Anthropology, B.A.

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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:

1. Core

AN 101 - Human and Cultural Evolution (4)
AN 102 - Culture and Human Nature (4)
AN 302 - Anthropological Research Methods (4)
AN 470 - Anthropological Theory (4)

2. Complete one of the following 24-credit tracks

A. Cultural anthropology – 24 credits

1. One class from each of the following categories

2. 8 credits in electives from any AN courses at the 200 level or above.

B. Archaeology – 24 credits

1. Required course

AN 222 - Introduction to Anthropological Archaeology (4)

2. Required course – 8 credits

AN 383 - Methods in Anthropological Archaeology (4 or 8)

3. 12 elective credits from

AN 282 - The Prehistoric Origins of Civilization (4)
AN 370 - Archaeology of Mesoamerica (4)
AN 380 - Archaeology of North America (4)
AN 384 - Museum Studies in Archaeology (4)
AN 385 - Historical Archaeology (4)

C. General anthropology – 24 credits

Students may choose elective credits from any anthropology courses.

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 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 .