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Welcome to the Anthropology Department at ISU
The department emphasizes broad training in the traditional four subfields: archaeology, sociocultural, linguistic, and biological anthropology. We offer a Bachelor of Arts degree as well as a Master of Arts and Master of Science degree in anthropology. The department coordinates minor programs in American Indian Studies, Linguistics, and Latino Studies as well as hosting the Shoshoni Language Program, and a strong program in Hispanic Health. The American Indian Studies Program is a multi-disciplinary effort directed by the department that offers a wide variety of classes by and about American Indian people of both continents.
Anthropological research is conducted through the Office of Anthropological Research, and the department has close ties with the Idaho Museum of Natural History on campus. We have strong interdisciplinary connections with the departments of Biology, Geology, History, American Studies, and the Kasiska College of Health Professions.
Anthropologists from ISU are involved in research and applications of anthropology in a wide variety of settings that range from the Aleutian Islands to South America and the Eurasian Steppes to Easter Island. Our diverse academic and applied research programs include issues such as language survival, indigenous land tenure in tropical forest areas, the effects of catastrophic environmental change on society, the ability to predict indigenous archaeological site densities in the Great Basin, Hispanic Healthcare, Hopi religion and stone tool technology. During most years we offer multiple opportunities for archaeological field school and anthropological laboratory research.
Currently, the department has an undergraduate enrollment of 59 students and a graduate enrollment of 23 students. Beyond the general education requirements, the anthropology B.A. degree takes about two years of study. The graduate program can also be completed in two years. Research opportunities in all areas of interest to our faculty are regularly provided to anthropology undergrads and graduate students. We award two Teaching Assistantships, one in Anthropology and one in American Indian Studies each year. Research Assistantships have been regularly provided to graduate students for some faculty research activities. Check with us on the projected availability. Lectureships are available to advanced graduate students while opportunities to assist professors in teaching while receiving university credits are available to a wide variety of undergrads and grads. Students interested in biomedical and medical anthropology are eligible to apply for Kasiska scholarships that are awarded regularly to anthropology students.
The department is located in Graveley Hall, one of the oldest buildings on campus, on the “quad” on lower campus.
The requirements for the Anthropology undergraduate degree are found in the anthropology section of the ISU catalog. Most students register for the major by simply filling out a card available in the anthropology office after completing most of their general education goal requirements. Graduate students have different requirements to be found in the graduate catalog. Applications for graduate school are made through the graduate school. Letters of recommendation and the statement of your goals and background for graduate studies should be sent directly to Dr. "Skip" Lohse, Chair, Anthropology Department, Box 8005, ISU, Pocatello, ID 83209.
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Department of Anthropology • College of Arts and Sciences • Idaho State University
921 S. 8th Avenue, Stop 8005, Pocatello, ID 83209-8005
Tel: (208) 282-2629 • Fax: (208) 282-4944 • e-mail: clovrebe@isu.edu