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 AN courses, four of which must be at the 300-level or above

Capstone and Beyond (6 credit hours)

• Capstone Seminar (AN460)
• Three credit hours of the following: Honors Thesis, 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 additional AN courses, three of which must be at the 300-level or above

Total credit hours required: 18

Anthropology (24 credit hours):

• Lower Division Courses (6 credit hours)
  • Close Encounters (AN101)
  • Being Human (SW215)
• Theory & Methods (6 credit hours)
  • Ethnography (AN352), or course approved by advisor
  • Development of Anthropological Thought (AN390)
• Capstone Seminar (AN 460, 3 credit hours)
• Electives (9 credit hours)
  • Three additional AN courses, at least two of which must be at the 300-level or above

Psychology (25 credit hours):

• Content Core (10 credit hours)
  • Psychological Inquiry (SW250, 3 credit hours)
  • Finding Success in the Psychology Program (PS 110, 1 credit hour)
  • Research Methods/Statistics I (PS210, 3 credit hours)
  • Research Methods/Statistics II (PS211, 3 credit hours)
• One course in each of the following areas (12 credit hours):
  • Developmental Psychology (3 credit hours)
    • Life Span Developmental Psychology (PS 320)
    • Psychology of Child and Adolescence (PS 330)
    • Adolescent Psychology (PS 335)
  • Social Psychology (3 credit hours)
    • Power and Intergroup Relations (PS 340)
    • Social Psychology (PS 350)
    • Psychology and Law (PS 450)
  • Biological Psychology (3 credit hours)
    • Biological Bases of Behavior (PS 370)
    • Psychopharmacology (PS 375)
    • Sensory Processes and Perception (PS 404)
  • Cognitive Psychology (3 credit hours)
    • Cognitive Processes (PS 385)
    • Learning (PS 390)
    • Memory (PS 395)
• One PS 300- or 400- level elective (3 credit hours) – any PS class not counted above (may also include directed research, independent study, internship, seminar, or thesis)

Total credit hours required: 49

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 additional AN courses, at least two of which must be at the 300-level or above.
• Capstone Seminar (AN460)

Total credit hours required: 45

One of the following: (any of these options could substitute for an upper-level course in Anthropology or History depending on their course prefix): Honors Thesis (AN499/HST499), Internship (AN493/HST493), study abroad, field school.

Anthropology (24 credit hours):

• Introductory Anthropology (SW215-AN)
• Being Human (AN101)
• Anthropological Methods (AN352)
• Development of Anthropological Thought (AN390)
• Capstone Seminar (AN460)
• Nine additional hours in AN, at least six of which must be at 300-level and above

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)
  • Hinduism, 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 and Religious Studies
• 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