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Internships, Fieldwork and Training
Internships
Internships and Fieldwork Opportunities: Anthropology concentrations are  strongly encouraged to do fieldwork and internships. Many use these experiences to gather data for their senior theses.
Museology Internships: Museology internships are available in conjunction with the local museums. These internships take place as semester-long tutorials, or as January or Summer Independent Study Projects.
Fieldwork
Fieldwork. The Anthropology faculty provide students with advice on locating field schools, anthropological projects worldwide, or assist them in planning their own fieldwork. Past students have participated in archaeological projects in many parts of the United States, Mexico, Central America, Peru, Europe, Israel, Kenya and India. Others have conducted cultural research in  various parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Ecuador, Spain, Ireland and India. The program has also sponsored several field projects in cultural anthropology and archaeology in the Sarasota area.
Funding for Fieldwork. The Anthropology Program has limited funding for student travel and research through the Anthropology Endowment Fund and the Bertram H. White Awards. Additional sources of funding for student research are available through the New College Foundation and the New College Alumni/ae Association. Students planning fieldwork in Israel may also apply to the Jewish Federation of Sarasota/Manatee Counties, among other sources.
Training
Anthropology concentrations are required to take courses on the History of  Anthropological Theory and Method and Theory in Archaeology. In addition, students specializing in socio-cultural anthropology must take a field methods course, Ethnography: Theory and Practice. Students specializing in archaeology generally begin their fieldwork by attending a field school somewhere in the United States. Two popular programs are the summer programs run by the University of South Florida and the University of Arizona.
In addition to the above coursework, anthropology concentrations are also required to have training in a foreign language. A course in statistics is recommended for those planning to attend graduate school.
Anthropology students apply their research training in the preparation of their senior project and thesis, which calls for an integration of data (often gathered in the field) with relevant bodies of anthropological theory. Most theses are equivalent to M.A. theses and often yield publishable results.
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