Anthropology Degree Requirements
Degree Requirements
Anthropology may be defined broadly as the scientific study of humankind. This discipline has two major foci: humans as biological organisms and as cultural beings. This department concentrates on three of Anthropology’s subfields: biological anthropology, cultural anthropology and archaeology. The major is designed for flexibility. Majors should select a faculty advisor to aid them in desiging an individualized program of study.
The following list of requirements can be downloaded as an Acrobat pdf.
A. Required Courses:
ANTH 101 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 201 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology
ANTH 202 - Introduction to World Archaeology
B. Electives:
Students must complete 4 credit hours of courses in each of the three areas listed below, and 28 additional hours in Anthropology, of which 8 hours must be taken at the 400 level divided between two of the three main areas. No more than a maximum of 60 hours may be taken in Anthropology. Courses marked with an asterisk (*) should be taken only when the topic is appropriate to your study plan.
1. Cultural Anthropology – at least 1 of the following:
ANTH 345 - Gender in Cross-Cultural Prospective
ANTH 348 - Education: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
ANTH 349 - Life History
ANTH 350 - Economic Anthropology
ANTH 351 - Political Anthropology
ANTH 357 - Anthropology of Religion
ANTH 366 - Cultures of the Americas
ANTH 371 - Ethnology
ANTH 372 - Cultures of the World
ANTH 373* - Perspectives in Anthropology
ANTH 375 - Culture and Personality
ANTH 376 - Culture Contact and Change
ANTH 377 - Peasant Communities
ANTH 378 - Human Ecology
ANTH 381 - Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa
ANTH 383 - Cultures of Latin America
ANTH 385 - Cultures of Southeast Asia
ANTH 386 - Problems in Southeast Asian Anthropology
ANTH 387 - Pacific Island Cultures
ANTH 455* - Seminar in Methodology & Field Research
ANTH 460 - Kinship
ANTH 472 - History of Anthropological Thought
ANTH 494A - Seminar in Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 494D* - Seminar in Human Ecology
ANTH 499* - Anthropology Internship (1-4 credit hrs)2. Biological Anthropology – at least 1 of the following:
ANTH 346 - Human Osteology
ANTH 355 - Medical Anthropology
ANTH 391 - Primate Social Org.
ANTH 447 - Forensic Anthropology
ANTH 448 - Bones, Blood & Violence
ANTH 492 - Human Evolution
ANTH 494B - Seminar in Biological Anthropology
ANTH 496 - Human Diversity
ANTH 499 - Anthropology Internship (1-4 Credit hrs)3. Archaeological Anthropology – at least 1 of the following:
ANTH 361 - North American Prehistory
ANTH 363 - Gender in Prehistory
ANTH 364 - Near East Prehistory
ANTH 367 - South American Prehistory
ANTH 370 - Mexican/Central American Prehistory
ANTH 373* - Perspectives in Anthropology
ANTH 378 - Human Ecology
ANTH 452 - Anthropological Archaeology
ANTH 455* - Seminar in Methodology & Field Research
ANTH 465 - Field School in Ohio (5-15 Credit hrs)
ANTH 494C - Seminar in Archaeological Anthropology
ANTH 494D* - Seminar in Human Ecology
ANTH 499* - Anthropology Internship (1-4 Credit hrs)College of Arts and Sciences
requirements for an BA degree in Anthropology
- Two years of a foreign language or equivalent (0-24 hours)
- Natural Sciences (8 hours must be in one department) (18 hours)
- Humanities (8 hours must be in one department) (18 hours)
- Social Sciences (8 hours must be in one department) (18 hours)
Note: Anthropology courses CANNOT be used for the Social Science requirement if majoring in Anthropology. Sociology courses can be used to satisfy the requirement.
- 90 hours of all the courses taken by the student must be at the 200 level or above in courses approved to satisfy the Arts and Sciences requirements.
University General Education Requirements
- English Composition: See catalog of entry. The junior-level requirement can be fulfilled by taking Anth 356J/Soc 356J, “Writing in Anthropology and Sociology”
- Quantitative Skills Requirement – Tier I: See catalog of entry.
- Breadth of Knowledge Requirement – Tier II: Total of, at least, 30 hours (at least 4 hours from four of five different areas). See University Bulletin for details.
- Synthesis of Knowledge Requirement – Tier III: See catalog of entry.
For more information, please contact
the Anthropology Undergraduate Coordinator.