The field of anthropology seeks to promote a holistic understanding of social life by offering complex accounts of human histories, societies and cultures. Anthropologists undertake ethnographic, archival, and archaeological research on the varied aspects of individual and collective experience in all time periods and parts of the world. The department of Anthropology at Vassar offers a wide range of options for majors, correlates and non-majors in recognition of the broad interdisciplinary nature of the field.