<p>Will i be stuck in an office doing lab work or will i be able to travel, studying different cultures around the world? If this is so what schools deal with this type of major?</p>
<p>Anthro covers a very wide range of topic areas. The basic divisions are physical, cultural, and linguistic. Some departments also teach archaeology.</p>
<p>Virtually every university has an Anthro department and they will vary in the emphasis they place on the 4 basic areas. As an undergrad you'll have a least a bit of each no matter where you go. You'll probably have fieldwork opportunities even at that stage.</p>
<p>Incidentally, I had a historical archaeology class last summer that involved documenting finds from the previous year's dig. The professor told us that for evey hour you spend in the field, you'll have 10 in the lab and library. He may have been exagerating a bit, but the fact is that it takes a long ttime to prepare material for analysis and then publication and if you don't publish, no-one will fund your next field project.</p>
<p>Thanks man, actually I have decided on one area, I think I might like Cultural anthropology because it involves travel. However, what kind of organizations hire cultural anthropologists? and is any one college known for having one of the best cultural. anthro. programs?</p>
<p>From the 1994 National</a> Academy of Science study of top Anthropology faculty (ratings out of 5):</p>
<ol>
<li>University of Michigan 4.77
University of Chicago 4.77</li>
<li>UC Berkeley 4.51</li>
<li>Harvard 4.43</li>
<li>University of Arizona: 4.11</li>
<li>UPenn 3.94</li>
<li>Stanford 3.71</li>
<li>Yale 3.67
UCLA 3.67
UCSD 3.67</li>
</ol>
<p>Do note that this ratings are only of faculty quality and are a bit dated. Nevertheless, I believe those are generally considered the premier anthropology programs.</p>
<p>Do these schools all include cultural anthropology?</p>
<p>Any premier anthropology department includes faculty that specialize in cultural anthropology.</p>
<p>I suggest you take a look at the Anthropology department websites for each those schools. They'll describe exactly what they offer.</p>
<p>I know you need funding but, what sort of people fund you? And is it a very competetive field that only a genius can keep the work up or can I be ummmm...me?</p>
<p>Is it a pretty stable field? And how long does it take to get a PhD in Cult. anthropology?</p>
<p>Five years is the typical minimum for a PhD but 6 to 8 years is not at all unusual. A decade old survey here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aaanet.org/surveys/97survey.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.aaanet.org/surveys/97survey.htm</a></p>
<p>pins average time in program at 8.5 years.</p>
<p>There is employment information at that page as well as tons of other info on that site.</p>
<p>Thanks WilliamC you've been loads of help!</p>
<p>What can you do with a degree in cultural anthropology? what kind of jobs?</p>
<p>Check out the American Anthropological Association website:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aaanet.org/careersbroch.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.aaanet.org/careersbroch.htm</a></p>