Every student is introduced to Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Linguistic Anthropology, and Physical Anthropology both at the lower division and upper division levels. Students take 18 electives to complete their BA degree. They can take a variety of electives of interest to them, or they can focus their electives on more narrow areas of interest depending on the availability of courses offered by the department. See "Undergraduate Programs" for more information.
All MA students take a set of core courses. Students in our Applied Option follow a prescribed program, focusing their work on applied interests. General MA students take electives based on availability of courses offered by the department. See "Graduate Programs" for more information.
Graduate Application Deadline is March 1st
VISUAL SHOWCASE - 4:00-10:00 p.m., Saturday, May 19, 2012. The Liberty Art and Performance Space, 435 Alamitos Boulevard, Long Beach
ANTHROPOLOGY GRADUATION BANQUET - 6:00-9:00 p.m. Soroptomist House, CSULB, Monday, May 21, 2012. $5.00 for CSULB students; $10.00 others. Buy tickets in the CSULB Anthropology Office FO3-305, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday. Limited tickets available at the door on Monday evening - cash only.
ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENT AWARDEES 2011-2012 - Awards presented at the Graduation Banquet, May 21, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
GRADUATION DAY - THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012 1:00 P.M. Families and Friends of Anthropology Graduates are invited to meet up with each other and Anthropology faculty in LA5-163 after the ceremony.
Undergraduate Anthropology Student Association Events and Meetings:
Contact the Co-Presidents, Emily Sander and Sabrina Madrid for information about meeting times.
Anthropology Graduate Student Association Events and Meetings:
Contact the President, Carla Pereira for information about meeting times.
Conferences
The American Anthropological Association (AAA) will conduct the 110th Annual Meeting November 16-20th, 2011
in Montreal, QC, Canada. The theme this year is “Traces, Tidemarks and Legacies.” For further details please visit the following link. http://www.aaanet.org/meetings/
The Southwestern Anthropological Association Annual Conference (SWAA) will occur April 19-21, 2012 in Chico, CA. The theme of the conference this year will be "Telling Stories: Analysis, Interpretation, and Narrative. Further information can be found at this link. http://www.csus.edu/org/swaa/swaa_conference/index.html
The Society of American Archaeology is having the 76th Annual Meeting in Memphis, TN., April 18th —April 22nd, 2012. Further information can be found at the following link, http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/AnnualMeeting/tabid/138/Default.aspx
The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) had the 72nd Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel, Baltimore, MA., March 27-31, 2012. For more information about the 2012 meeting in Baltimore, please visit http://www.sfaa.net/sfaa2012.html
