The Major in Anthropology

The Major Program in Anthropology is geared towards a core of motivated students. It stresses interaction between students and faculty; hands-on laboratory, field and career experienes; training in research methodology; and mastery of analytical and communication skill

The Anthropology Major consists of a 39 credit core that allows students to augment their education with a dual major or minor in another field applicable to their goals and needs. Students entering the Major program in Fall 2011 and after will be subject to the requirement of the New program. Those in the pre-exisiting "old" program have the choice of switching to the new program should they choose, in consulatation with their advisor.

Anthropology majors are strongly urged to purse a BA degree (which has a foreign language requirement) rather than the BS degree.

For information on graduating with Honors in Anthropology, click here.

The Required Courses and Credits for a Major

Introductory Level (Old)	Course Name	Credits	Introductory Level (New)	Course Name	Credits
ANT 100	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	3	ANT 201	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	3
ANT 110	Introduction to Archaeology	3	ANT 202	Introduction to Archaeology	3
ANT 120	Introduction to Human Evolution	3	ANT 203	Introduction to Human Evolution	3

Required Core Courses (Old)	Course Name	Credits	Required Core Courses (New)	Course Name	Credits
ANT 200	The Ethnographic Experience	3	ANT 220	The Ethnographic Experience	3
ANT 470	Anthropology as a Profession	3	ANT 470	Profession Development	3
ANT 471	Anthropological Theory	3	ANT 471	Cultural Anthroplogical Theory	3
Required Method Course - 1 Required (Old)	Course Name	Credits	Required Method Course - Pick 2 (New)	Course Name	Credits
ANT 394	Cultural Anthroplogical Research Methods	3	ANT 383	Cultural Anthropology Research Methods	3
			ANT 384	Archaeological Research Methods	3
			ANT 385	Biological Anthr. Research Methods	3

Sub-discipline Upper Divisions Courses -- select 1 from each sub-discipline, using list approved by the Department and listed in DARS	Course Name	Credits	Sub-discipline Upper Divisions Courses -- select 2 from any sub-dicipline, using list approved by the Department and listed in DARS	Course Name	Credits
400 level	Biological Anthropology Course	3	400 level	Sub-discipline Course	3
400 level	Archaeology Course	3	400 level	Sub-discipline Course	3
400 level	Cultural Anthropology Course	3

Additional Courses -- chosen in consultation with advisor to complete total credits		Credits	Additional Courses -- chosen in consultation with advisor to complete total credits		Credits
ANT ___	Elective	3	ANT ___	Elective	3
ANT ___	Elective	3	ANT ___	Elective	3
ANT ___	Elective	3	ANT ___	Elective	3

TOTAL REQUIRED CREDITS:		39	TOTAL REQUIRED CREDITS:		39

Strongly Recommended for all Majors

We suggest that all Majors complete an archaeological field school, semester-abroad program or internship (ANT 462 or BCE 322) depending on their anthropological interests.

In addition we recommend that students take courses in foreign language (four semesters), statistics, computer applications, and advanced writing depending on their career goals. Courses ancillary to anthropology may be suggested by the advisor if these are relevant to career or graduate school goals. For example, anthropology majors intending to pursue careers and/or graduate work in areas such as museum work, physical anthropology, palentology, archaeology, conservancy/conservaion, medicine, and law will be advised to take additional courses in disciplinary areas relevant to their career goals.

Majors may increase their chances for a successful career by:

combining anthropology with a professional or pre-professional program such as teacher certification, pre-law, or pre-medical;
minoring in a field that complements anthropology (art, communications, psychology, etc.)
developing skills in areas outside of, but relevant to, anthropology, such as computer science, foreign languages, technical writing or advanced composition
completing an internship, field project or service position in an area relevant to anthropology
experiencing another culture through a credit-bearing semester abroad

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