University Park,
PA,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Anthropology in University Park United States | Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
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University Park United States
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
41,212
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
48 months
Anthropology is a comprehensive scientific field connected to the humanities. Researchers in this discipline record, analyze, and interpret both physical and cultural differences among societies throughout history. The field views individuals as components of broader social systems that influence and are shaped by their members. Anthropology examines how cultures develop and interact within economic, political, and environmental contexts across time.
The Bachelor of Arts program emphasizes human biological and cultural diversity through archaeology, biological anthropology, and sociocultural studies. Alongside classroom learning, students gain hands-on experience through laboratory and fieldwork.
Anthropology explores the spectrum of human diversity—our physical traits, behaviors, cultural systems, and evolutionary journey. Scholars examine living communities worldwide, ancient populations through fossils and artifacts, and both living and extinct primate species. The discipline documents and interprets biological and cultural differences in humans across time to better comprehend our shared existence. This broad field encompasses several interconnected specialties. Archaeology investigates ancient and historical societies to trace cultural transformations. Biological Anthropology analyzes human physical variation in modern and ancestral populations. Cultural Anthropology or Human Ecology focuses on present-day communities and their relationships with surrounding environments.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 7.0
Qualification Requirements
The majority of Penn State’s applications come from traditional, first-year students. The following types of students are considered first-year applicants (or freshman applicants, as some refer to them): Current high school student in his or her senior year; Student who has earned a high school diploma or a GED and has no post-secondary coursework; Student who has attempted 17 or fewer credits (semester hours) of college coursework at a regionally accredited college/university before attending Penn State; Current high school student who may have enrolled in another institution(s) before graduating from high school (dual enrollment); Student who may have attended Penn State on a nondegree basis.
English Language Proficiency
The following are ways in which you can satisfy the language proficiency requirement: TOEFL: A minimum TOEFL score of 80 on the Internet-based TOEFL or 550 on the old paper exam and a minimum of 20 in each section of the new paper exam (code #2660); IELTS: A minimum IELTS score of 6.5 on the academic test.
Tuition
USD
41,212