Academic Programs

The Department of Anthropology offers an undergraduate major, minors, and graduate programs at the MA and Ph.D. levels. We also provide general education courses to support undergraduates across the University.

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Graduate Admissions

Learn more about deadlines and requirements for our Ph.D. program.

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Anthropology Major

Our major covers relevant, insightful topics and pairs well with many fields of study.

Major Requirements

Research Strength. Global Impact.

Our faculty members have research strengths in several areas of study. They are also actively involved in research projects at field sites around the world.

Browse a map of locations where UConn anthropology researchers work across the globe.

News and Events

Department News

  • Congratulations to Urvi Kaul
    Congratulations to grad student Urvi Kaul for her first place win at the Three Minute Thesis Challenge. Urvi placed first in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Science Ph.D. category. Her thesis was titled “Biological and Social Narratives of Displacement”. For more information, check out the article in the UConn Today.
  • UConn PhD Candidate Lecture
    Brady Kelsey will be giving a talk for the Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Center at Central Connecticut State University on April 8th from 3-4 pm as a part of the Wisdom Wednesday Spring 2026 Series where Faculty, graduate, and undergraduate researchers showcase their research exploring Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies. Brady will discuss […]
  • Congratulations to Lia Plankenhorn-Farrell!
    Congratulations to Lia Plankenhorn-Farrell for her presentation at the American Association of Biological Anthropology meeting in Denver, CO. She was able to highlight her work from the Juvenile Osteology Workshop that she participated in Romania last summer.

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Anthropology in the News

The UConn Department of Anthropology studies the diversity of human experience across time and space.

Our faculty share an interest in the holistic study of humans and a curiosity about the varieties of human experience. Together we offer students valuable insights into the past, contemporary, and future world and the challenges we face today.