Design Anthropology

Overview

Design Anthropology addresses how ethnography can be used to better understand community needs in order to design more suitable products, services, experiences and spaces for end users.

Career Pathways

Human-centered design and user-experience research
Design firms
Architecture firms
Urban planning
Technology companies
Advertising and marketing
International development
Non-profits
Community organizations
Museums

Recommended Pathway Courses

Core Requirements

Anth 101 Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Anth 102 Introduction to Archaeology
Anth 103 Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology
If you're earning the B.S.: Stat 244 Introduction to Probability and Statistics II
If you're earning the B.A.: Ling 232 Language and Society OR Ling 233 Language and Mind OR Ling 390 Introduction to Linguistics
Anth 304 Social Theory OR Anth 305 Culture and Power
Anth 345 Practicing Anthropology
Anth 350 Archaeological Method and Theory
Anth 373 Primate Ecology and Behavior

B.A. majors must also complete two years of a foreign language or demonstrate equivalent proficiency.

Recommended Anthropology Electives

Recommended Non-Anthropology Electives

Internship Opportunities

Organization Name	Paid or Unpaid	Location	Application Due Date
Dropbox	Paid	Virtual	Unspecified
Gemic	Paid	New York, New York; Berlin, Germany; London, England; Toronto, Canada	Unspecified
Monteverde Institute	Unpaid	Virtual; Costa Rica; Hybrid	Unspecified
R/GA	Paid	London, England	Unspecified
Ziba	Paid	Portland, Oregon	Unspecified

Field Schools

Field School	Application Due Date
Off the Beaten Track	Rolling acceptance