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B.A. in Anthropology Yale University, USA

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$ 49,800 (US$ 49,800) a year

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Yale College

Course summary

This program gives a firm grounding in this comparative discipline concerned with the diverse cultural, social, and biological patterns of human societies. Anthropology deals not only with that small proportion of humankind in Europe and North America but with societies of the entire world, from the remotest past to the present day. It is thus an essential part of a sound liberal education, helping us to see our world from a perspective free of ethnocentric assumptions. The major in Anthropology covers trends of biological and cultural evolution, world prehistory, forms of social organization and cultural behavior, and patterns of linguistic and nonlinguistic communication. The subfields of anthropological inquiry—archaeology, biological anthropology, sociocultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology—together offer a holistic perspective on humankind and its development.

Program modules

The modules include ANTH 110b, An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, ANTH 115b, Gender in a Transnational World, ANTH 116a, Our Place in Nature: Introduction to Biological Anthropology, ANTH 120a, Language, Culture, and Identity, ANTH 170b, Chinese Culture, Society, and History, ANTH 171a, Great Civilizations of the Ancient World, ANTH 182b, Primate Ecology and Social Behavior, ANTH 207a, Peoples and Cultures of Latin America, ANTH 209b, After the Soviet Union, ANTH 215b, Archaeology of China, ANTH 234b, Disability and Culture, ANTH 239b, HIV and AIDS in Africa, ANTH 242b, Human Evolutionary Biology and Life History, ANTH 245b, Nature and Globalization, ANTH 254a, Japan: Culture, Society, Modernity, ANTH 257a, Biocultural Persp Global Health, ANTH 270a, Evolution and Human Behavior, ANTH 277a, Archaeological Field Techniques ANTH 278La, Archaeology Laboratory I, ANTH 279Lb, Archaeology Laboratory II, ANTH 298a, The Anthropology of Oratory and Rhetoric, ANTH 301a, Foundations of Modern Archaeology, ANTH 302a, Gender and Sexuality in Media and Popular Culture, ANTH 308b, Queer Ethnographies, ANTH 311b, Anthropological Theory, ANTH 315b, Critical Ethnography: Methods, Ethics, Poetics, ANTH 327b, Socialisms and Postsocialisms, ANTH 329b, Primate Evolution, ANTH 358b, Beauty, Fashion, and Self-Styling, ANTH 375b, Anthropology of Mobile Societies, ANTH 382b, Environmental Anthropology, ANTH 404b, American Communities, ANTH 408a, Politics and Culture in Contemporary Indonesia, ANTH 414b, Urban Anthropology and Global History, ANTH 419a, Language and the Public Sphere, ANTH 429b, Visualization beneath the Earth, ANTH 438a, Culture, Power, Oil, ANTH 456a, Reconstructing Human Evolution: An Ecological Approach, ANTH 464a, Human Osteology., ANTH 471a, Readings in Anthropology, ANTH 472b, Readings in Anthropology, ANTH 473b, Civilizations and Collapse, ANTH 474b, Anthropologies of Insurgency, ANTH 475a, Issues in Primate Behavioral Ecology, ANTH 476a, GIS and Spatial Analysis for Archaeology ANTH 482b, Advanced Archaeological Theory, ANTH 491a, The Senior Essay, ANTH 491b, The Senior Essay,

Entry requirement for international students

Students will be selected based on their academic performance. They should have Either the SAT I and two SAT II Subject Tests, or the ACT, with only two exceptions. Students whose home countries (e.g., mainland China) do not have a testing center are exempt. In addition, students enrolled in A-level programs may use completed A-level results as a substitute for the SAT II Subject Tests on a one-for-one basis provided official test results arrive at Yale by February of the application year. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) for any applicant whose first language is not English and who has not received at least two years of his or her secondary education in an English-medium curriculum. A minimum score of 600 is expected on the paper-based TOEFL; a minimum score of 100 is expected on the Internet-based TOEFL; a minimum score of 7 is expected on the IELTS exam.

Yale University accepts IELTS*

* Please check with your chosen school for the exact entry requirements for your programme.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

Yale University

Department name

Yale College

Venue / office name

Yale College

Address

P O Box 208241
NEW HEAVEN
Connecticut
06520

Venue description

Yale’s roots can be traced back to the 1640s, when colonial clergymen led an effort to establish a college in New Haven to preserve the tradition of European liberal education in the New World. This vision was fulfilled in 1701, when the charter was granted for a school. In 1718 the school was renamed “Yale College” in gratitude to the Welsh merchant Elihu Yale. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries brought the establishment of the graduate and professional schools that would make Yale a true university. The Yale School of Medicine was chartered in 1810, followed by the Divinity School in 1822, the Law School in 1824, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1847 (which, in 1861, awarded the first Ph.D. in the United States), followed by the schools of Art in 1869, Music in 1894, Forestry and Environmental Studies in 1900, Nursing in 1923, Drama in 1955, Architecture in 1972, and Management in 1974. Each college surrounds a courtyard and occupies up to a full city block, providing a congenial community where residents live, eat, socialize, and pursue a variety of academic and extracurricular activities. Each college has a master and dean, as well as a number of resident faculty members known as fellows, and each has its own dining hall, library, seminar rooms, recreation lounges, and other facilities. International students have made their way to Yale since the 1830s, when the first Latin American student enrolled. Today, international students make up nearly 9 percent of the undergraduate student body, and 16 percent of all students at the University. Today, Yale has matured into one of the world’s great universities. Its 11,000 students come from all fifty American states and from 108 countries.

Telephone number

+1 203 432 2900

Is accommodation available at this venue?

Yes

Accommodation details

Graduate housing buildings at Yale are full of charm and history. Many of the buildings that house students have been used for various purposes over the years. There are five apartments: Berkeley apartments, esplanade, Mansfield apartments, Whitehall apartments, and York-crown. There are also five dormitories: 254 Prospect Street, 276 Prospect Street, ES Harkness hall, Hall of Graduate Studies (HGS), and Helen Hadley hall (HHH). The Berkeley apartment is one small building that has a unique layout with a galley kitchen and counter work area. Esplanade is a terraced apartment complex consisting of five buildings situated on a hill adjacent to the Mansfield Apartments. This complex includes efficiency, one, two and three bedroom units. The Mansfield apartments consist of five buildings situated on a landscaped slope about a fifteen-minute walk from the center of campus. The Whitehall apartment complex is friendly and social. There are 80 two-bedroom units. The York Crown Apartments are very convenient to the Drama, Art, Architecture, Law and Medical Schools, as well as the central campus. There are 22 apartments: five efficiencies, sixteen one-bedrooms and one two-bedroom unit. 254 Prospect Street is a quaint older home with mostly sunny, large, unique rooms that houses 16 students. 276 Prospect Street is a distinctive Victorian era four level brick structure that has 36 student rooms. ES Harkness Hall consists of 172 single occupancy bedrooms. Residents are assigned into room on the 4th -11th floors. Hall of Graduate Studies (HGS) houses 168 students near the center of campus, Sterling Library and Payne-Whitney Gymnasium. Helen Hadley Hall (HHH), is within easy walking distance of the Graduate School. Hadley is on the shuttle bus route, providing convenient access to all points on campus.

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