Why Wooster?
Anthropology
› Our anthropology program offers a solid
core of courses in research methods and theory coupled with a rich
assortment of electives. Our faculty have ongoing research projects
in North America, Africa, East Asia, and the Mediterranean. The Sociology
and Anthropology Department boasts a new computer lab equipped for
student work in recording interviews, transcribing, statistical analysis,
and other tasks aided by technology.
› Opportunities to study beyond the campus
and to experience other cultures abound. Recent anthropology majors have spent either
a semester or a year in such diverse locales as Australia, Samoa,
Scotland, Nepal,
Ecuador, Japan and Namibia.
Sociology
› Our Sociology program offers a solid core
of courses in research methods and theory coupled with a rich assortment
of electives. Our faculty have expertise in systems in inequality,
the Amish, race and ethnicity, gender, medical systems, welfare reform,
and criminology.
› The sociology/anthropology department boasts
a new computer lab equipped for student work in recording
interviews, transcribing, and other tasks aided by technology. We also
offer a 3-2 program with Case Western Reserve University that enables
students to obtain a B.A. degree from Wooster and an M.A. degree in social
work in five years.
› Opportunities to study beyond the campus
and to experience other cultures abound. For example, through Wooster's affiliation
with the Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA), students may participate
in the European Academic Term, which offers an interdisciplinary introduction
to problems of urban life through travel to cities in Germany, Eastern
Europe, and Great Britain.
› For students who wish to combine interests in sociology
and urban studies, the GLCA Philadelphia Center program offers
the opportunity to participate in internships with a wide variety of
private and governmental organizations in the Philadelphia area.
Life After Wooster
Anthropology
Some of our majors elect to enter graduate study in
anthropology and to obtain their M.A. or Ph.D. in this
field, but many others pursue careers in education, international
development, law, social work, public administration,
business, English as a Second Language (ESL),
counseling, medicine, or museum studies. For example,
one graduate is in charge of historic preservation for the
state of South Carolina; another is director of international
services at Johns Hopkins University; still another is
assistant to the editorial director at St. Martin’s Press.
Sociology
Many majors elect to enter graduate study in sociology. Others move into careers
in business, education, law, public administration, social work, counseling,
museum studies, and criminal justice. For example, one recent graduate is
working as a career counselor at Georgetown University; another is an associate
attorney in a law firm; others have titles ranging from medical social worker
to college librarian to bank manager. |
