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Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Anthropology

Program Overview

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

The anthropology minor introduces students to the sub-fields of cultural, physical and archaeological anthropology within the context of an inquiry based curriculum. An anthropology minor complements majors in all of the social sciences, humanities and many of the natural sciences. Anthropology minors will learn skills of scientific inquiry and interpretation of issues relating to the human condition within a holistic, comparative and evolutionary context.

Minor Requirements — 18 Credits

Take the following course:

ANT 110Introduction to Cultural AnthropologyLAB3LAIS

3

Choose one of the following courses in consultation with advisor:

ANT 120World ArchaeologyLAB3

3

ANT 130Introduction to Biological AnthropologyLAS1

3

Choose one of the following methods courses in consultation with advisor:

ANT 300Applied Anthropology

3

ANT 320Archaeological Research Methods

3

ANT 340Quantitative Methods for Anthropology

3

ANT 350Field Methods in Cultural Anthropology

3

Choose three of the following courses in consultation with advisor:

ANT 212North American IndiansLAB3LAMS

3

ANT 233Anthropological Linguistics

3

ANT 245Introduction to EthnomusicologyLAB3LAIS

3

or

MUS 245Introduction to EthnomusicologyLAB3LAIS

3

ANT 270Professional Development

3

ANT 292Culture and ConflictLAA3

3

ANT 296Study Abroad Experience

3

ANT 313Anthropology of Globalization

3

ANT 314Anthropology of Sex and Gender Diversity

3

ANT 316Global Conflict and Gender

3

or

GNDR 316Global Conflict and Gender

3

ANT 317Contemporary Native American Issues

3

ANT 321Archaeology of North America

3

ANT 325Fieldwork in Archaeology

4

ANT 328Public Archaeology

3

ANT 330Forensic Anthropology

3

ANT 331Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

3

ANT 332Modern Human Variation

3

ANT 333Anthropology of Religion

3

ANT 335Primate Behavior

3

ANT 338World Rebuilding (Paleoecology)

3

ANT 355Medical Anthropology

3

ANT 367The End of the World

3

ANT 395Topics in Anthropology

3

ANT 408Workshop in Anthropology

3-12

ANT 421Prehistoric Europe

3

ANT 422Directed Studies

1- 4

ANT 430Human Evolutionary Anatomy

3

ANT 470Seminar in Anthropology

3

ANT 492Internship

1-12

ANT 408: Take 3 credits

ANT 422: Take 3 credits

ANT 492: Take 3 credits

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