<p>What are some pros and cons of the anthro program for someone interested in biological anthropology and archaeology?</p>
<p>The anthro department at Wash U is great. It’s certainly in the top 5 most popular majors at Wash U. I’ve personally taken two classes in it and loved them – each professor was arguably the most prominent in their field. Since I’m not personally majoring in it, my experience is limited to my couple of classes and some friends who do have it as a major. Seems that cultural anthro is the specific sub-field that has the most faculty and classes. A fair amount of people combine anthro with linguistics or biology. I don’t know an anthro major that hasn’t studied abroad, and an inordinate amount seem to do the Senior Honors Thesis (which, otherwise, is much a much rarer occurrence for students in other majors) which means working with professor(s) and doing pretty in-depth research. Take a look at the department’s website to get a feel for plethora of courses and faculty. [Department</a> of Anthropology](<a href=“http://anthropology.artsci.wustl.edu%5DDepartment”>http://anthropology.artsci.wustl.edu) </p>
<p>I don’t think many colleges offer archaeology majors so the fact that you can do both that and Anthro at Wash U is certainly a plus. Sadly, I have no experience with it, but it sounds really cool and something easily integrated with Anthro.</p>
<p>Thank you, I really appreciate a human, not a website telling me the program is constantly sending people abroad and into in-depth research.</p>
<p>Anthro at WashU is great! The dept. faculty is really great across the board. I’m an archaeology minor, so I’ve taken a bunch of anthro classes, if you have any more specific questions.</p>
<p>Are there any shortfalls in the deptartment?</p>