Anthropology, B.A.

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Program Learning Outcomes

Students will demonstrate mastery over content pertaining to human cultural and biological diversity using appropriate evidence, conventions, and critical terminology.
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.
Students will demonstrate competency in their ability to search and evaluate scholarly anthropological research materials.
Students will demonstrate competency in the written presentation of original ideas and supporting materials evaluating anthropological evidence.
Students will demonstrate competency in their ability to orally organize, express and present anthropological research.
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

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): As arranged **
ANTH 399 - Directed Study and Research Credit(s): As arranged **
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 .

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.

Curriculum Map

First Year
- Fall - 14 Credit Hours
  - ANTH 100 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credit(s): 3
    - Counts for Global Society: CGC, DPP
  - Global Society: SST - Credit(s): 3
  - Natural Science with lab - Credit(s): 4
  - World Language 101 - Credit(s): 4
- Spring - 14 Credit Hours
  - ANTH 110 - Introduction to Archaeology OR ANTH 120 - Language and Culture Credit(s): 3
  - WRTG 105 - Writing Seminar: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3
  - World Language 102 - Credit(s): 4
  - Global Society: WCV - Credit(s): 4
Second Year
- Fall - 15 Credit Hours
  - ANTH 2xx-4xx Elective - Credit(s): 3
  - Global Society: CAI - Credit(s): 3
  - Electives - Credit(s): 9
- Spring - 16 Credit Hours
  - ANTH 105 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology Credit(s): 3
  - ANTH 208 - Classics of Ethnography OR ANTH 229 - Ethnography and Film 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
  - ANTH 316 - Human Ecology Credit(s): 3
  - Electives - Credit(s): 10
- Spring - 15 Credit Hours
  - ANTH 2xx-4xx Elective - Credit(s): 3
  - Transformational Learning - Credit(s): 3
  - Integrative & Applied Learning - Credit(s): 3
  - Electives - Credit(s): 6
Fourth Year
- Fall - 15 Credit Hours
  - ANTH 410 - Classical Theory in Anthropology Credit(s): 3
  - Electives - Credit(s): 12
- Spring - 15 Credit Hours
  - ANTH 421 - Contemporary Theory in Anthropology Credit(s): 3
  - Electives - Credit(s): 12

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: Variation in the order of courses is possible, depending upon prerequisites. Consult course information in the bulletin or your academic advisor to customize your eight semester plan.

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