At the University of Maryland's
Department of Anthropology we
incorporate archaeology and cultural
anthropology to study the human
experience past and present, and work to
improve the human condition. We are known
for our strong theoretical orientation
and are nationally recognized for having
an excellent program in applied
anthropology what makes our program
truly unique is the numerous
opportunities our students have to
enhance their education and their career
preparation through experiential
learning through excavations interviews
observations and more our students help
preserve and enhance the understanding
of cultures and communities
well we're in Washington DC and there's
any number of international
organizations and agencies as well as
government organizations and agencies
and that are based here so students have
the opportunity to contact people to
network to visit agencies and maybe
attend a lecture or something they can
also potentially do an internship and
learn more about what they do on the job
and how they do it and that's a huge
advantage they have here at University
of Maryland is compared to other places
in the country where they may not have
that sort of access and so they're the
learning that goes on comes from books
or papers as an undergraduate Sabrina
Shirazi interned at the Smithsonian
conservation biological institute
genetics laboratory located at the
National Zoological Park in Washington
DC there she worked with ancient and
modern DNA exploring human impact on
specific fox species on California's
Channel Island when I was asked to come
here I was in my first genetics class
actually and all of the lab training
that I've got here is something that no
class at any university whether it's
Maryland or Harvard anywhere I don't
think I could have gotten that sitting
in a classroom because if you do have a
genetics lab you're working with stuff
that your teacher has set up and they
know they're it's going to work but when
I'm here I see how often there's things
that come up that you can't detect so
being able to make decisions on the spot
has really strengthened my lab skills i
believe recent anthropology alumnus la
while who is hired surely after
graduation by the Maryland State Highway
Administration as an extension of an
internship is assisting dr. shield blitz
key on the excavation of an old slave
quarters near Annapolis Maryland finding
opportunities to actually go out and do
the methods is very important because
that also really helps find a job that
graduate and
PhD students are very nice an
anthropology department very helpful and
also the professor's actually uni I've
worked with the most i believe and is
definitely willing to really help with
like finding your career and definitely
improving who you are as a being besides
just your career as well recent alumni
alexis estimate was employed directly
after graduation and now works for the
Lewin group a healthcare consulting
group based in Falls Church Virginia my
advice would be to take advantage of
everything that not only despoiled an
apology has to offer but be sauce and
also university of maryland so
definitely you don't just take the world
you can if you're an anthropology major
it's not hard to do i mean the reality
is the sky's the limit with what you can
do with a degree in anthropology and
that's because as an anthropologist is a
student of anthropology you're learning
very strong basic skills that you can
use in any career you learn very strong
writing skills strong analytic skills
investigative skills critical thinking
skills and cultural sensitivity and the
experience you gain with a degree in
anthropology can really launch your
career experience your anthropology
career at the University of Maryland
