Anthropology Program Overview
What does it mean to be a human person?
How do cultures and societies develop?
Anthropology studies humans as biological and cultural beings in a holistic and comparative perspective. From our earliest beginnings to the present, the questions at the foundation of anthropology cross disciplines and force philosophers and scientists to face the limitations of their domains.
Our Anthropology Program offers students a broad-based, cross-cultural understanding of the dynamic nature of humankind, steeped in the Christian philosophical tradition and reliant upon the most advanced biological, sociological, and psychological insights.
Students will examine the methods and works of anthropologists and related researchers in a number of required and elective courses in each of the four principal subfields of anthropology: 1) cultural anthropology, 2) physical anthropology, 3) archaeology, and 4) linguistics. Anthropology majors will also receive valuable training by taking courses in the physical and social sciences, humanities, and communication arts.
At the end of this program, you will be well equipped to contribute to the bioethical, historical, and cultural discussions buzzing about what it is to be human and all that humanity entails.
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Alumni Profiles
Kurt Halligan ’18
History and Anthropology
Kurt Halligan recently graduated with a master’s degree in history from Duquesne University. There, he built on and presented the research of…
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Kristina Frandson ’18
Anthropology and Modern and Classical Languages
Kristina Frandson recently finished her master’s program in Human Osteoarchaeology at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. She greatly enjoys…
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Kevin Arkoosh ’17
Political Science & History
While at Franciscan, Kevin Arkoosh, served a summer internship on Capitol Hill for U.S. Senator James E. Risch (R-ID). Today, Arkoosh works full-time for Senator Risch as a legislative assistant,…
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Sean Farrell ’17
History
Sean Farrell is a law student at Indiana University McKinney School of Law. The challenging program builds on his time as a Franciscan undergraduate student.In addition to his studies, Farrell…
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Andrew Mihaly ’13
History & Education
Andrew Mihaly ’13 says attending Franciscan University allowed him to pursue his undergraduate degree in an environment where he “could truly flourish in my studies, my faith, and my social…
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Dan Woltornist ’12
Political Science, History, & Philosophy
No one can say senior political science major Dan Woltornist doesn’t come by his conservative political philosophy honestly.The grandson of not one, but two Russian immigrants who separately fled the…
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Beyond the Classroom
Austrian Semester Abroad
Grow, develop, and be formed into a more mature student by spending a semester in Franciscan’s Austrian program. You’ll expand your major in unbelievable ways by traveling to places such as Rome and the holy sites of Christendom, and through courses taught at a 14th-century monastery that also serves as your home.
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