SearchB.A. Major in Cultural Anthropology
Specific Requirements for Admission to the Anthropology Major: Students must complete 2 Anthropology courses with a grade of "C" or better. This means ANT 101, 111, or 112, and one more Anthropology course.
Students may not double major in Cultural Anthropology and Medical Anthropology.
Course Requirements
(Three credits from the following:)
ANT 101 Introduction to Native American Studies 3 credits
ANT 111 Introduction to Anthropology:Human and Cultural Diversity 3 credits
ANT 112 Introduction to Anthropology: Culture, Energy, & Sustainability 3 credits
(All of the following:)
ANT 301 Social and Cultural Theory 3 credits
ANT 316 Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences 3 credits
ANT 499 Globalization: Understanding by Applying the Social Sciences
(Six credits from the following:)
ANT 324 Native American World View, Cultures and Values 3 credits
ANT 331 Indians of the Great Plains 3 credits
ANT 340 Native American Cultures and Health 3 credits
ANT 342 Peoples and Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa 3 credits
ANT 343 Peoples and Cultures of Native North America 3 credits
ANT 346 People and Cultures of Latin America 3 credits
ANT 358 Critical Issues in the Study of Native American Religions 3 credits
ANT 424 Sustainability and Rural America 3 credits
ANT 469 Ethnohistorical Approaches to Native American Cultures 3 credits
(Eighteen credits from the following:)
ANT 307 Demography: World Population Issues 3 credits
ANT 312 Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences 3 credits
ANT 314 Statistics for the Social Sciences 4 credits
ANT 315 Healthcare, Society, and Culture 3 credits
ANT 317 Global Health Issues 3 credits\
ANT 326 Introduction to Archeology and Prehistory 3 credits
ANT 341 American Cultural Minorities 3 credits
ANT 350 Social Change 3 credits
THL 350 Archaeology of Syria-Palestine 3 credits
ANT 352 Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic 3 credits
ANT 355 Environment and Society: Sociological Perspectives 3 credits
ANT 360 Gender, Society and Culture 3 credits
ANT 362 Applied Anthropology 3 credits
ANT 363 Medical Anthropology 3 credits
ANT 383 Cultural Epidemiology: Global Perspectives 3 credits
ANT 385 Community Internship 3 credits
ANT 424 Sustainability and Rural America 3 credits (available Fall 09)
ANT 442 Cross-Cultural Communication 3 credits
ANT 455 Food, Society, and Environment 3 credits
ANT 493 Directed Independent Readings* 1-6 credits
ANT 495 Directed Independent Study* 1-6 credits
ANT 497 Directed Independent Research* 1-6 credits
ANT 525 Archaeological Fieldwork and Analysis 3 credits
ANT 526 Archaeology of Roman Palestine 3 credits
ANT 570 Geographic Information Systems 4 credits
* May be repeated to a limit of six hours.
Anthropology majors who are planning to go to graduate school are encouraged to also take ANT 312 and ANT 314. They are also encouraged to spend one summer in our Lakota Field School (offered during Summer Session) or an ethnographic or an archeological field school (such as ANT 525 and ANT 526 offered through the Theology Department).