Humans, Environment & Resilience

Overview

Environmental anthropology focuses on human-environment relationships in contexts of power and environmental change, including Indigenous, local and other ways of knowing that complement and expand western scientific knowledge.

Career Pathways

Governmental agencies, community-based organizations, NGOs and international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs), and Native American Nations
Cultural Resources Management (CRM) archaeologist
Disaster preparedness and response
Global development
Environmental and social justice activist and advocate
K-12 STEM educator
Ph.D. preparation

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 372 Human Variation

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

Recommended Anthropology Electives

Anth 414 Culture and Ecology
Anth 415 Applied Anthropology
Anth 418 Environmental Anthropology
Anth 458 The Archaeology of Disaster (Alternative: Anth 491: Culture, Vulnerability and Disaster Resilience)
Anth 472 The Roots of Human Biology

Recommended Non-Anthropology Electives

USP 313U Urban Environmental Issues
ESM 355U Understanding Environmental Sustainability I
Geog 467 Community Resilience in Coupled Socio-Ecological Systems
USP 490 Green Economics and Sustainable Development

Internship Opportunities

Organization Name	Paid or Unpaid	Location
Bonneville Power Administration	Paid	Pacific Northwest
Green Empowerment	Unspecified	Portland, Oregon
Mercy Corps	Paid	Portland, Oregon; Washington, D.C.; Virtual
Minka Project	Paid	Peru
Monteverde Institute	Unpaid	Virtual; Costa Rica; Hybrid
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)	Varies	Throughout the U.S.
Oregon Zoo	Mostly unpaid positions	Portland, Oregon
Roots & Routes Intercultural Collaborations	Unpaid	Throughout the world
SWCA	Paid	Arizona; California; Colorado; Louisiana; Massachusetts; Texas; Utah
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs	Paid	Throughout the U.S.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management	Varies	Throughout the U.S.
U.S. Forest Service	Paid	Throughout the U.S.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) (Make sure to check both the internships offered by FWS and their partner organizations)	Varies	Throughout the U.S.
U.S. National Park Service	Paid	Throughout the U.S.
Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR)	Paid	Washington