BA in Anthropology

Prerequisite courses:

• Biological Anthropology
• Sociocultural Anthropology
• Archaeology
• Language in Culture and Society

Required courses in other areas:

Two-year proficiency in a single foreign language, as demonstrated by completion of four semesters of college-level language study or the equivalent

6–12 credits of coursework in related departments approved by the advisor. Recommended for sociocultural emphasis are courses in economics, history, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology; for archaeological emphasis, courses in American studies, art history, geography, geological sciences, and history; for emphasis in biological anthropology, courses in anatomy, biological sciences, chemistry, and physical geography; for emphasis in linguistic anthropology, courses in linguistics and in speech and hearing science. Courses in statistics are strongly recommended for all anthropology majors

Requirements for the major:

In addition to the four prerequisite courses, 24–36 credits in anthropology courses, including:

• Foundations of Anthropological Thought

At least one course from three of the following four categories:

Sociocultural anthropology (ANTH 2500s, 2700s, 3500s, and 3700s)
Linguistics (ANTH/LING 3600s)
Biological anthropology (ANTH 2400s and 3400s)
Archaeology (ANTH 3800s)

An approved methods course in any category, including but not limited to the courses listed below. (Methods courses can be double-counted as courses in their subject categories.)

• Advanced Human Osteology
• Methods in Sociocultural Anthropology
• Ethnographic Analysis of Speech
• Paleoanthropological Field Program
• Field Research: New World
• Field Research: Old World
• Historical Archaeology Field Program
• Lab Research Methods in Archaeology
• Technology