U-EVANT-BS - Evolutionary Anthropology (BS)

Evolutionary Anthropology is an interdisciplinary department centering on the origin and evolution of human beings and their close biological relatives. The department and its course offerings cover a variety of research areas including primate behavior, ecology, cognition and genetics; primate and human disease ecology; human genetics, energetics, and physiology; paleoanthropology; and functional and comparative anatomy. Opportunities for independent research exist in departmental laboratories, including the Canine Cognition Center and the Primate Locomotion Lab. Additional research opportunities can be found at the Duke Lemur Center and the Lemur Center’s Museum of Natural History.

Departmental Graduation with Distinction

To qualify for the Graduation with Distinction program, students must have a GPA of 3.0 overall and 3.5 within evolutionary anthropology. To earn distinction, students typically spend one year conducting independent research with a faculty mentor and writing a substantial senior thesis. Students must be enrolled in an independent study course within evolutionary anthropology. Exceptions must be approved by the director of undergraduate studies. Students must submit a brief (one- to two-paragraph) description of the honors project, the names of the faculty comprising the examination committee, and the signature of the student’s faculty mentor to the director of undergraduate studies by the end of the first week of classes of the student’s next-to-last semester (e.g., fall semester for May graduates). The examination committee should consist of three faculty members, at least two of whom are in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology.

Website: evolutionaryanthropology.duke.edu/undergraduate/degree-programs/major