Anthropology is the comparative study of societies and human diversity. It asks questions about behaviour, meaning and value between different societies and cultures. Anthropologists focus on groups within society that follow a distinct way of life, such as workers on the shop floor of a factory, people who live by hunting and gathering in the Amazon, corporate managers, Indigenous Australian artists, fans of Harry Potter books, opium growers in South-East Asia or members of a religious group. Although the social contexts in which they work are extremely diverse, anthropologists share a commitment to exploring and understanding different ways of life and cultural perspectives, and illuminating these for others.

ACCREDITATION

Professional anthropologists are Members or Fellows of the Australian Anthropological Society. A person who has completed an Honours degree (or equivalent) requiring at least four years study, or one with a postgraduate degree, can become a Member or Fellow of the Society.

Key Features

• You will learn skills that will allow you to contribute to policy development and shape interventions by applying anthropological theories and methods to concrete problems.
• You can directly engage with current academic research in the classroom through our staff members who are all actively engaged in fieldwork in Australia and around the world.
• You will benefit from Macquarie's close relations with local communities, NGOs and research institutions in South-East Asia, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Americas and Australasia.

• business and government consultant
• community outreach coordinator
• community planner
• corporate anthropologist
• cultural adviser
• diversity consultant
• journalist
• human resources manager
• multicultural liaison officer
• NGO evaluator or administrator
• policy developer
• public health official
• qualitative researcher
• talent management and recruitment consultant
• government
• multilateral aid agencies
• non-government