Having a career will give finances that are required to have a family, or a decent car. Furthering education will give a person the career that is needed to go through life. Bills will need to be payed, families will need taken care of, and all of that requires a successful career. Forensic anthropology is challenging for the mind, and provides the required amount of money …show more content…
The best undergraduate program that would help you pursue your career should include courses in the three main subfields of anthropology, according to a forensic anthropologist at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. These three subfields are physical anthropology, cultural anthropology and archaeology. Some universities' anthropology programs might include courses in linguistics, a fourth specialty. Dr. Albert, the forensic anthropologist from the University of North Carolina, cautions that a forensic anthropologist is an anthropologist first and a forensic scientist second.(Undergraduate 1) After getting a grip on the feel of anthropology, a student wanting to become a forensic anthropologist should start concentrating on physical anthropology, which emphasizes the physical evolution and development of human beings. Because forensic anthropologists study human bones, It is recommended to study in osteology, the study of bones.(Specialization …show more content…
Memorizing all of the bone structure takes a lot of practice. That is why there aren’t very many forensic anthropologists.
When I first became interested in forensic anthropology, I was watching a tv show called Bones. It is about a forensic anthropologist named Temperance Brennan who works at the Jeffersonian Museum(a fictional place) in Washington D.C. She works with a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent named Seeley Booth. They both work together to solve murders. Agent Booth finds the bad guys while Dr. Brennan finds out who the victims are. They have extra help though. Dr. Brennan has had multiple interns, and has trusty lab partners to help her put an identity to the victim. I want to be a forensic anthropologist because I want to help people. I want to make a difference in the world. Bringing closure and stepping past my comfort zone is what I want to do. Seeing the dead bodies, mangled faces, and dismembered body parts would not bother me at all. I know that that is exactly what I want to do with my