B.A. in Cultural Anthropology (Bachelor of Arts)
The B.A. Track in Cultural Anthropology focuses on the issues, modes of inquiry, fieldwork strategies, methods of data collection and analysis, and forms of ethnographic representation that characterize contemporary cultural anthropology. The Cultural Anthropology Track is intended for students interested in current cultural, social, and political issues, especially in understanding the relationship of global processes to new cultural forms and social inequalities. Students learn how cultural theory is integrated with empirical ethnographic research and how to balance knowledge of worldwide interconnections with in-depth knowledge of particular geographic regions (e.g., Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States). Students trained in Cultural Anthropology develop a unique set of skills enabling them to work successfully in many different cultural environments; a major in Cultural Anthropology also provides excellent preparation for students planning graduate training in anthropology or other disciplines, including professional training in law, teaching, and social work.
Requirements for a major in cultural anthropology. The degree code is 070.
Total number of required credits: 38 credits, of which at least 18 are at the 300 or 400 level.
Requirements for Cultural Anthropology track
INTRODUCTORY COURSES: both required - 7 credits
01:070:101 Culture and Social Life (4) - fall 2019, spring 2020
01:070:108 Language, Culture and Society (3) - fall 2019, spring 2020
GEOGRAPHIC AREA COURSES: two courses required - 6 credits
01:070:223 Anthropology of Latin America - fall 2019
01:070:238 Anthropology of Europe - spring 2020
01:070:242 Anthropology of the MIddle East - fall 2019
01:070:243 Anthropology of Africa - spring 2020
01:070:244 Ethnographies of South Asia - fall 2019
01:070:246 Anthropology of Southeast Asia
01:070:248 Anthropology of China - spring 2020
01:070:250 Anthropology of the Contemporary United States
01:070:320 Diaspora, Race and Ethnicity in the United States
01:070:338 Culture, Wealth, and Power in Africa
01:070:379 Gender and Power in Africa
01:070:389 Ethnography of Gender in South Asia
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON JUSTICE, INEQUALITY, AND DIFFERENCE: one course required - 3 credits
01:070:303 Wealth and Culture - fall 2019
01:070:304 Political Anthropology
01:070:305 Anthropology of Developmen - fall 2019
01:070:312 Language and Social Diversity - spring 2020
01:070:319 Anthropology and Human Rights
01:070:324 Globalization, Sex and Families - fall 2019
01:070:365 Law, Justice and Rights in Bolivia
01:070:366 Research Practicum in Law, Justice and Rights in Bolivia
01:070:371 The Politics of Culture
01:070:372 Body Politics - spring 2020
01:070:374 Localities and Global Systems
01:070:376 Power and Difference
01:070:378 The Anthropology of Gender
01:070:380 Culture, Memory, History - spring 2020
01:070:406 Rights and Wrongs of Indigenous Peoples - spring 2020
01:070:486 Gender, Development, Environment: Policies, Politics, Perspectives
METHODS AND ANALYSIS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: one course required - 3 credits
01:070:317 Method and Analysis in Cultural Anthropology - fall 2019
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY ELECTIVE COURSES: six courses required - 18 credits
01:070:111 Extinction - fall 2019, spring 2020
01:070:161 Anthropology of Robots and Artificial Intelligence - 1.5 credits - spring 2020
01:070:170 Learning an Endangered Language - 1.5 credits - fall 2019
01:070:203 Climate Change, Disaster, and Reconstruction - spring 2020
01:070:216 Anthropology and Contemporary Issues
01:070:220 Food and Culture - spring 2020
01:070:222 Sexuality and Eroticism in Global Perspective
01:070:223 Anthropology of Latin America - fall 2019
01:070:225 Gender in Global Perspective - spring 2020
01:070:230 Anthropology of Native North Americans
01:070:238 Anthropology of Europe - spring 2020
01:070:242 Anthropology of the Middle East - fall 2019
01:070:243 Anthropology of Africa - spring 2020
01:070:244 South Asia Ethnography - fall 2019
01:070:246 Anthropology of Southeast Asia
01:070:248 Anthropology of China - spring 2020
01:070:250 Anthropology of the Contemporary United States
01:070:293 Topics in Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology
01:070:294 Current Issues in Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology
01:070:295 Current Issues in Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology
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
01:070:306 Space, Place and Practice - 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
01:070:312 Language and Social Diversity - spring 2020
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
01:070:321 Latino Ethnography - spring 2020
01:070:323 Women Writing Culture
01:070:331 Xenophobia and the Other in Europe Today - fall 2019
01:070:338 Culture, Wealth, and Power in Africa
01:070:341 Language, Food, and Society
01:070:342 Urban Ecologies - spring 2020
01:070:360 Law, Justice, Rights - spring 2020
01:070:365 Law, Justice and Rights in Bolivia
01:070:366 Research Practicum in Law, Justice and Rights in Bolivia
01:070:367 Anthropology Goes to the Movies - fall 2019
01:070:368 Media and Culture - spring 2020
01:070:369 The Cultural Politics of Nazism
01:070:370 Life and Death in Anthropological Perspective
01:070:371 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 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
01:070:407 Documenting Latino Lives
01:070:410 Explanation in Anthropology
01:070:417 Writing Ethnography - spring 2020
01:070:486 Gender, Development, Environment: Policies, Politics, Perspectives
01:070:495 Independent Study (by permission only) - fall 2019
01:070:495 Independent Study (by permission only - spring 2020)
01:070:497 Honors in Anthropology (first semester - 3 credits) - fall 2019
01:070:498 Honors in Anthropology (second semester - 3 credits) - spring 2020
Honors in Anthropology credit, and one approved independent study course, may be used toward the elective requirement. No course may fulfill more than one requirement.
All courses applied to this major must be completed with a grade of C or better.
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