Merry Bruns
Director, CASC

You feel pretty sure you want to go into anthropology. Or maybe move on with your BA into a graduate degree program.

How do you find a good school or department? The best way is to start talking with the anthropology or science professors at your school now. Check with your school's student advisors- or track down anthropology professors at your local universities and colleges. Even if you don't go to their institution, they'd probably be happy to help advise you about making a good choice.

Try the American Anthropological Association Web page, and go to their Careers section-they've got lots of information about becoming and anthropologist. They also publish a directory of anthropology departments, which your school library might have.

Anthropology organizations often have Web sites now, and are an exellent place for advice. Jump to my Organizations and Departments page on the CASC site to start tracking them down.

You can even check your local natural history museum to see if there are people you can talk to-or, if you're in a big enough city, look for your State Archeologist. But the best way to track down a good program is to talk to people-they're your best resource, overall.

Here's a link to Colleges and University WWW Homepages. It's a big listing-so take some time with it.

For Applied Anthropology, go to the listing of Graduate Programs provided by ANTHAP.