{"id":6,"date":"2014-04-24T13:03:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T13:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/anthropology\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2021-08-04T16:57:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T20:57:34","slug":"careers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/anthropology\/careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Careers in Anthropology<\/h2>\n<p>As anthropology is about people and their heritage, it can lead you to many diverse careers that are people- and culture-oriented. Most careers require a university education in anthropology at a B.A. or higher level. Careers in anthropology include:<\/p>\n<h3>Teaching and research<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>primary, secondary, college and university levels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Government departments or agencies<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>external affairs<\/li>\n<li>customs and immigration<\/li>\n<li>First Nations<\/li>\n<li>health and welfare<\/li>\n<li>resource management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Consulting and other institutions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>non-profit and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)<\/li>\n<li>Conservation, cultural heritage management and museums<\/li>\n<li>Tourism<\/li>\n<li>Community work (public health, family planning, social services, civil rights)<\/li>\n<li>International work (economic and democratic development)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Criminology and forensic science<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Business and private enterprise<\/h3>\n<p>Especially businesses that have international or global concerns.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3> Academia <\/h3>\n<p>Also, anthropology is a good basis for further education. The list is endless, but it may be an important facet of training for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Postgraduate studies in the social sciences<\/li>\n<li>Law<\/li>\n<li>MBA programs<\/li>\n<li>International relations<\/li>\n<li>Social work<\/li>\n<li>Medicine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> Skills and Benefits<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Skills you obtain by studying anthropology, especially field research and language training, are useful in the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>market research and polling<\/li>\n<li>public relations and the media<\/li>\n<li>counseling<\/li>\n<li>interpretation or translation<\/li>\n<li>advocacy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Finally, anthropology is one of the more exciting career choices you can make! Benefits of working as an anthropologist include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>travel and exploration<\/li>\n<li>making friends and having satisfying social encounters<\/li>\n<li>interesting and profound life experiences<\/li>\n<li>being the coolest person at any party or social gathering!&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Careers in Anthropology As anthropology is about people and their heritage, it can lead you to many diverse careers that are people- and culture-oriented. Most careers require a university education in anthropology at a B.A. or higher level. Careers in anthropology include: Teaching and research primary, secondary, college and university levels Government departments or agencies&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}