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    Abou Farman
    Director of Undergraduate Studies/Departmental Faculty Advisor for Anthropology  
    afarman@newschool.edu

    Student Success Advisor for Anthropology
    Chris McElderry
    Assistant Director of Student Success Advising at Lang
    646.909.2260
    clmcelderry@newschool.edu

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  • Unleash your curiosity to learn about human beings and the social and cultural worlds they inhabit. As an anthropology student at Lang, you combine multiple disciplines to explore a wide range of human-centered topics such as race and classification, money and value, human rights, migration, violence, drug cultures, digital worlds, science and technology, kinship and gender, art, design, and urban life.

    • Study Options Major, Minor

    Anthropologists are not only observers of the human worlds they study but also participants in them - whether cities or villages, laboratories or rain forests, refugee camps, or colonial archives. Through courses and fieldwork in anthropology, you learn about human affairs not just from a bird's-eye view, but from perspectives gained through immersion in diverse contexts and communities. Through in-depth explorations of key contemporary issues, you address the nexus of nature and culture, past and future, and the local and the global.

    Anthropology majors acquire a comprehensive knowledge of anthropology and its key concepts, methods, new approaches, and critical texts. Our interdisciplinary approach also promotes dialogue with other fields such as history, economics, environmental studies, psychology, urban studies, philosophy, and media studies.

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    Global Perspectives

    • Learn from an international anthropology faculty that has conducted research in Europe, South America, Indonesia, South Asia, China, Japan, Africa, and the United States.

    • Gain first-hand experience studying and collaborating across cultures through study abroad and exchange programs.

    • Take foreign language courses to help you navigate national and global cultures.

    Connecting to New York City

    While it offers the atmosphere and intimacy of a small college, Eugene Lang College is part of The New School, a major progressive university in New York City. Our campus location in the heart of Greenwich Village allows anthropology students to engage in fieldwork that examines human life in New York City. There are also opportunities for civic engagement and internships with nearby organizations such as the American Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of the City of New York, Neighborhood Preservation Center, and Amnesty International.

    Career Paths

    Education at Eugene Lang College is designed to develop well-rounded and engaged citizens who are thoughtful, articulate, and creative. Anthropology majors go on to pursue advanced studies in anthropology, organizational psychology, and other disciplines in the social sciences and humanities and careers in law, health care, business, social and public service, international and nongovernmental organizations, marketing and market research, museums, and other fields.

    If you are planning to pursue graduate studies in anthropology, consider applying to the Bachelor's-Master's program, which enables you to earn graduate credits that will apply to both your Lang degree and a graduate anthropology degree at The New School for Social Research.

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  • Courses

    Explore a selection of courses available to you in this program.

    • Psychedelics have returned into mainstream science, seem at the brink of being approved as medicines, and are rapidly regaining popularity not just in American culture. This course examines the psychedelic renaissance historically and ethnographically: How does it differ from the first wave of enthu...

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    • Children don’t speak, think, or behave like adults. In a parallel fashion, the French don’t speak, think or behave like the English; the English don’t speak, think or behave like North Americans; and so on. This course takes this parallel seriously, exploring the lives of children, the life-spaces ...

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    • Is all death bad? What is it to die well? Is there really such a thing as a good death? What is its relation to a good life? Over the past few decades, a consensus has developed (mostly in North America) over the ‘good death’ model, though it has also received some criticism. Achieving a certain kin...

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  • Anthropology students gain fresh insight from courses that reflect the diverse and eclectic interests of an international faculty.

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