Anthropology Minor

Anthropology uniquely draws and builds upon our knowledge of human activities and achievements in the past, present and future. Using tools that encompass the breadth of the biological sciences, the social sciences and the humanities, it offers one of the best preparations for careers, professions or further studies in a rapidly changing world. Our minor program invites students into two of the four fields - cultural, biological, linguistic and archeological anthropology – and opens up students to opportunities to augment and enhance each student’s goals in their major as well as beyond university.

Few other minors effortlessly integrate the sciences with the humanities and the social sciences in ways that are applicable both to local and global contexts. Experts teach courses in health & medicine, pandemics, religion, gender & sexuality, art & visual culture, indigenous peoples, human adaptations and responses to environmental change, human osteology, immigration & the diaspora, and others. Strong partnerships with interdisciplinary programs across the university and unique emphasis on undergraduate research are also among the most highly rated by students and alumni. Anthropology minors have also successfully presented their research in the annual Petersheim Academic Exposition, published in Locus: The Seton Hall Undergraduate Research Journal, as well as national and international professional conferences.