As you progress through the anthropology major, you refine critical thinking skills while developing research skills (including learning and applying methods) and analytical skills. You choose one or two subfields that interest you the most and begin to study them more deeply.
In the first and second year of the program, you learn key terms, approaches and theories of anthropology. You are introduced to the big questions that drive the discipline, examining cross-cultural and biological perspective on what it means to be human. You become familiar with the historical and contemporary underpinnings of each of the four subfields of anthropology: social/cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology and linguistic anthropology. In the second year, you begin to conduct work in the lab.
In your third year, you learn how humans live in, have adapted to and participate in our physical and social environments. The courses you take, including those that focus on research methods, prepare you for special topics courses that expand on and deepen your knowledge of anthropology subdisciplines. By the final year of the program, you are creating and disseminating original research, communicating anthropological concepts using a variety of media and evaluating your peers using a variety of techniques. When you encounter an unfamiliar cultural situation, you are able to respond to and interpret it from an anthropological perspective. You have learned to listen, ask questions and evaluate the world from a biocultural, holistic point of view.
Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology Major
Course List
Specific Major Requirements
ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 206 Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 207 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 208 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
ANTH 209 Introduction to Biological Anthropology
ANTH 399 Ecological Perspectives in Anthropology
ANTH 394 Ethnographic Research Methods
or ANTH 395 Archaeological Method Issues
ANTH 415 Anthropological Theory
or ANTH 481 Archaeological Theory History
General Major Requirements
Choose 18 to 36 credits from junior- and senior-level ANTH with a minimum of 15 credits at the 300- or 400-level and a minimum of 3 credits at the 400-level. 18-36
Secondary Major or Minor(s)
Students have the option of completing a second Arts major, or one or two minors. Minor courses must be completed at the senior-level.
Options
Students can complete up to 15 credits in out-of-faculty options, with no more than 3 credits in physical activity (PACT) courses. 0-60
Total Credits 120
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