Apr 06, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Anthropology, B.A.


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 critically.

General Education Requirements (30-40 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


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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)


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Department Writing Requirement


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

Sample Course Map


For students who matriculated prior to Fall 2022: please select the bulletin year in which you entered the college (matriculated) at the top right of this page.

 

  • First Year 
    • Fall - 14 Credit Hours
      •  Credit(s): 3  
        • Counts for Global Society: CGC, DPP
      • Global Society: SST - Credit(s): 3
      • Natural Science with lab - Credit(s): 
      • World Language 101 - Credit(s): 4
    • Spring - 14 Credit Hours 
      •  OR  Credit(s): 3
      •  Credit(s): 3
      • World Language 102 - Credit(s): 
      • Global Society: WCV - Credit(s): 
  • Second Year 
    • Fall - 15 Credit Hours 
      • ANTH 2xx-4xx Elective - Credit(s): 3
      • Global Society: CAI - Credit(s): 
      • Electives - Credit(s): 
    • Spring - 16 Credit Hours 
      •  Credit(s): 3
      •  OR  Credit(s): 3
      • ANTH 2xx-4xx Elective - 3 Credits 
      • Math/ Quantitative - 4 Credits 
      • Elective - 3 Credits 
  • Third Year 
    • Fall - 16 Credit Hours 
      • ANTH 2xx-4xx Elective - Credit(s): 3
      •  Credit(s): 3
      • Electives - Credit(s): 10 
    • Spring - 15 Credit Hours 
      • ANTH 2xx-4xx Elective - Credit(s): 
      • Transformational Learning - Credit(s): 
      • Integrative & Applied Learning - Credit(s): 
      • Electives - Credit(s): 
  • Fourth Year 
    • Fall - 15 Credit Hours 
      •  Credit(s): 3
      • Electives - Credit(s): 12 
    • Spring - 15 Credit Hours 
      •  Credit(s): 3
      • Electives - Credit(s): 12 

 

KEY - Participation in a Global Society (PGS)


Attributes:

Sub Areas

Abbreviation Definition
DPP Diversity, Pluralism, Power
WCV World Cultures & Values
CGC Contemporary Global Challenges
CAI Creativity & Innovation
SST Sustainability

Learning Areas

Abbreviation Definition
ARTS Arts
HUMA Humanities
SOSC Social Science