Nov 21, 2024

2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin

2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Anthropology, B.A.

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Program Learning Outcomes

1) Students will demonstrate mastery over content pertaining to human cultural and biological diversity using appropriate evidence, conventions, and critical terminology.
2) Students will demonstrate competency using the research methods pertaining to at least one of the four fields of anthropology in the collection and analysis of anthropological data.
3) Students will demonstrate competency in their ability to search and evaluate scholarly anthropological research materials.
4) Students will demonstrate competency in the written presentation of original ideas and supporting materials evaluating anthropological evidence.
5) Students will demonstrate competency in their ability to orally organize, express and present anthropological research.
6) Students will demonstrate competency using diverse theoretical perspectives to analyze and interpret anthropological evidence.

General Education Requirements (30-46 Credits)

Prerequisite coursework may be required to satisfy certain General Education courses and will count as elective credit.

Total credits required to complete major: 36

Exploratory Learning: (12 Credits)

In consultation with your advisor, choose any combination of four electives at the 200-level or above, at least two of which must be at or above 300-level. Any ANTH course, 200-level or above, including ANTH 299, may be used to fulfill this requirement, but only if it has not been used to fulfill a different requirement for the major. No double counting allowed.

Transformational Learning: (3 Credits)

Choose one of these options:

ANTH 305 - Linguistic Methods Credit(s): 3
ANTH 317 - Human Osteology Credit(s): 3
ANTH 320 - Archaeological Field School Credit(s): 3
ANTH 323 - Primate Field School Credit(s): 3
ANTH 325 - International Fieldwork:(region) Credit(s): 1-6
ANTH 336 - Forensic Anthropology Credit(s): 3
ANTH 382 - Ethnographic Field Methods Credit(s): 3
ANTH 383 - Archaeological Method and Theory Credit(s): 3
ANTH 395 - Internship in Anthropology Credit(s): 3-15 as arranged **
ANTH 399 - Directed Study and Research Credit(s): 1-3 **
ANTH 402 - Sociomedical Sciences Capstone Credit(s): 4
ANTH 493 - Honors Research/Writing Credit(s): 3 (Please note that this is a two semester - 6 credit sequence, as approved by the department, which fulfills the transformational learning requirement and one exploratory learning elective if taken for both semesters.)
ANTH 499 Credit(s): 3 **

Seminars in Critical Thinking: (6 Credits)

ANTH 410 - Classical Theory in Anthropology Credit(s): 3
ANTH 421 - Contemporary Theory in Anthropology Credit(s): 3

Footnotes

*Students may petition the department to substitute ANTH 101 for ANTH 100 , but only if ANTH 101 is taken before or in the semester the student declares an Anthropology major.

** A maximum of 6 credits allowed for the major from: ANTH 399 and/or ANTH 499

*A grade of C- or better is required for all Anthropology courses used in fulfillment of the major.

Department Writing Requirement

Students will meet the department writing requirement by successfully passing ANTH 410 and ANTH 421 .

Outline/Advising Guide

For Students who Matriculated prior to Fall 2022:

First Year

Fall (13 Credit Hours)

ANTH 100 - S/M/Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credit(s): 3
Foreign Language 101 Credit(s): 3 *
N/ Credit(s): 4
U/ Credit(s): 3

Spring (15 Credit Hours)

ANTH 110 - Introduction to Archaeology Credit(s): 3 or
ANTH 120 - S/Language and Culture Credit(s): 3
S/ Credit(s): 3
Foreign Language 102 Credit(s): 3
F/ Credit(s): 3
INTD 105 - Writing Seminar: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3

Second Year

Fall (16 Credit Hours)

ANTH 200 or 300 level elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
HUMN 220 - W/H/Western Humanities I Credit(s): 4
S/ Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Spring (16 Credit Hours)

ANTH 105 - S/Introduction to Biological Anthropology Credit(s): 3
ANTH 208 - M/Classics of Ethnography Credit(s): 3 or
ANTH 229 - S/M/Ethnography and Film Credit(s): 3
ANTH 200 or 300 level elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
R/ Credit(s): 4

Third Year

Fall (16 Credit Hours)

ANTH 200 or 300-level elective Credit(s): 3
ANTH 316 - Human Ecology Credit(s): 3
F/ Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
N/ Credit(s): 4

Spring (15 Credit Hours)

ANTH 200 or 300-level elective Credit(s): 3
ANTH Transformational Learning Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Fourth Year

Fall (15 Credit Hours)

ANTH 410 - Classical Theory in Anthropology Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Spring (14 Credit Hours)

ANTH 421 - Contemporary Theory in Anthropology Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 2

Total Credit Hours: 120

*Language proficiency at the 102 level is required.

All electives for the Anthropology major should be selected under advisement.

Course Rotation: Work closely with your advisor and carefully read course descriptions for the course rotation to see when courses will be offered.

Note: Where no prerequisites apply, some variation in the order or semester in which courses are taken is possible. Students should consult their academic advisors for additional information.

Anthropology, B.A.

Program Learning Outcomes

General Education Requirements (30-46 Credits)

Total credits required to complete major: 36

Basic Requirements (15 Credits)

Choose one course from:

Choose one course from:

Exploratory Learning: (12 Credits)

Transformational Learning: (3 Credits)

Choose one of these options:

Seminars in Critical Thinking: (6 Credits)

Footnotes

Department Writing Requirement

Outline/Advising Guide

For Students who Matriculated prior to Fall 2022:

First Year

Fall (13 Credit Hours)

Spring (15 Credit Hours)

Second Year

Fall (16 Credit Hours)

Spring (16 Credit Hours)

Third Year

Fall (16 Credit Hours)

Spring (15 Credit Hours)

Fourth Year

Fall (15 Credit Hours)

Spring (14 Credit Hours)

Total Credit Hours: 120