The expanding field of Anthropology.

Question

I am going to school for forensic anthropology and i was wondering what you thought about this career and if there were a lot of job demand for this field. I love what i am going to school for and am just wondering what others opinions are.

Answer 1

I have an Anthropology minor. In one class I took called s*x, Gender, and Culture, we discussed possible routes you can go with an Anthropology degree. The most common career that Anthropologists end up with is excavation of land for commercial use. For any building that is going to be built, Anthropologists must excavate the land to make sure there are no endangered plants and animals, etc.

If you're interested in law, you can get into forensic investigation, i.e. C.S.I. I don't know how high the demand is in that field, but considering the soaring rate of crime in this country, I'm willing to bet you'd have no trouble starting a career.

There's also excavation of artifacts and bones...really, all kinds of stuff. I think Archaeology/Forensics are going to be your best bets. I don't really know what career you could get into with Linguistics or Cultural Anthropology.

Answer 2

I have a degree in Anthropology. I graduated college in 1997. I am not working in that field though. I studied mostly Native North American/mesoAmerican and Mayan Cultures. I also studied Evolution. My sister is studying Forensic Anthropology in Forensics. She hasn't finish yet. I would have to talk to her about it. Right now she teaches in a Catholic school (not literally now, since it is the summer). But Anthropology, especially evolution interests me. Just keep looking. forensics is used in solving crimes, is law something you want to do with it?