Anthropology, B.A.

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General: 120 minimum total hours, including 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and 30 hours in residence

First-Year Colloquium (0-3 hours)

Required of full-time freshmen entering college for the first time and transfer students with less than 12 hours of credit.

Core (35 hours)

See “General Education Requirements.”

Second Language Proficiency (0-6 hours)

The foreign language program requirement is 6 hours of the same second language (Elementary I and II) or a minimum language competency equivalent to the Elementary II level.

Major (32 hours)

Anthropology Foundation Courses (19 hours)

ANTH 1415 - Physical Anthropology (also counts toward the core)
ANTH 2316 - Cultural Anthropology (also counts toward the core)
ANTH 3313 - Archaeology
or
ANTH 3320 - Buried Cities, Ancient Lives
ANTH 4382 - Anthropological Theory
ANTH 4316 - Linguistic Anthropology
ANTH 4395 - Senior Seminar in Holism

Electives (13 hours)

A minimum of 13 upper-level elective hours in Anthropology. One or more of the following methods-intense courses are strongly recommended as part of the electives for the Anthropology major:

ANTH 3381 - Social Statistics
ANTH 4440 - Applied Anthropology
ANTH 4355 - Forensic Anthropology
and
ANTH 4155 - Forensic Anthropology Laboratory
ANTH 4467 - Primatology
ANTH 4485 - Ethnographic Methods
ANTH 4487 - Archaeological Investigation
ANTH 4600 - Archaeological Field Research

Minor

(none required)

Unrestricted General Electives

Remaining hours, if any, to reach 120 minimum total hours, 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and/or 30 hours in residence.