Anthropology, B.A.

Requirements for the liberal arts major in anthropology, B.A. program

Students have a choice of three 24 credit major tracks: cultural anthropology (strongly recommended for students planning to go to graduate school in this field; archaeology (strongly recommended for students planning graduate work in archaeology) and general anthropology (recommended for students whose interest in anthropology is broadly educational).

To earn a Bachelor of Arts with a major in anthropology, students must complete a minimum of 40 credits including the following:

Note

LIN 201  is strongly recommended for all AN majors, as is the study of at least two years of a foreign language. Students planning graduate school should also consider taking SOC 202  (Research Methods). No more than 8 credits counted toward the major may be taken in AN 190 /SOC 190 , AN 392 /SOC 392 , AN 399 /SOC 399  or AN 480 /SOC 480 .   

Requirements for the combined liberal arts major in sociology/anthropology, B.A. program

To earn a Bachelor of Arts with a combined major in sociology/anthropology, students must complete a minimum of 20 credits in sociology and 20 credits in anthropology including the following:

Requirements for modified majors in sociology and/or anthropology with a linguistics concentration, B.A. program

To earn a modified major in sociology with a concentration in linguistics, students must complete a minimum of 20 credits in sociology, including SOC 100 , SOC 202 , SOC 203 , SOC 400 , and a minimum of 20 credits in linguistics including LIN 201 , LIN 303 , LIN 304 , and either LIN 403  or LIN 404 , and LIN 376  or SOC 376 .

To earn a modified major in anthropology with a concentration in linguistics, students must complete AN 101  and AN 102 , plus a minimum of 12 additional credits in anthropology and 20 credits in linguistics, including: LIN 201 , LIN 303 , LIN 304 , and either LIN 403  or LIN 404 , and either LIN 374 or AN 374  or LIN 375 or AN 375 .