The Department of Anthropology has vibrant graduate and undergraduate degree programs. Undergraduate students may earn an anthropology degree through either a B.A. in Anthropology or B.S. in Human Health & Biology. Depending on the program, undergraduate degrees in anthropology require courses in one or more subfields, as well as course requirements in research methods, resulting in a well-rounded understanding of people in this country and around the world, both past and present. The department offers fieldwork opportunities and is active in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and the Honors College, so that undergraduates who so desire can obtain actual experience in anthropology. We maintain close ties with the Oklahoma Archaeological Survey and the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, and we encourage international study to augment these opportunities. Mobility, subsistence, and territoriality of Paleo Indian and Archaic hunters of the Plains, faunal analysis (Bement)
Bioarchaeology, archaeology of death, osteology, human remains, cremations, forensic anthropology, embodiment, social identity (Cerezo-Romn)
This 2-year program includes a specialized curriculum in Applied Medical Anthropology. Embedded in our Human Health and Biology (HHB) program https://www.ou.edu/cas/anthropology/graduate/hhb, students engage with medical, cultural, and biological anthropology perspectives on human health. The program prepares students to contribute anthropological knowledge and methods to health research, health care systems, and community health programs.
The MA in Applied Medical Anthropology program is geared toward students with a variety of career trajectories and goals, including those planning to work in health research, medical school applicants who need to bolster their applications, and health care providers who wish to broaden their perspectives on health, illness, and healing, and to gain new research skills.
