ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropologists use science and research to study humans and culture.

GENERAL WORK ACTIVITIES

• Use computers
• Analyze data information
• Identify objects, actions, and events
• Process information
• Resolve conflicts

HELPFUL HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES

• Ethnic and gender studies
• World culture
• Geography

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Teach others how to do something
• Understand spoken information
• Speak clearly so others can understand

SKILLS/ABILITIES CONT.

• Teach others how to do something, many anthropologists will have interns or students who are working to get a doctorate so they have to teach them.

SKILLS/ABILITIES CONT.

• Understand spoken information, anthropologists go to many lectures and events where they need to listen and understand what is being said.

SKILLS/ABILITIES CONT.

• Speak clearly so listeners can understand, anthropologists give lectures and speeches weekly, many anthropologists are also professors.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• See details of objects that are less than a few feet away
• Sit for long periods of time
• See differences between colors, shades, and brightness

WORKING CONDITIONS

• May work outdoors when preforming field work
• May live among other cultures to study and learn about them

PREPERATION

• Must have a high school diploma or the equivalent to one
• Have a bachelors degree
• Have a masters in anthropology
• Many anthropologists also study archeology
• Many anthropologists also get their doctorate (PhD)

WHY IS IT INTERESTING

• In anthropology you learn the origin, customs, and living habits of human cultures. I think learning about the way humans work and live is really interesting. Their are different types of anthropology, i am interested in forensic anthropology. In forensic anthropology you look at body's to try and determine how they died, who killed them and who they were