There are three options for completing a minor in anthropology:
Minor in Anthropology
This minor is designed for students who seek an overview of the discipline's four traditional subfields: cultural, biological, and linguistic anthropology and archaeology.
Total number of required credits: 20 credits.
Required courses include:
INTRODUCTORY COURSES: two courses required - 7 or 8 credits
one introductory course in cultural or linguistic anthropology
01:070:101 Culture and Social Life (4) - fall 2019, spring 2020 OR
01:070:108 Language, Culture and Society (3) - fall 2019, spring 2020
AND
one introductory course in evolutionary anthropology
01:070:102 Introduction to Human Evolution (4) - fall 2019, spring 2020 OR
01:070:105 Introduction to Archaeology (4) - fall 2019, spring 2020 (1 honors lab only, limited seats)
ELECTIVE COURSES: can be cultural anthropology electives or evolutionary anthropology electives.
Of these remaining 12-13 credits, at least 6 must be at the 300 level or above.
All courses applied to this minor must be completed with a grade of C or better.
Minor in Cultural Anthropology
This minor is intended for students interested in an overview of the issues, modes of inquiry, fieldwork strategies, methods of data collection and analysis, and forms of ethnographic representation that characterize contemporary cultural anthropology. It is designed for students interested in current cultural and political issues, especially in understanding the relationship of global processes to local cultural forms and social inequalities. All courses applied to this minor must be completed with a grade of C or better.
Total number of required credits: 20 credits, of which 6 are at the 300 level or above.
INTRODUCTORY COURSES: both courses 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: one course required - 3 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
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY ELECTIVE COURSES: three courses required - 9 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
UPPER LEVEL COURSES IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: two of courses completed must be -300 or -400 level
Minor in Evolutionary Anthropology
The Evolutionary Anthropology minor is for students interested in an overview of the diverse approaches and knowledge used by archaeologists, biological anthropologists, cultural anthropologists, paleoanthropologists, geoarchaeologists, and paleoecologists to understand the evolution of human form, physiology, behavior, culture, and ecology, including these aspects of non-human primates.
Total number of required credits: 20 credits.
Required courses include at least 20 credits, of which 6 are at the 300-level or above. All courses applied to this minor must be completed with a grade of C or better. No pass/fail courses will be accepted.
INTRODUCTORY COURSES: 102, 105, AND {201 or 204 or 212} – 11 credits
01:070:102 Introduction to Human Evolution (4) - fall 2019, spring 2020
01:070:105 Introduction to Archaeology (4) - fall 2019, spring 2020 (1 honors lab only, limited seats)
01:070:201 Evolution and Behavior (3) - fall 2019, spring 2020
01:070:204 Introduction to Social Evolution (3)
01:070:212 The Life of Primates (3) - fall 2019, spring 2020
EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY ELECTIVE COURSES: 3 courses required – 9 credits, of which 6 are at the 300 level or above
01:070:111 Extinction - fall 2019
01:070:112 World Prehistory - spring 2020
01:070:152 Bones and Stones Laboratory
01:070:201 Evolution and Human Behavior - fall 2019, spring 2020
01:070:206 Survey of New World Prehistory
01:070:207 Prehistoric Archaeology of Europe
01:070:210 Approaches to Human Nature
01:070:212 The Life of Primates - fall 2019, spring 2020
01:070:213 Environment and Human Evolution - fall 2019
01:070:215 Survey of Fossil Primates
01:070:218 Introduction to Forensic Anthropology - fall 2019
01:070:230 Anthropology of Native North Americans
01:070:240 Introduction to Molecular Evolutionary Anthropology - fall 2019
01:070:252 Fundamentals of Evolution Lab (1 credit) - spring 2020
01:070:294 Topics in Evolutionary Anthropology
01:070:296 Current Issues in Evolutionary Anthropology
01:070:297 Current Issues in Evolutionary Anthropology
01:070:298 Current Issues in Evolutionary Anthropology
01:070:310 Human Aggression
01:070:313 Historical Archaeology- fall 2019
01:070:314 Prehistoric Funerary Archaeology
01:070:316 Quantitative Methods in Evolutionary Anthropology - spring 2020
01:070:325 Evolution and Culture - fall 2019
01:070:326 Life in the Pleistocene
01:070:327 Life in the Early Holocene
01:070:328 Evolution, Cooperation, and Conflict - spring 2020
01:070:329 Human Evolutionary Genetics
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
01:070:336 Primatology, Wildlife Ecology, and Conservation in Kenya
01:070:337 Field Methods and Analysis in Primatology in Kenya
01:070:339 Caribbean Archaeology
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
01:070:351 Fieldwork in Paleoecology
01:070:352 Practicum in Geoarchaeology
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
01:070:362 Evolution of Human Diet
01:070:364 Sex Roles and Social Structure
01:070:377 Evolution and Religion
01:070:386 Internship in Anthropology - fall 2019
01:070:387 Advanced Issues in Evolutionary Anthropology - spring 2020
01:070:388 Advanced Issues in Evolutionary Anthropology
01:070:390 Fossil Hominin Anatomy
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 in Paleoanthropology
01:070:399 Deceit and Self-Deception
01:070:402 Primate Conservation Biology
01:070:404 Advanced Seminar in Archaeology
01:070:409 Primate Nutritional Ecology - spring 2020
01:070:412 Topics in African Prehistory and Paleoanthropology
01:070:415 Prehistoric Archaeology of New Jersey
01:070:420 Evolutionary Genetics: Humans and Other Primates
01:070:422 Theories in Physical Anthropology
01:070:426 South African Archaeology
01:070:491 Capstone Colloquium in Evolutionary Medicine (1 credit) - spring 2020
01:070:497 Honors in Anthropology (1st semester)
01:070:498 Honors in Anthropology (2nd semester)
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