Anthropology
Anthropology is a small department dedicated to giving its
students a great deal of individual attention. It has about one
hundred and seventy majors and graduates approximately fifteen
students each year. Committed to the four-field approach to the
discipline, its faculty includes specialists in cultural
anthropology, archaeology, linguistics and biological
anthropology. Of particular interest to the National Institute of
Mental Health - Career Opportunities in Research Education and
Training (NIMH-COR) Program, the department has recently expanded
its laboratory facilities in physical anthropology. While several
members of the department do field work in exotic parts of the
world, others apply the anthropological approach to local urban
issues closely related to the concerns of NIMH, for example:
AIDS, homelessness, and substance abuse. Several Hunter NIMH-COR
Program students who majored in anthropology have gone on to do
their doctoral research on these topics.
See also the Anthropology
Department Web Site.
Psychology
Psychology is the largest department in the College. It has
more than fifteen hundred majors which makes it nearly three
times the size of other departments at Hunter. The department
accounts for approximately forty percent of all majors in the
Division of Social Sciences and approximately seventeen percent
of all the majors at Hunter College. In 1994-95, 220 students
graduated from Psychology, almost double the number of any other
department. The department is quite diverse and includes scholars
who specialize in animal behavior, cognitive psychology,
community psychology, developmental psychology, neuroscience, and
social psychology. What is more, the department houses the CUNY
Doctoral Program in Biopsychology, the presence of which gives
excellent opportunities to our gifted undergraduates who want to
pursue studies in behavioral neuroscience.
See also the Psychology Department Web Site.
Sociology
The department of sociology has 450 majors. Historically, it
also has had a relatively high proportion of minority faculty,
when compared to other departments at Hunter College. The
research interests of the department are broad and cover the
spectrum of the discipline, including special strengths in third
world, gender, crime, and deviance studies. The department offers
a Master's Degree in Social Research.
See also the Sociology
Department Web Site.
If you are interested in this type of program but are a biology major or primarily interested in biopsychology, check the MARC/MBRS Page
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