Explore your options with those in the know

It’s important to think and plan ahead when contemplating your future career. Considering what you’d most like to do after completing your degree involves thinking about how you enjoy spending your time.

Do you prefer the lab, the field, or the library? Are you driven to become the best teacher you can be? Do you have interests that augment your study in anthropology that might help you create a hybrid career?

Our undergraduate academic advisor can help you consider career options. Graduate students should meet with our director of graduate studies to discuss their career path.

If you are considering graduate school, you should meet with the director of undergraduate studies or academic advisor to discuss graduate school in more detail. You’ll learn about the application process and research sources for graduate school funding. If you are interested in Anthropology or another science-based field, you may want to look into the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which provides three years of support for graduate study in certain fields.

Finally, here is a very useful document from an advisor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)—tips concerning what not to do when applying for graduate school.