<p>Hi, I was wondering if any of you guys know about any colleges that have a good cultural anthropology program.</p>
<p>Beloit and Bryn Mawr are known for anthro.</p>
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<p>My S majored in cultural anthropology at WSUTL. He had amazing professors and a great academic experience. He has decided, however, that this is not the field for him. No regrets about majoring in it however, and it has informed his perspective on everything.</p>
<p>Hello. I recently was considering a major in cultural anthropology- or ethnomusicology, and my professor at my CC suggested I look at ASU and University of Arizona. They both, according to him, have a lot of opportunity for research and things like that because of the large native population. If you’re not interested in native american stuff, i wouldn’t necessarily suggest either though. I being from Kansas, interested in colleges in the midwest, he pretty much told me to avoid all anthroplogy departments in the midwest 
Be aware.
He also highly suggested the new school of liberal arts (eugene lang something or other?)
good luck
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<p>What odd advice. Did he elaborate?</p>
<p>Michigan and Chicago both have among the top anthropology departments in the entire country. Sounds like very bad advise to me.</p>
<p>If you’re specifically interested in the anthropology of the indigenous peoples of the Southwestern U.S., Arizona and ASU might well be stronger than Michigan and Chicago. But for a well-rounded education in anthropology, it would be extremely hard to beat those two Midwestern schools. They along with Harvard and UC Berkeley are the cream of the crop in this field among research universities. Some LACs like Bryn Mawr and Beloit are also very good, but with the usual trade-offs: small classes and generally closer ties to your professors, but the departments are much smaller and will not have the same comprehensive breadth of coverage in the field, not will they be able to privde the same depth in particular aspects of it as you’d get at a top research university. Take your pick.</p>
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Arizona can go head to head with any anthropology department in the country, period.</p>
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There are many colleges with excellent anthropology programs. As your first step, I suggest you draw up a list of possible colleges using the following criteria:</p>
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<li>Which part of the country (Midwest, Southeast, etc.)?</li>
<li>Public or private?</li>
<li>Rural, suburban, or urban?</li>
<li>Small (< 2000), medium (2000-10000), or large (10000+)?</li>
<li>Is cost a concern?</li>
<li>How selective do you want?</li>
<li>Do you want certain extracurricular activities, like a fencing team?</li>
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<p>Once you have a list, you can start evaluating anthropology programs. All anthropology programs are not structured the same way; they have different foci. One department may focus on issues of race, postcolonialism, feminism, etc.; another department may focus on the more traditional areas of folklore, ethnobotany, etc.</p>
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<p>Yes, I’ve heard of those ethnobots. Didn’t Carnegie Mellon invent them? An ethnobot looks like R2D2 and runs on ethanol it makes for itself from toxic plants,which it goes around removing from family farms so the cows and sheep don’t get sick. </p>
<p>High-tech Anthropology. Saving livestock, improving lives. :)</p>