Sul Ross State University Anthropology Degrees

Anthropology at Sul Ross State University is a part of the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Undergraduate students at SRSU can receive a Minor in Anthropology, and SRSU now offers a Master of Arts (MA) in Anthropology (pending approval by Texas SACSCOC, Spring 2024).

Anthropology Students at Sul Ross State University learn about:

  • People and their cultures (past and present) and will gain an awareness of social, political, economic, and environmental systems.
  • The similarities and differences that characterize human societies in the world and key theoretical ideas that anthropologists use to comprehend them.
  • The seven-million-year evolutionary history of the Homo sapien species.
  • The scientific method and the relationship between theory, methods, and data.

Take advantage of hands-on learning opportunities:

The Center for Big Bend Studies offers archaeological field and laboratory student internships for on-going research projects. Students can join Center researchers as they work to piece together the 13,000 year human occupation of the Big Bend region of Texas.

Archaeological Field School

Learn how to conduct archaeological fieldwork in some of the most rugged and scenic parts of Texas. Field schools are topical and designed to expose students to field methods used on both historic and pre-Columbian archaeological sites.