Undergraduate program

Anthropology B.A./B.S.

Requirements

In addition to meeting the general University degree requirements, the anthropology major must meet minimum departmental requirements as follows:

Courses

Anth 101Introduction to Biological Anthropology

4

Anth 102Introduction to Archaeology

4

Anth 103Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology

4

 

Anth 304Social Theory

4

Or

Anth 305Cultural Theory

4

  

Anth 350Archaeological Method and Theory

4

 

Anth 372Human Variability

4

Or

Anth 370Paleoanthropology

5

 

Ling 232Language and Society

4

Or

Ling 233Language and Mind

4

Or

Stat 244Introduction to Probability and Statistics II

4

Upper-division anthropology electives 6 courses (see below)

24

Students earning the B.S. are required to take Stat 244

NOTE: Anthropology B.A. majors must complete two years of a foreign language or demonstrate equivalent proficiency.

Total Credit Hours: 52-53

Elective requirements

Upper-division electives shall be selected from at least two subfields of anthropology (physical, socio-cultural, or archaeology) and include at least one methods course (i.e., Anth 412, Anth 415, Anth 452, Anth 453, Anth 454, Anth 455, Anth 477, Anth 478, Anth 479). At least 8 of the 24 credits must be in formally numbered 400-level courses (i.e., not including Anth 401, Anth 404, Anth 405, Anth 407, Anth 410). Note: In exceptional circumstances, the department may permit a student to apply a maximum of one lower-division course to the upper-division elective requirement.

All anthropology courses used to satisfy the departmental major requirements must be taken for a letter grade and must have been assigned a grade of C- or better. Courses taken outside the department as part of departmental requirements (i.e. Ling 232, Ling 233 or Stat 244, World Languages and Literatures courses) may be taken pass/no pass (subject to the University limitations on the maximum number of hours taken pass/no pass) or for a letter grade. However, students who take these courses for a letter grade must earn a C- or better. Students must earn a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or better in all courses required for the anthropology bachelor’s degree (including those courses taken outside the department as part of departmental requirements).