BA Degree Program

Track 1: General Anthropology

This program offers the student a sound understanding of the concerns and methods within each of the four sub-disciplines of anthropology: archaeology, linguistics, biological anthropology and socio-cultural anthropology. This is accomplished through a carefully defined and sequenced program of courses in six categories:

• ANTH 114 or 118, 166, 167 (or 169), and 168;
• ANTH 300;
• a course in quantitative methods or computing: ANTH 200, CS 100, 105, MATH 147, PSYC 243;
• one course from each of the following four groups. At least three of these courses must be 300 or 400 level:
• ANTH 220-230, 242, 251-258, 264, 280 (with socio-cultural focus), 301, 350, 355, 361, 363, 368, 370, 411 or 477;
• ANTH 260-262, 280 (with archaeology focus), 321, 345-348, 372-376, 379, 474 or 475;
• ANTH 243-245, 332-338;
• ANTH 214, 280 or 380 (with linguistic focus), 442, or LING 434 or 474;
• two courses with a focus on a geographic area;
• eight credits of electives at the 300-400 level in anthropology or related fields, to be chosen with the advice and consent of the student’s departmental adviser.

Track 2: Anthropological Perspectives Program

This program allows greater flexibility in the sequencing and selection of courses toward the major. It also provides the opportunity for students who wish to concentrate on one of the sub-fields (archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, socio-cultural anthropology) to pursue a more focused major. Selection of courses must be done in close consultation with the student’s major adviser:

• 28 credits in anthropology at the 100-200 level, four credits of which must be a socio-cultural area course(s).

Students concentrating in one of the sub-fields should include the following in their course selection:

• for archaeology concentration: ANTH 167 or 169;
• for biological anthropology concentration: ANTH 168;
• for linguistic anthropology concentration: ANTH 114 and 118;
• for socio-cultural anthropology concentration: ANTH 166;
• 28 credits at the 300-400 level, eight of which may be taken in related fields. For students concentrating in one of the sub-fields, a minimum of three courses in the chosen sub-field should be included.

Note: No more than seven courses from a single sub-field may be applied to fulfill the major requirements in either the general anthropology or anthropological perspectives program. ANTH 497, with the consent of the departmental director of undergraduate studies, may substitute for any of the major requirements.

BS Degree Program

This program allows majors to integrate anthropology with scientific training relevant to their career or post-graduate goals. It provides background in each of the four sub-fields of anthropology, yet requires more training in quantitative methods and laboratory settings. Anthropology courses that apply toward this track also emphasize natural science methodologies and theories:

• ANTH 118 (or 114), 166, 167 and 168;
• two field/laboratory courses: one field/laboratory course must be from ANTH 332, 335, 336, 345, 372, 373, 475, 477, and one may be in a cognate field from the Division of Science and Mathematics;
• two quantitative methods courses: ANTH 200; MATH 147, 221 or 222; PSYC 243; or CS 100, 105 or 140;
• two courses chosen from the following: ANTH 214, 221, 230, 235, 242-245, 279, or LING 312, 314, 316;
• five upper-level courses in anthropology (20 credits). Choose from ANTH 321, 332-338, 345-348, 363, 373, 442, 466, 474, 475 or LING 474. Once the field/laboratory course requirement has been met, additional anthropology laboratory or fieldwork courses may be applied to this requirement;
• two electives from anthropology and science cognates, which must include at least one science cognate. Upper- or lower-division anthropology courses may be used. Science cognates include BIOL 117, 118; PHYS 121, 122; CHEM 107, 108; GEOL 111, 113.

The total number of courses required for each program of study toward the major is fixed, and no single course may be counted twice.

Any changes in either of these two programs may be made only with the approval of the student’s adviser and the director of undergraduate studies or department chair.

Minors in Anthropology

Four possible minors in anthropology are offered: general anthropology, socio-cultural anthropology, archaeology and biological anthropology. Each is satisfied by the completion of the coursework. Exceptions to these requirements may be made only with the approval of the anthropology undergraduate committee, after consultation with the student's anthropology advisor.