Anthropology - Hawaii Pacific University

Anthropology from Hawaii Pacific University is a Campus Bachelor Anthropology degree that prepares you for a Science career. The anthropology major stresses two goals: the refinement of intellectual skills and the nourishing of "citizen scholars." The certificate programs are a valuable means for emphasizing the cross-disciplinary trends increasingly popular in the social and physical sciences. When students graduate with a degree in anthropology, they are prepared professionally to enter the world trained in their certificate areas. This means that graduates will find employment opportunities in the health care industry, social service agencies, international and local corporations, educational institutions, nongovernmental organizations, and not-for-profit groups. Certificates are available in: Asian Studies The Body, Sex and Food Cultural and Social Analysis Culture and Language Learning Hawaii/Pacific Island Studies Managing Our Mortablity Public Anthropology Individualized Certificate Mission Statement Our mission is to inspire and enable students to become effective and responsible citizens of a global community by engaging with cultural and social difference. We aspire to give students the competency and emotional intelligence to be able to create positive change both within themselves and around them. Program Objectives: Students who major in anthropology will 1. Engage with differences that they normally do not experience in everyday life and, rather than simply tolerating (or being threatened by) them, use these differences as an engine for their own personal growth as citizens in a global world. 2. Understand - through the use of contextual analysis and comparison - the political and cultural frames of reference that shape their perceptions and behaviors in everyday life - the hegemonies that shape our understandings. 3. Gain the analytical and presentational skills to conceive of and demonstrate more just and compassionate visions of reality. 4. Feel empowered - both personally and with the tools of analysis necessary - to carry out the above goals or, to phrase it another way, to feel motivated to actively and effectively engage with the world around them in socially productive ways. 5. Be prepared to undertake graduate work in anthropology or other disciplines at any institution, if they choose. View more details on Hawaii Pacific University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Anthropology courses.