B.A. in Anthropology (Bachelor of Arts)

The B.A. track in anthropology trains students in the discipline’s four traditional subfields: cultural, biological, and linguistic anthropology and archaeology, providing them with a holistic understanding of humans as biological, cultural, and linguistic beings, both in the present and the past.  This track is intended for students who seek a comprehensive understanding of human cultural and physical diversity within a broad social, historical, and evolutionary framework.

Requirements for a major in Anthropology

The degree code is 070.

Total number of required credits: 40 credits, of which at least 18 credits are at the 300 or 400 level. 

Requirements for Anthropology track

INTRODUCTORY COURSES:

Four courses required – 14 credits

  • 01:070:101  Culture and Social Life (3) - fall 2019, spring 2020
  • 01:070:102  Introduction to Human Evolution (4) - fall 2019, spring 2020
  • 01:070:105  Introduction to Archaeology (4) - fall 2019, spring 2020 (honors lab only, limited seats)
  • 01:070:108  Language, Culture and Society (3) - fall 2019, spring 2020

300- OR 400-LEVEL COURSES:

One course in three of the four anthropology sub-disciplines – 9 credits:

300- OR 400-LEVEL CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY COURSES

  • 01:070:302  Culture and the Environment - fall 2019
  • 01:070:303  Wealth and Culture - fall 2019
  • 01:070:304  Political Anthropology
  • 01:070:305  Anthropology of Development - fall 2019
  • 01:070:307  Medical Anthropology - spring 2020
  • 01:070:308  Anthropology of Religion - fall 2019
  • 01:070:309  Visual Anthropology - spring 2020
  • 01:070:311  History of Anthropology - fall 2019
  • 01:070:317  Method and Analysis in Cultural Anthropology - fall 2019
  • 01:070:318  Reading Ethnographic Writing
  • 01:070:319  Anthropology and Human Rights
  • 01:070:320  Diaspora, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States
  • 01:070:322  Anthropology of Islam
  • 01:070:323  Women Writing Culture
  • 01:070:324  Globalization, Sex, and Families - fall 2019
  • 01:070:338  Culture, Wealth and Power in Africa
  • 01:070:341  Language, Food and Society
  • 01:070:360  Law, Justice, Rights - spring 2020
  • 01:070:367  Anthropology Goes to the Movies - fall 2019
  • 01:070:368  Anthropology of  Mass Media - spring 2020
  • 01:070:369  The Cultural Politics of Nazism
  • 01:070:371  The Politics of Culture
  • 01:070:372  Body Politics - spring 2020
  • 01:070:373  Visual Ethnography of Everyday Life
  • 01:070:374  Localities and Global Systems
  • 01:070:376  Power and Difference
  • 01:070:378  The Anthropology of Gender
  • 01:070:379  Gender and Power in Africa
  • 01:070:380  Culture, Memory, History - spring 2020
  • 01:070:389  Ethnography of Gender in South Asia
  • 01:070:401  Theories in Cultural Anthropology
  • 01:070:406  Rights and Wrongs of Indigenous Peoples - spring 2020

300- OR 400-LEVEL LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY COURSES

  • 01:070:312  Language and Social Diversity - spring 2020

300- OR 400-LEVEL BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY COURSES

  • 01:070:310  Human Aggression
  • 01:070:325  Evolution and Culture - fall 2019
  • 01:070:328  Evolution, Cooperation, and Conflict - spring 2020
  • 01:070:329  Human Evolutionary Genetics
  • 01:070:336  Primatology, Wildlife Ecology, and Conservation in Kenya
  • 01:070:337  Field Methods and Analysis in Primatology in Kenya
  • 01:070:345  Study Abroad - Applied Conservation and Ecosystem Management
  • 01:070:346  Honors Study Abroad - Applied Conservation and Ecosystem Management
  • 01:070:347  Study Abroad - Advanced Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • 01:070:348  Primate Behavioral Ecology
  • 01:070:349  Advanced Physical Anthropology
  • 01:070:350  Primatology and Human Evolution
  • 01:070:354  Functional and Developmental Anatomy of the Primate Skeleton
  • 01:070:355  Laboratory in Skeletal Biology of Primates
  • 01:070:356  Human Variation - spring 2020
  • 01:070:358  Human Osteology - spring 2020
  • 01:070:359  Human Osteology Laboratory - spring 2020
  • 01:070:361  Hunters and Gatherers - spring 2020
  • 01:070:377  Evolution and Religion
  • 01:070:390  Fossil Hominin Anatomy
  • 01:070:402  Primate Conservation Biology
  • 01:070:420  Evolutionary Genetics: Humans and Other Primates

300- OR 400-LEVEL ARCHAEOLOGY COURSES

  • 01:070:314  Prehistoric Funerary Archaeology
  • 01:070:326  Life in the Pleistocene
  • 01:070:327  Life in the Early Holocene
  • 01:070:330  Archaeology of Australia - spring 2020
  • 01:070:332  North American Archaeology - spring 2020
  • 01:070:333  Colonial Archaeology
  • 01:070:334  Field Study in Archaeology
  • 01:070:335  Analysis of Archaeological Data
  • 01:070:339  Caribbean Archaeology
  • 01:070:391  Lithic Analysis in Archaeology
  • 01:070:392  Faunal Analysis in Archaeology
  • 01:070:393  Cultural Resource Management
  • 01:070:394  Geological Context in Paleoanthropology - spring 2020
  • 01:070:395  Quantification of Archaeological Data
  • 01:070:397  Practicum in Vertebrate Paleontology
  • 01:070:398  Field Study Paleoanthropology
  • 01:070:404  Advanced Seminar in Archaeology
  • 01:070:426  South African Archaeology

ELECTIVE COURSES:

Five courses required, of which at least three are at the 300 or 400 level – 15 credits

Honors in Anthropology credit (01:070:497, 498), and one approved independent study course (01:070:495, 496), may be used toward elective credit. No course may fulfill more than one sub-disciplinary requirement.  Credit may be given for courses in other departments if approved. 

All courses applied to this major must be completed with a grade of C or better.