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MISSION: The cultural anthropology major enables students to understand culture, its nature, function, diversity, and shaping effects on human nature and societies. Its faculty of Christian scholars address the applications of this knowledge to the solution of human problems as well as the delivery of the Gospel message. The major prepares students for applied work upon graduation, or the competent pursuit of advanced study in one of the many specializations of the discipline, such as linguistic, educational, development, medical, business, and cognitive.
Institutionally
To serve anthropology majors seeking graduate studies in anthropology or those using anthropological knowledge and training to secure jobs; to disseminate anthropological information to a large number of nonmajors, and through them to enlighten the greater community on the scope, significance, and applications of anthropology to uphold the divine commission, human dignity, and cultural diversity.
Academically
To affirm anthropology, with its focus on cross-cultural research, the promotion of cultural worth and significance, as opposed to ethnocentrism, and its integrated approach to understanding humankind from the perspective of the traditional four fields of anthropology (linguistics, sociocultural, physical, and archeology).
Spiritually
To affirm the utility of anthropological knowledge and skills in the delivery of the gospel to culture groups at home and around the world, and to the amelioration of human problems via a holistic understanding of the human condition.
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