Sociology and Anthropology

If you enjoy investigating the forces that shape your life and the lives of others, sociology/anthropology is your perfect major.  Sociologist and anthropologists look at relationships between individuals and the society in which they live.  

The Sociology/Anthropology program provides students with a broad understanding of the human condition by looking at human culture, society and behavior in the past and present.  This program allows our majors to build a solid intellectual foundation for a deeper understanding of humankind.  

As a Sociology/Anthropology major at UMF, you will dig for social and cultural information on many levels.  Your research may lead you to an internship at one of the many museums or research institutions in the northeast.  We encourage our students to engage in many other types of research projects such as U.S. Military casualty research or rural poverty research. Students can also participate in cultural exchanges in China, Russia, France, England.  

You may literally dig through an archaeological site in Maine, working to discover how prehistoric people coped with the limits imposed by their social and physical environments.  The UMF Archaeology Research Department offers unique opportunities for student participation in both field and laboratory study through classroom and "hands-on" research.

As a graduate of the Sociology/Anthropology program you are prepared for careers in social work, social research, politics, public administration, law, business, government, or to go on to graduate study.

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