Anthropology

Study Abroad

Students are encouraged to participate in overseas studies in both academic classes and ethnographic field schools. The Department of Anthropology will accept credit from a range of study abroad programs that include anthropology courses. You will need to get prior approval through the International Studies office and the anthropology undergraduate coordinator for coursework not offered by the University of Florida.

Several UF study abroad programs do not allow for anthropology credit but provide an excellent cultural experience and a boost to your CV for internships and graduate school.

Please see the University of Florida International Center for information on other programs and deadlines. You are encouraged to apply early for scholarship funds that help with costs.

Previous field school information can be found here.

UF Archaeological Field Schools

Undergraduate students concentrating in archaeology are strongly encouraged to take an archaeological field school. The University of Florida offers a variety of options on a rotating basis, mostly during summers but occasionally during Spring terms. The Department of Anthropology also accepts credit for field schools taken elsewhere by its majors.

External Study Abroad Programs and Field Schools

Archaeology

• Caherconnell Archaeology Field School
• Institute for Field Research
• The Irish Fieldschool of Prehistoric Archaeology
• Passport in Time
• Archeological Institute of America
• Adelphi University – Archeological Field Methods in Alaska
• ArchaeoTek – Archaeological Techniques and Research Center
• University of Wyoming – Paleoindian Archaeology at the Edge of the Rockies
• Bakota – The Bronze Age Körös Off-Tell Archaeology Project
• The 19th international Slavia field school in mortuary archaeology Poland 2017
• Sanisera – Archaeology Institute for International Field Schools
• USF Monteverde Institute—Archaeological Field Schools
• FAU Archaeological Field Programs
• FSU Archaeological Field Schools
• Archaeological Institute of America
• Slavia Field School 2022

Biological Anthropology

• ArchaeoTek – Archaeological Techniques and Research Center
• The 19th international Slavia field school in mortuary archaeology Poland 2017
• EPAF – Equipo Peruano de Antropologia forense

Ecological Anthropology

• The School for Field Studies
• DANTA – Association for Conservation of the Tropics
  • For more information, please visit our website at www.DANTA.info and/or email conservation@danta.email. For an alumni perspective on our programs, please see our blog DANTAisms http://dantablog.wordpress.com/.
    Methods in Primate Behavior and ConservationDates:  Dec. 28 – Jan. 10, 2022 and July 3-18, 2022
    Program Fee: $2600
    Application deadline:  December 1, 2021 and May 15, 2022Course Description:  DANTA Tropical Biology and Conservation Field Courses 2021/2022Wildlife Conservation and SustainabilityDates: Dec. 28 – Jan. 10, 2022 and June 13 – 28, 2022Program fee: $2600Application deadline: December 1, 2021 and May 15, 2022Course Description: DANTA Tropical Biology and Conservation Field Courses 2021/2022Field ExcursionAll courses include a visit to a wildlife rehabilitation center, sustainable chocolate plantation and dolphin and snorkeling trip of the Golfo Dulce. We will stay overnight on the Boruca Indigenous Reserve where we will learn about the community and their traditional lifeways, and help with needed projects. Every effort is made to implement eco-friendly and socially responsible practices into our day-to-day operations, field courses and overall mission.

• Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation
• Field projects
• University of Colorado Humans and Wild Animals: Conservation, Conflict, and Coexistence at Cal-Wood

Ethnography

• The Open School of Ethnography and Anthropology Community Institute for Transcultural Exchange
• Grand Valley State University – United Kingdom: Anthropology
• FAU Ethnographic Fieldschool 

Interdisciplinary and General Anthropology Study Abroad Programs

• Kenya Study Abroad
• Sepela – Field Programs
• Off the Beaten Track – Summer School for Anthropologists
• UWF Anthropology Field Schools
• American Anthropological Association Fieldwork and Study Abroad Guide
• Colorado State Field School Search Engine