeley has long been ranked among the top five departments in the United States. Berkeley Anthropologists have a history of innovation and leadership in emergent areas of the discipline, whether conducting their research in modern biological labs, in globalizing villages throughout the world, or at places being developed as sites of cultural heritage and national identity. The Berkeley faculty includes the largest number of winners of the J. I. Staley Prize, awarded annually to an outstanding anthropology book by a living author, the only discipline-wide award in anthropology.
The Department offers the following degrees or concentrations:
- The Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology.
- An undergraduate minor in Anthropology.
- The Ph.D. in Anthropology (including archaeology, biological anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology).
- The Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology (in cooperation with the University of California, San Francisco).
- The Master of Arts in Folklore (through the interdisciplinary Folklore Program).
Undergraduate Student Learning Goals
Events
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Development of Written Language in the Ancient Near East
Tuesday October 13, -
Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook
Monday October 26, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. -
Darwin and the Evolution of a Theory
Thursday August 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
News
Professor James Holston wins book prize
Honors for Professor Aihwa Ong
Anthropology Students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Rachel Giraudo receives AAUW fellowship
Anthropology Graduate Students awarded Jacob Javits Fellowship
Anthropology major William Vega selected as one of 6 finalist for the University Medal