Overview

Anthropology is the study of the human as at once an individual, a product of society, and a maker of history and culture. It’s the nature of the human condition to live within structures of symbol, belief, and power of our own fashioning: religion, art, gender, war, ecosystems, race relations, embodiment, kinship, science, colonialism, language, nations and states, play, subsistence strategies, mass media, illness, pain, and pleasure. In a word, culture. And anthropologists study all this and more.

This broad training in understanding culture and society is a perfect foundation for a wide array of careers, from medicine and the law to art and politics. As a discipline, anthropology combines the rigor of science with the creative unexpectedness of art; it endeavors to evoke the real spirit, the true picture of human life in all its complexity, context, and contradiction.

Our Program

The courses from Duke University Bachelor in Cultural Anthropology program offers students critical understanding of key questions of war, poverty, and creativity; many also focus on particular regions of the world (for example, China, Latin America, Africa, and Europe), taught by faculty members who are leading world experts in these areas. Anthropology also has a tradition of activism and advocacy (in fact, the famous anthropologist, doctor, and humanitarian Paul Famer – founder of Partners in Health and now a member of the Duke Board of Trustees – is a graduate of our department). Anthropology is also a big tent discipline that has welcomed people who may not feel represented in the “mainstream” because of their gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or background (some examples include Margaret Mead, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude Levi-Strauss, Don Kulick, Michel-Rolph Trouillot). Many of our faculty lead Duke Engage programs (including to China and Northern Ireland), and our faculty members established the Duke in Ghana Global Education program.

As the discipline evolves our historic tools, honed in small-scale societies, are increasingly applied to other “tribes” like computer programmers, lab scientists, gamers, genetic clinicians, high energy physicists, sports teams, stockbrokers, and the people (and other beings) affected by their work, including test tube babies, nuclear down-winders, patient advocacy groups, fan cultures, and environmental activists. Actual people, in their singularity and specificity, are central to anthropology as it also ponders the big questions of life, death, justice, and power.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Anthropology of Food
The Documentary Experience: A Video Approach
Enterprising Leadership and Civic Engagement
Anthropology and Film
World Music: Aesthetic and Anthropological Approaches
African Mbira Music: An Experiential Learning Class
Music, Social Life, and Scenes
Israel/Palestine: Comparative Perspectives
Comparative Approaches to Global Issues
Geopolitics and Culture from ISIS to Afghanistan

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-05 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Durham, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

Official transcripts for all academic work completed in high school are required and must be submitted by your school counselor or another school official
All applicants must complete either the ACT or SAT
If you are a non-native English speaker or if you are not currently studying in an English-medium curriculum, we recommend but do not require that you take an English proficiency test (DUOLINGO, IELTS, PTE, TOEFL)
A one-page personal essay as well as short essay questions specific to Duke
We require three letters of recommendation for each applicant: one from your school counselor and two from teachers who have taught you in major academic courses (English, mathematics, social studies, sciences, foreign languages)
A nonrefundable $85 application fee
To obtain an F-1 visa for study in the United States, a foreign citizen must furnish his or her home country’s U.S. consulate with proof of ability to meet educational expenses, along with the I-20 form.

Tuition Fees

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70265 USD / year

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70265 USD / year

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70265 USD / year

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Durham

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990 - 1670 USD / month

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