Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology

Anthropology distinguishes itself from related fields in Social Sciences and Humanities by emphasizing sustained and intimate engagement with people's lived experiences. Our curriculum prepares students to understand and communicate the linkages between culture and power in changing, local, national, and global circumstances as they affect people's daily lives. Our courses explore anthropology through engagement in and beyond the classroom with pressing issues surrounding the new economy, gender, human rights, legal systems, transnational migration, politics, race, religion, and social justice.

The Department of Anthropology is a tight-knit community of faculty and students that learn from one another. As an undergraduate department with a focus on cultural anthropology, faculty and students not only work together in the classroom but also outside the classroom by hosting speakers, working groups, and other events. Faculty research and teaching areas of interest include human rights, legal anthropology, political ecology, post-colonialism, social movements, migration, trafficking, labor, religion, race and gender. Faculty have conducted research throughout the world. The Department's faculty not only are active scholars but also regularly engage with policy makers, the media, and non-governmental organizations. The faculty's scholarship and advocacy are a part of what has been termed public anthropology. This commitment to social justice, both in and out of the classroom, dovetails with Georgetown's mission to understand and take action on issues of injustice close to home and across the globe.

A complete application should include -
Georgetown Application for First-Year Admission
Georgetown Application Supplement
Secondary School Report (including transcript)
Teacher Recommendation
Georgetown University requires submission of SAT and/or ACT scores as part of our holistic application review process. Candidates for admission should submit official score reports from the College Board and/or ACT.
SAT (SAT Code 5244)
Students must submit an official score report from The College Board.
Georgetown only considers the Verbal (EBRW) and Math portions of the SAT in our review process.
The Committee on Admissions will consider the highest EBRW score and the highest Math score from multiple test administrations.
ACT (ACT Code 0668)
Students must submit an official score report.
Georgetown only considers the English, Math, Reading, and Science sections of the ACT in our review process.
Georgetown does not use the new ACT super score optional reports. Please send all individual ACT scores to our office from each ACT test administration as we are not a score choice school.

Georgetown recommends, but does not require, results from an English language proficiency test for students who attend a school where English is not the language of instruction.
Georgetown accepts results from the DET (Duolingo English Test), IELTS, or TOEFL (PBT, iBT and IPT Plus versions), to fulfill this recommendation.