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Welcome to The Anthropology Department

Anthropology explores the multiple dimensions of the human experience through the formal study of archaeology, biology, culture, and language, and applies this knowledge to critical issues facing humans in contemporary societies. What distinguishes anthropology from other disciplines concerned with people is its holistic perspective of the human condition and its central concern with the concept of culture. Students graduate from our program prepared to pursue a wide range of fulfilling careers including cultural resource management, museum curation and collections management, community organizing, national and state parks service, law school, academia, social work, global health research, corporate user experience, forensic science, and more!

The Anthropology Department at CSUDH offers a major and minor in the discipline. Our faculty are internationally known teacher-scholars, dedicated to providing our students with rigorous, hands-on training in the subfields of archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, biological anthropology, and applied anthropology. Majors may choose between the General Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Applied Anthropology and Archaeology concentrations.

We designed our innovative program to prepare students for post-baccalaureate success. CSUDH anthropology majors are among the top students on this campus, and many have been accepted into advanced degree programs at prestigious universities or have entered rewarding, high-paying careers. At CSUDH we offer small classes, personal contact with professors, and more research and scholarly opportunities for undergraduates than any other university in southern California. As a student at CSUDH you can

• Participate in an archaeological dig at an Ancient Maya site in Yucatan, Mexico
• Conduct ethnographic medical anthropology research in LA County
• Study cultures and human ecosystems in the Yucatan, Mexico
• Study the intersection of language and culture in LA County
• Excavate at historic Rancho Dominguez
• Study Classic Maya art and society
• Experience Cambodian culture and history in southern California
• Study human skeletal anatomy

In the CSUDH Anthropology Department, we bring fieldwork into the classroom and take the classroom into the field. Some of these educational adventures and opportunities are described on this web site. For more information, please contact me at kseligson@csudh.edu or the Anthropology Department Office at 310-243-3443.

Ken Seligson, Ph.D.
Chair, Anthropology