The anthropology major results in a broad understanding of humans and the human condition, both past and present. Students are required to pursue a course of study that leads to training in all subdisciplines of anthropology.
The recognized subdisciplines of anthropology are:
- Archaeology
- Cultural Anthropology
- Biological Anthropology
- Linguistic Anthropology
- Public & Applied Anthropology
Undergraduate course offerings include but are not limited to:
- Lab based classes (flintknapping, ceramics, primatology, osteology, human origins)
- Internships, Study Abroad and Field Schools
- Area Studies (North America, Latin America, Middle East)
- Methods (public anthropology, ethnographic methods, archaeology methods, GIS, quantitative methods, digital anthropology)
The anthropology faculty conducts research in many areas and has projects in locations that include:
- Argentina
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Caribbean
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Egypt
- Florida
- Guatemala
- Ireland
- Lithuania
- Malta
- Mexico
- Peru
- Poland
- The Philippines
- Turkey
- United States
The anthropology faculty also maintains eight research facilities on the UCF main campus:
- BioARC Lab
- Forensic Anthropology Lab
- Geophysical Lab
- Interdisciplinary Geospatial Science Lab
- Latin American and Caribbean Archaeology Lab
- Lithic & Ceramic Analysis Archaeology Lab
- Paleoethnobotany Archaeology Lab
- The UCF Laboratory for Bioarchaeological Sciences