Anthropology Majors & Minor

Lower-Division Courses (6 credit hours)

• Close Encounters (AN101)
• Being Human (SW215)

Theory and Methods (6 credit hours) 

• Ethnography (AN352), or course approved by advisor
• Development of Anthropological Thought  (AN390)

Electives (15 credit hours)

• Five additional 300-level AN courses

Capstone and Beyond (6 credit hours)

• Capstone Seminar (AN460), Honors Thesis (3 credits), or advisor approved elective
• Internship, study abroad, field school, or advisor approved elective

Total credit hours required: 33

• Being Human (SW215)
• Either Close Encounters (AN101) or Cultural Geography (SW205) or other lower-division AN course (200 level)
• Four upper-division AN courses (300/400 level)

Total credit hours required: 18

Anthropology (27 credit hours):

• Being Human (SW215)
• First Year Seminar (AN101)
• Methodology course (AN350-359)
• Development of Anthropological Thought (AN390)
• Five additional courses at 300-level or higher

Psychology (27 credit hours):

• Psychological Inquiry (SW250)
• Research Methods/Statistics I (PS210)
• Research Methods/Statistics II (PS211)
• Statistics in Psychology (PS310)
• Life Span Developmental Psychology (PS320)
• Social Psychology (PS350)
• Psychology of Personality (PS440)

Two out of three:

• Learning (PS202)
• Biological Bases of Behavior (PS235)
• Cognitive Process (PS385)

Program Electives:

• Psychology/Anthropology—3 hours at 300-400 level in either department.

Total credit hours required: 57

Should a Department change its curriculum, it may determine acceptable course substitutions.

For elective courses, the student may request a course substitution under special circumstances (such as when a department adds a new course of particular interest to that student).  

Introductory Course (3 credit hours)

• Close Encounters (HST101 or AN101)

History (21 credit hours)

• Two lower-division courses (100-200 level), one of which must be focused on Asia, Latin America, Middle East/Africa, or World/Transnational History
• Theory and Methods (HST301)
• Junior Research Project (HST302)
• Two upper-division courses (300-level and above) from at least two distinct geographical areas
• Seminar in History (HST401)

Anthropology (21 credit hours)

• Being Human (SW215)
• Ethnography (AN352)
• Development of Anthropological Thought (AN390)
• Three upper-division courses (300-level and above)
• One of the following: Capstone Seminar (AN460), Honors Thesis (AN499/HST499), Internship (AN484/HST421), study abroad, field school, or advisor approved elective

Total credit hours required: 45

Anthropology (24 credit hours):

• Introductory Anthropology (SW215-AN)
• Being Human (AN101)
• Anthropological Methods (AN352)
• Development of Anthropological Thought (AN390)
• 12 hours of additional hours in AN, 300-level and above (under close supervision of RL or AN advisor)

Religion (21 credit hours):

• Religions of the World (TI250-RL)
• Three from among the following:
  • Buddhism: Past and Present (RL353)
  • Hinduism: Past and Present (RL358)
  • Hinuism, Gender, and the Goddess (RL377)
  • Islam: Religion, Culture, Society (RL354)
  • Religion, Politics, and Conflict in South Asia (RL363)
  • Any similar course approved by the chair of Philosophy, Religion, and Classics
• Theory and Method (RL381)
• Six additional hours in Religion (under close supervision of the student’s RL or AN advisor)

At least two of the following (either covering or in addition to the requirements above):

• Honors Thesis
• Capstone
• Field School/Study Abroad of at least 3 credits
• Internship

Total credit hours required: 45