Institution name

Florida State University

Total number of students

40255

Contact address for international enquiries

TALLAHASSEE 32306

Telephone

+1 850 644 3420

Venue / office name

College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology

Address

Contact address for international enquiries

Anthropology West 1847 West Tennessee Street
Florida State University
TALLAHASSEE
Florida
32306

Venue description

The Department of Anthropology at Florida State University celebrated its 50th anniversary in the year 2000. Founded by Hale G. Smith in 1950, the department grew around a nucleus of archaeologists and archaeological activity. The department began with a general four-field base (socio-cultural anthropology, archaeology, physical anthropology, and linguistics) and a commitment to field training and scholarly development.The Department of Anthropology offers undergraduate and graduate education in most of the major areas of anthropology. Course work and research experience are available in prehistoric and historic archaeology, Mesoamerican archaeology and linguistics, Maya hieroglyphic writing, underwater archaeology; both nautical and prehistoric, paleodemography, zooarchaeology, prehistoric archaeology of central/eastern Europe and the Balkans, regional systems, economic anthropology, interpretive anthropology, symbol and ritual, the anthropology of religion, ethnopoetics, osteology, forensic anthropology, and primate behavior, and primate and human brain evolution, and neuroanatomy. Geographic areas of study by the faculty include the Southeastern United States, the Andes and the Amazon, the Caribbean, Hungary and Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean, Mesoamerica, Africa, China, and Japan. The department seeks to develop student teaching as well as research. Opportunities exist for graduate students to be teaching and/or research assistants and occasionally instructorships are available for advanced graduate students. Students are also encouraged to take advantage of the office of instructional development, which hosts a number of workshops and seminars in teaching.

Telephone number

+1 850 644 4281

Is accommodation available at this venue?

Yes

Accommodation details

Florida State University provides the on campus housing for graduate and undergraduates. Graduate Housing has Alumni Village, Rogers Hall and Ragans Hall. Alumni Village has apartment types of one, two and three bedrooms. Single students prefer the one or two bedroom flats and married students prefer the two or three bedroom. A limited number of apartments have air conditioning units. Each apartment is furnished with a two-seat sofa, a side chair, a dining table and four chairs, a desk and desk chair, a dresser, one double bed and one night table, full-size refrigerator, Cable TV, phone, computer services, mail delivery and laundry facilities. The graduate housing rates are provided in this website http://www.housing.fsu.edu/housing/grad/avrates.html. Undergraduate Housing offers a wide variety of Residence Hall and Apartment Living. The residence hall are provided on the east and west campus area having the amenities such as Kitchens, TV Lounges, Study Rooms, Recreation Rooms, Phone Services, Laundry Rooms, Computer Connections, Vending and Ice Machines. In a suite-style residence hall, two rooms are connected by a bathroom. Bathrooms may be shared by 4-5 students. Community style residence halls are arranged in the traditional corridor style in which 35 -40 students share the bathrooms. Undergraduate Housing rental rates are provided in this website http://www.housing.fsu.edu/housing/ungrad/rates_dates.html. All students who reside in renovated residence halls on the East side of campus are required to purchase a meal plan membership. Students residing in DeGraff, Deviney, Dorman, Kellum, McCollum, Ragans, Salley, Smith and Wildwood Halls are not required to purchase a meal membership, but many choose to do so. Cooking is permitted in the residence hall kitchens. For further details contact University Housing, Florida State University, 942 Learning Way, P.O. Box 3064174, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4174 or cal to +1 850 644 2860 or email at housinginfo@admin.fsu.edu.