Institution name

Brigham Young University

Total number of students

32955

Contact address for international enquiries

Brigham Young University
105 FPH
PROVO 84602

Venue / office name

College of Family Home and Social Sciences, Department of Anthropology

Address

800 SWKT
PROVO
Utah
84602

Venue description

Anthropology's central aims are to describe, interpret and make meaningful human behavior in socio-cultural systems. It also seeks to explain the similarities and differences in human behavior patterns among all peoples and cultures both in present and in the past. social-cultural anthropology studies human society in the present using participant observation interviewing and other techniques to understand life in a single culture, a subculture or a multicultural system. Archaeology explores deep human history and attempts to document and understand the range of cultural patterns practiced by peoples no longer living. Archaeology accomplishes this through methods unique to the field and with techniques borrowed from other disciplines. These goals make archaeology an important part of the anthropological family special skills and interests.

Telephone number

+1 801 422 3058

Is accommodation available at this venue?

Yes

Accommodation details

The university offers resident halls for students for their on-campus housing. They are: Helaman Halls, Heritage Halls, Wyview Park and Foreign Language Student Residence. High-speed BYU Ethernet connection is provided to each resident. Each room in the residence halls has local telephone and caller ID service included with the housing agreement, but residents are required to provide their own telephone and caller ID unit. Laundry facilities are for residents only. Machines in Helaman Halls, Wyview Park and Foreign Language Student Residence accept Signature Card at a discounted rate. No storage space outside the apartment is provided in Wyview Park. In all of the other housing areas, they can store their trunks or suitcases in the basement of their building, or in the storage rooms of their area. Pianos are located in the basement or lobbies of each hall or in the commons rooms at the Foreign Language Student Residence. Basketball and volleyball facilities are available in each of the On-Campus Housing areas. Sports equipment can be checked out from the central building front desk, or from the hall office. Recycling bins for aluminum, paper and newspaper can be found throughout the complexes. They do not have facilities to recycle glass and plastic at this time. A block of meal passes is allocated each semester/term. Each meal pass allows one entry into the new Cannon Commons. Helaman Halls residents start with 275 meal passes per semester (or 130 per term). Residents of Heritage Halls, Wyview Park and the Foreign Language Student Residence may select either the partial meal plan option with 100 meal passes per semester (or 50 per term), or they may select the full meal plan option with 275 meal passes per semester (or 130 per term). Additional blocks of 25 meal passes may be purchased at any time for $125. If a student changes from or cancels the Cannon Block of Meals, $4.50 for each remaining meal pass will be credited back to the student's university account.