<p>Hey all!</p>
<p>I'm an undergraduate freshman thinking about transferring. I'm looking for schools that offer a B.S. in Anthropology, preferably in the Midwest.
From the searching I've done so far (not much), it seems like most schools offer a B.A. in anthro, but I'm more interested in physical/forensic anthro as a career so the B.S. seems to make more sense.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Even schools with recommended B.S. anthro programs would be useful... I'm bio/pre-med student now so I'm in the dark when it comes to anthropology schools.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>At some schools, the only difference between the B.A. and B.S. is that the B.A. requires a foreign language, and the B.S. requires two or three additional science gen eds. So your special interest won’t be particularly affected by a B.A. rather than a B.S. Some schools offer both, and some only offer one or the other. Looking at specific programs requirements is the only way to know for sure. </p>
<p>Anthropology is offered at many schools. Off the top of my head, in Illinois: UIUC, ISU, UIC, and UChicago all do. Spend some time and look at schools you’re interested in and check out their anthropology program websites. There’s no way around it, it’s up to you.</p>
<p>I think most schools offer a B.A. in Anthropology because it isn’t as focused (in other words, it isn’t all about one specialized concept as are other programs. Brown even has an S.B. in The Classics: Latin.) Two of the three fields of Anthropolgy offered at many schools are Cultural Antrho and Archaelogical Antrho which are essentially social studies. The third is biological anthro. which appears to focus on how humanity evolved, similar to Human Evolutionary Biology. Actual specialization seems to be in graduate programs, whether in a Master’s or Ph.D. program.</p>