Core Requirements (13 credits)

• ANTH 211 - Cultural Anthropology (3.00)
• ANTH 303 - Anthropological Research Methods (3.00)
• SOCY 300 - Methodology of Social Research (4.00)
• ANTH 400 - Anthropological Theory (3.00)

Elective Requirements (18 credits)

Students also must complete eighteen additional credits of Anthropology or Sociology with a grade of “C” or better. Twelve of these eighteen credits must be in Anthropology. The remaining six credits may be in Anthropology or Sociology (thus, a maximum of six credits may be in Sociology). In addition, a minimum of twelve of these elective credits must be 300 level or above. SOCY 396  and courses that are P/F may not be counted toward this requirement.

The department’s Anthropology elective course offerings usually include

• ANTH 302 - Human Evolution, Physical Anthropology and Archaeology (3.00)
• ANTH 304 - Kin, Community and Ethnicity (3.00)
• ANTH 310 - Ethnographic Film (3.00)
• ANTH 311 - Urban Anthropology (3.00)
• ANTH 312 - Medical Anthropology (3.00)
• ANTH 313 - Applied Anthropology (3.00)
• ANTH 316 - Anthropology of Religion (3.00)
• ANTH 317 - Contemporary Problems in Anthropological Perspective : Special Topics (3.00)
• ANTH 318 - Anthropology of Science and Technology (3.00)
• ANTH 320 - Witchcraft and Magic (3.00)
• ANTH 326 - American Indian Cultures (3.00)
• ANTH 367 - The Anthropology of Gender (3.00)
• ANTH 397 - Selected Topics in Anthropology (3.00)
• ANTH 416 - Cyberspace Culture (3.00)
• ANTH 419 - Qualitative Methods in Social Research (3.00)
• ANTH 424 - Psychological Anthropology (3.00)
• ANTH 429 - Aging in Cultural Context

Note:

Students also may wish to take courses in other departments that complement a four-field approach to Anthropology. While the Anthropology faculty encourages students to explore additional coursework in archeology, linguistics, and physical anthropology, as well as cultural and area studies, these courses cannot be used as Anthropology electives.