Core Requirements (13 credits)

• ANTH 211 - Cultural Anthropology (3.00)
• SOCY 300 - Methodology of Social Research (4.00)
• ANTH 400 - Anthropological Theory (3.00)
• ANTH 480 - Anthropological Research: Capstone (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 213 - Focused Cultural Study : ( region of the world/culture group to be specified in each iteration of the course) (3.00)
• 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 322 - Forensic Anthropology (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 399 - Independent Study (1.00 - 3.00)
• ANTH 416 - Cyberspace Culture (3.00)
• ANTH 419 - Qualitative Methods in Social Research (3.00)
• ANTH 424 - Psychological Anthropology (3.00)
• ANTH 499 - Independent Study (1.00 - 3.00)

Honors Program

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology offers a major with honors in anthropology. Information describing the requirements for the major with honors is available in the Student’s Guide, which can be found on the department website. Students considering graduate school in anthropology are particularly encouraged to pursue this option.

• ANTH 401H - Honors Thesis Research (3.00)
• ANTH 402H - Honors Thesis Research (3.00)

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.