Anthropology, B.A.

Program Requirements

Required Courses: 29 Credits

ANTH 201 - Human Origins 4 Credit(s)
ANTH 202 - Cultural Anthropology 4 Credit(s)
ANTH 203 - Language and Culture 4 Credit(s)
ANTH 204 - Archaeology 4 Credit(s)
ANTH 305 - Applying Anthropology 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 391 - Anthropological Theory 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 393 - Professionalism in Anthropology 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 480 - Senior Seminar/Practicum 4 Credit(s)

Electives: 9-10 Credits

6 credit hours of anthropology electives (3 credit hours must be at the upper division); 3 credit hours in anthropology at the 400-level.

The elective courses a student takes to complete the major will be chosen in consultation with the adviser.

Recommended Coursework Outside the Major

The Department of Anthropology encourages majors to work closely with their advisers in planning coursework to satisfy postgraduate objectives.

Study Abroad Opportunities

The Anthropology Department encourages students to study abroad as one of the best ways to achieve understanding of other cultures. Special opportunities are available to complete part of the requirements for the anthropology major through programs of study abroad. For example, students may choose archaeology or cultural anthropology in Puebla, Mexico; women and development in Ghana; aboriginal studies in Australia; or Irish studies in Cork, Ireland, to name just a few of the places where students can study wholly or partly in English. The Office of International Education provides information about overseas study and assists students with planning their programs abroad.

Senior Seminar

The Anthropology Department believes that all students who graduate with an anthropology major should have had a research project or experience that goes beyond a library term paper. Though not all students can be expected to do extracurricular activities while a major, they can at least be asked to prepare through coursework for the anthropological experience. A portion of Senior Seminar allows students to speak and write reflectively as anthropologists so that they come to grips intellectually and personally with their experience.

Note(s)

The Department of Anthropology requires that students earn a minimum grade of 2.0/S* in all courses counted toward the major.
No student may repeat a Department of Anthropology course more than two times without written permission of the instructor, the department chair and the dean.
Students may only “double-count” two courses for an additional major or minor.