Academic Programs Catalog

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology

1. The University requirements for bachelor's degrees as described in the Undergraduate Education section of this catalog; 120 credits, including general elective credits, are required for the Bachelor or Arts  degree in Anthropology.
   
   The University's Tier II writing requirement for the Anthropology major is met by completing Anthropology 489.  That course is referenced in item 3. a. below.
2. The requirements of the College of Social Science for the Bachelor of Arts degree.
3. The following required major courses (33 or 34 credits):

   a.	All of the following courses (12 credits):
   	ANP	201	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology						3
   	ANP	203	Introduction to Archaeology						3
   	ANP	206	Introduction to Physical Anthropology						3
   	ANP	489	Anthropology Capstone Course (W)						3
   b.	One of the following area courses (3 credits):
   	ANP	410	Anthropology of Latin America						3
   	ANP	411	North American Indian Ethnography						3
   	ANP	415	China: Culture and Society						3
   	ANP	417	Introduction to Islam in Africa						3
   	ANP	419	Anthropology of the Middle East						3
   	ANP	432	American Indian Women						3
   	ANP	433	Contemporary American Indian Communities						3
   	ANP	437	Asian Emigrant Communities: A Global Perspective						3
   	ANP	452	North American Archaeology						3
   	ANP	455	Archaeology of Ancient Egypt						3
   c.	One of the following topical/analytical courses (3 or 4 credits):
   	ANP	310	Archaeology of Human Migrations						3
   	ANP	320	Social and Cultural Theory						3
   	ANP	321	Anthropology of Social Movements						3
   	ANP	325	Anthropology of the Environment and Development						3
   	ANP	330	Race, Ethnicity, and Nation: Anthropological Approaches to Collective Identity						3
   	ANP	362	Archaeology of Foragers to Farmers						3
   	ANP	363	Rise of Civilization						3
   	ANP	364	Fake Archaeology: Pseudoscience and the Past						3
   	ANP	370	Culture, Health, and Illness						3
   	ANP	420	Language and Culture						3
   	ANP	422	Religion and Culture						3
   	ANP	425	Issues in Medical Anthropology						3
   	ANP	426	Urban Anthropology						3
   	ANP	426	Globalization and Justice: Issues in Political and Legal Anthropology						3
   	ANP	439	Human Rights: Anthropological Perspectives						3
   	ANP	440	Hominid Fossils						3
   	ANP	441	Osteology and Forensic Anthropology						4
   	ANP	443	Human Adaptability						3
   	ANP	461	Method and Theory in Historical Archaeology						3
   	ANP	486	Environmental Archaeology						3
   	NOTE: ANP 441 may be used for topical/analytical course or anthropological methods but not both.
   d.	Complete at least 3 credits from one of the following anthropological methods courses:
   	ANP	412	Method and Practice in Digital Heritage						3
   	ANP	429	Ethnographic Field Methods						4
   	ANP	441	Osteology and Forensic Anthropology						4
   	ANP	463	Laboratory Methods in Archaeology						3
   	ANP	464	Field Methods in Archaeology						2 to 6
   	NOTE: ANP 441 may be used for topical/analytical course or anthropological methods but not both.
   e.	Complete 12 additional credits of Anthropology courses, at least 9 credits of which must be at the 300-level or above. ANP 101 or ANP 200 may not be used to fulfill this requirement. Courses used to meet major requirements may not be used to satisfy this requirement.