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
- 01:070:371 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
- 01:070:367 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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