| What Can I Do With A Major In Anthropology?
Anthropology majors pursue a variety of career opportunities. Some occupations may require additional educational and training. Information presented in this handout includes a list of sample occupations, work settings, professional organizations, books in our resource area, web resources, and recent activities of our graduates. Further information including skills to develop, strategies for contacting employers, graduate school information, and where to get assistance may be obtained by making an appointment with a Career Services advisor.
Sample Occupations:
Applied Anthropologist
Anthropologist Linguist
Archaeologist
Conservation Technician
Cultural Anthropologist
Cultural Resource Mgr.
Curator |
Education Director
Excavation Director
Excavator
Forensic Antrhopologist
Historian
Medical Anthropologist
Museum Conservationist |
Museum Exhibitions
Program Manager
Public Administrator
Research Director
Site Management
Social Anthropologist Surveyor
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Sample Work Settings:
Advertising Agencies/Departments
Business Firms
Consulting Firms
Environmental Companies
Engineering Companies |
Archeological Investigation Firms
Foundations
Governmental Agencies
Laboratories or Centers
Museums |
Nonprofit organizations
Publishers
Social Service Agencies
Universities/Colleges |
Professional Organizations:
American Anthropological Association
http://www.aaanet.org
Association of Science-Technology Center
http://www.astc.org
American Association of Museums
http://www.aam-us.org
The Society for Applied Anthropology
http://www.sfaa.net
Archeological Institute of America
www.archaeological.org
National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
www.practicinganthropology.org
Society for American Archaeology
www.saa.org
Books in our Resource Area: Thinking about a career in Anthropology? Browse our Career Resource Area and check out the numerous resources we offer on majors, internships, international experiences, graduate & professional schools and employment searches. Most books are available for check out for a period of one week. The following is a sample of available resources:
Careers in Anthropology
Great jobs for Anthropology Majors
Jobs & Careers with Nonprofit Organizations
Museums Jobs from A to Z Opportunities in State and Local Gov. Careers Public Administration Career Directory
Web Resources:
Career Services offers a wide selection of web-based resources for career-related areas. These resources address areas such as corporate research for employment and internship searches, career self-assessment, investigation, occupational information gathering, graduate school research, and internship information and leads. You can access these resources on the Career Services webpage at www.trinity.edu/careerservices. Contact Career Services for username and password information, where applicable.
Discover - Complete career self-assessments, research occupational information, and perform searches for graduate schools across the United States. Discover requires a unique user name and password. You can pick-up access information in the Career Services office.
TigerJobs - A web based system allowing students and alumni to access job and internship listings as well as sign up for on campus interviewing. TigerJobs allows students to self-register for this service. Simply click on the TigerJobs link on our homepage and register today.
Hoover’s Online - A database of thousands of public, private and global companies, searchable by organizational name, location, type of industry, and ticker symbol. If you access Hoover’s Online on-campus, no user name or password is needed.
Internships Online - Web-based service allowing students to search national internships in areas such as international affairs, history, human rights, sports, resort and seasonal employment, women’s rights, environmental organizations, congressional internships, business, media, and law and policy. Click on the “Getting Started” link under the Internships Online logo on the Career Services’ webpage for access information.
Where do Trinity graduates go?
Employment: Peace Corps, Network Marketing Business, U.S. Investigation Services, Creative Futures Organic Farming, AmeriCorps
Graduate Schools: Trinity University, University of Texas – San Antonio
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