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This list of anthropology awards is an index to articles about notable awards given for contributions to anthropology, the scientific study of humans, human behavior and societies in the past and present. The list gives the country of the sponsoring organization, but awards may be given to people from other countries.
The student who achieves the highest marks in their Tripos subject, commonly referred to as the 'Tripos topper', is awarded with the Winifred Georgina Holgate Pollard Memorial Prize. [6] [7] The prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious academic accolade awarded to students by the University of Cambridge.
The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (SSAG), whose highest patron is the King of Sweden, awards a Gold Medal (called Retzius Medal before 2015) to world-leading scholars in human geography and anthropology.
The second was Santa Fe, NM, on 23 February 2005-February 27, 2005, and the third was in Savannah, GA, on February 22-February 25, 2006. The second and third were held in conjunction with the Society for Cross Cultural Anthropology, which is older and larger and has been doing this for some years. Financially, they are self-liquidating.
This list of social sciences awards is an index to articles about notable awards given for contributions to social sciences in general. It excludes LGBTQ-related awards and awards for anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, Information science, politics and political science, psychology and sociology, which are covered by separate lists.
Grades can be enhanced by extra credits, awarded where students undertake optional work, in addition to their compulsory school work. [16] For an example of standard-based grading, see "The 1-2-3-4 System" below.
Lansing obtained his BA with highest honors at Wesleyan University in 1972, following a year at the Wesleyan Honors College studying with Jürgen Habermas.He was a doctoral fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey [4] in 1976 and received his doctorate in Anthropology from University of Michigan in 1977.
A bachelor's degree can be an honours degree (bachelor's with honours) or an ordinary degree (bachelor's without honours). Honours degrees are classified, usually based on a weighted average (with higher weight given to marks in the later years of the course, and often zero weight to those in the first year) of the marks gained in exams and other assessments.