SearchB.A. Major in Medical Anthropology
Specific Requirements for Admission to the Medical 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 Medical Anthropology and Cultural Anthropology.
Course Requirements
(One introduction course:)
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, and Sustainability 3 credits
(All of the following:)
ANT 301 Social and Cultural Theory 3 credits
ANT 312 Quantitative Methods 3 credits
ANT 316 Qualitative Methods 3 credits
ANT 363 Medical Anthropology 3 credits
ANT 499 Globalization 3 credits
(Nine credits from the following:)
ANT 307 Demography: World Population Issues 3 credits
ANT 315 Healthcare, Society, and Culture 3 credits
ANT 317 Global Health Issues 3 credits (Seniors may take NUR 501 instead)
ANT 383 Cultural Epidemiology 3 credits
ANT 411 Social Inequality and Stratification 3 credits
(Three credits from the following:)
ANT 331 Indians of the Great Plains 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 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America 3 credits
ANT 424 Sustainability and Rural America 3 credits
(Six credits from the following:)
(students are strongly encouraged to choose among the following:)
ANT 493 Directed Independent Readings* 1-6 credits
ANT 495 Directed Independent Study* 1-6 credits
ANT 497 Directed Independent Research* 1-6 credits
PHL 333 Philosophy of Human Science 3 credits
(students can instead take any of the following:)
ANT 314 Statistics for the Social Sciences 4 credits
ANT 340 Native American Cultures and Health 3 credits
ANT 352 Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic 3 credits
ANT 355 Environment and Society: Sociological Perspectives 3 credits
ANT 385 Community Internship 3 credits
ANT 455 Food, Society, and Environment 3 credits
ANT 570 Geographic Information Systems 4 credits
SOC 335 Technology and Human Values
PSY 428 Multicultural Issues in Psychology 3 credits
PLS 334 Public Policy and Healthcare 3 credits
* May be repeated to a limit of six hours
Anthropology majors are encouraged to spend one summer in our Lakota Field School (offered during Summer Session) or an ethnographic or archeological field school (such as ANT 525 and ANT 526 offered through the Theology Department).
Course Rotation Schedule