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What Can I Do With A Major In...
Anthropology
* Skills and Abilities - What are the skills and abilities needed for careers in Anthropology

* Potential Career Paths - a list of possible career path and links to potential employers

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Skills and Abilities
  • Comparing human differences through the ages
  • Speaking a foreign language
  • Conveying complex information
  • Explaining scientific research
  • Reading critically
  • Reading, write and speak in public effectively
  • Developing social/cultural skills
  • Understanding society through culture
  • Developing understanding of human physical differences, language systems, and past and present cultures
  • Interpreting & evaluating events, information, and ideas of the past
Potential Career Paths
Career Area
Employment Settings
Sample Employers & Internship Sites
SERVICE & EDUCATION
Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL) Overseas language schools
Corporations
Public & private schools
IBM
Teaching Colleges or universities Any college or university with an anthropology program
School districts (K-12) Teach For America
Excavation Colleges/Community Colleges Any college or university with an anthropology program
Service/Volunteerism Government programs Americorps

Peace Corps
College/University Student Services Admissions Offices
Alumni Offices
International Student Services
Multicultural Offices
Student Life Offices
Any college or university, including community colleges
Community Outreach Community Centers/Agencies Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood
Training & Development Corporations M&T Bank
Computer training firms New Horizons
MUSEUMS
Curators

Conservation

Research

Education

Archivist

Historian

Technical Writer

Art Conservator
University, state, federal, or
private museums
UAlbany Museum

New York State Museum


South Street Seaport Museum

Brooklyn Children’s Museum


The Junior Museum
GOVERNMENT-LAW-POLITICS
Administration

Cultural Resource Management

Surveying Site Management

Excavation

Research

Museum Conservation

Legislative Compliance Review

Program Management

Urban Planning

Law

Change Advocate/Activist

Rural Development Officer
Federal Agencies

State Agencies
Bureau of Land Management

Central Intelligence Agency

Department of Health and Human Services

National Institutes of Health

National Park Service

Public Health Service

Smithsonian Institute

Tennessee Valley Authority

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Forest Service

Historic Preservation Offices

Parks Departments


Highway Departments
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Public Opinion Research Research organizations Gallup, Inc.
Media Liaison Public Relations firms Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

Makovsky & Co.
Corporate PR department CSEA - Communications Department
Special Events Planning Entertainment facilities Madison Square Garden

Times Union Center (Pepsi Arena)
Hotels/conference ctrs. Hilton

Marriott
Universities Office of Special Events
PRIVATE SECTOR
Cultural Resource Management

Research

Archaeologist/Anthropologist

Sociologist
Consulting Firms

Environmental/Engineering Companies

Firms specializing in archeological investigation

Laboratories or centers in universities
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

Hartgen Archeological Associates Inc.

Any university with research facilities
BUSINESS
Administration/Management

Advertising

Human Resources

Public Relations

Sales/Marketing

Writing/Editing

Insurance Claim Investigation
Advertising Agencies

Business Firms

Textbook, magazine, newspaper, book publishers

Retail
Eric Mower & Associates

Delmar Publishers

TV Guide


L'Oreal
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
Chamber of Commerce Overseas Chamber of Commerce offices International Center of the Capital Region

NYS Office of Economic Development
Tour Guides/Translation Tour/travel companies (domestic and international) New York Apple Tours
Hospitality Hotels, motels, restaurants, cruise lines, travel agencies, airlines American Airlines

Hilton Hotels
SOCIAL SERVICES
Administration

Counseling

Research
Non-profit organizations

Social service agencies

Foundations
Hunger Action Network of NYS

Center for the Disabled
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