Dr. M. Elizabeth Strasser, Department Chair
Ms. Melonie Moreno, Office Manager
Office Location: Mendocino Hall, 4010
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am - 4:45pm
Telephone: (916) 278-6452
Fax: (916) 278-6339
E-Mail: Office Manager
Mailing Address:
Anthropology
California State University, Sacramento
6000 "J" Street
Sacramento, CA 95819-6106
Our department has one of the largest and most diverse anthropology faculties within the California State University system. Many of our faculty are widely published and of national repute in their areas of specialization. In conjunction with formal educational programs, the department supports several activities on a regular basis: a series of Faculty Colloquia and the Sacramento Anthropological Society, which publishes a monograph series and hosts an annual symposium.
The department houses extensive ethnographic and archaeological collections in conjunction with the Museum of Anthropology. Students have an opportunity to learn all phases of museum work from collections management to the designing and mounting of anthropological exhibits. The department also maintains a computer lab, as well as several computer stations, in the Archaeology lab.
In addition to course related fieldwork, students are provided the opportunity for paid fieldwork through the Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Studies. The Institute coordinates ongoing foreign and domestic field projects, income-generating contract work and the archaeology curriculum. Students may participate in fieldwork at California and Great Basin sites, and, through the department s membership in an international consortium of universities, may participate in ongoing excavations at Tel Dor, Israel. Research opportunities are also provided through internship placements with museums and governmental agencies.
CSUS Requirements and Admission Information
Detailed degree requirements and course information can be found in the CSUS Catalog. For information on admission to CSUS, select "Student Services and Information/Admissions Information". Information on degree requirements can also be found on our Degree Requirements page.
Anthropology is the study of people. Its perspective is biological, social and comparative, encompassing all aspects of human existence, from the most ancient societies to those of the present day. Anthropology seeks to order and explain similarities and differences between peoples of the world from the combined vantage points of culture and biology.
Cultural and Social Anthropology deal with the many aspects of the social lives of people around the world, including our own society: their economic systems, legal practices, kinship, religions, medical practices, folklore, arts and political systems, as well as the interrelationship of these systems in environmental adaptation and social change. Physical Anthropology describes and compares world human biology. Its focus is on humans and the primate order to which they belong as part of nature, and it seeks to document and understand the interplay of culture and biology in the course of human evolution and adaptation. Anthropological Linguistics deals with varied aspects of human language, and the characteristics of non-human communication systems, in order to achieve an understanding of past and present human language systems and their significance in social life. Archaeology takes as its focus the material remains of human societies from the remote and recent past, with emphasis on reconstructing and understanding past modes of human cultural adaptation and change.
Our department has one of the largest and most diverse anthropology faculties within the California State University system. Many of our faculty are widely published and of national repute in their areas of specialization.
In conjunction with formal educational programs, the department supports several activities on a regular basis: a series of Faculty Colloquia and the Sacramento Anthropological Society, which publishes a monograph series and hosts an annual symposium.
The department houses extensive ethnographic and archaeological collections in conjunction with the Museum of Anthropology. Students have an opportunity to learn all phases of museum work from collections management to the designing and mounting of anthropological exhibits. The department also maintains a computer lab, as well as several computer stations, in the Archaeology lab.
In addition to course related fieldwork, students are provided the opportunity for paid fieldwork through the Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Studies. The Institute coordinates ongoing foreign and domestic field projects, income-generating contract work and the archaeology curriculum. Students may participate in fieldwork at California and Great Basin sites, and, through the department's membership in an international consortium of universities, may participate in ongoing excavations at Tel Dor, Israel. Research opportunities are also provided through internship placements with museums and governmental agencies.
Archaeologist Linguist Environmental Impact Analyst Museum Curator Health Researcher Redevelopment Specialist Industrial Consultant Artifacts Conservator Anthropometrist Resource Manager Ethnic Relations Specialist Population Analyst Urban Planner Exhibit Designer Expedition Guide Film Ethnographer Social Gerontologist College Faculty Member Medical Anthropologist Bilingual Education Consultant Primatologist Zoo Director Museum Program Director Museum Registrar Forensic Anthropologist Folklorist.
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