The Anthropology, BA at GMU is an on campus in-person degree program. We take a holistic approach to understanding the many different aspects of the human experience. As such, students will take an introductory class and upper-level class in each of the 3 sub-disciplines: cultural, archaeology, and biological anthropology. With the elective credits allotted in the major, you may choose to focus more specific in one of these areas or you can choose a blend of what interests you.

Students interested in Mason are encouraged to focus on completing courses that meet general education requirements. BA degree programs in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences have additional requirements in: philosophy or religion, social and behavioral science, foreign language through the intermediate level, and non-western culture. Students are encouraged to use the "Contact an Institution" section of the portal and connect with our staff for questions related to specific course equivalencies and requirements.

For the BA Anthropology, introductory courses for the major (such as ANTH 114, 120, and 135) may be completed prior to transfer to Mason.

• Create a schedule for all required courses, pay attention to prerequisites and when courses are offered, complete your first math and English courses in your first year
• Connect with an advisor at your community college and George Mason University within your first year via College Connect

Anthropology majors can expect to participate in study abroad programs, serve as research assistants or participate in field schools. Thinking about an advanced degree? Consider our bachelors accelerated master's program (BAM). For high achieving students, take up to 6 graduate level courses while finishing your bachelors and pay the undergraduate tuition rate.

The anthropology program at George Mason University is a unique setting for students to explore the human condition in the past and present. Our award-winning faculty bring cutting-edge research from around the world into our classrooms. We work on contributing solutions to some of the most pressing human problems facing us today. Anthropology at Mason has many unique strengths from our location just outside of Washington, D.C. to our internationally renowned professors, a highly diverse student body, and a sincere investment placed in our students as individuals. Our courses include evening and online classes covering many topics: urbanism, transnationalism, medical anthropology, racism, immigration, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, human genomics, violence and warfare, environmental archaeology, zooarchaeology, human evolution, and study abroad programs in Italy and Peru. Beyond the classroom, our undergraduate students find unequalled opportunities for mentorships, internships, and fieldwork from the halls of Congress to the study of human origins and archaeological digs in South America. Anthropology is versatile. Our graduates enjoy high rates of full-time employment. The skills they develop open an unusually wide range of employment possibilities. Past graduates have applied their degrees working as teachers, legal assistants, U.S. Park Service rangers, medical, federal and private researchers, analysts, and policy consultants, medicolegal work, health care providers, and more. Others pursue graduate degrees. However anthropology may shape a student's path, at Mason, it opens doors to a global range of possibilities.

• Completing your Associate transfer degree post-high school satisfies all lower division general education requirements and increases the chance of completing your bachelor's degree?
• Exceeding 3 years or 90 credits at your community college means you may have exhausted your financial aid at that college and have limited your future financial aid at: George Mason University

• Our students enroll from all over the Commonwealth, all 50 states, and more than 130 countries.
• Transfer students are encouraged, but not required to join our residential campus community of 6,300 students.
• Mason transfers thrive in any number of the 470+ academic, cultural, or social student organizations.