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BA in Anthropology Credit Distribution

Subject Category Credits
I. General Education Requirements 60
A. English Composition 6
B. Humanities 12
Must include at least two subject areas
C. Social Sciences 12
Must include at least two subject areas
D. Natural Sciences and Mathematics 12
One college-level mathematics course required (3)
One computer science course recommended (3)
Other natural sciences/mathematics (6)
Must include at least two subject areas
E. General Education Electives 18
II. Area of Study: Anthropology 33
A. Required Courses 27
Cultural Anthropology (3)
Physical Anthropology (3)
Introduction to Archeaology (3)
Social Organization (kinship) (3)
New World Anthropology (North, Middle, South America) (3 credits) OR
Old World Anthropology (Africa & Euro-Asia) (3 credits)
(3)
Ethnographic courses (6)
Topical courses (6)
B. Anthropology Electives* 6
LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone strongly recommended
Ethnographic Area Courses
  • Cultures of Aboriginal Australia
  • Cultures of the Circumpolar Regions
  • Cultures of Europe
  • Cultures of India
  • Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
  • Cultures of Melanesia
  • Cultures of Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
  • Cultures of North American Indians
  • Cultures of South American Indians
  • Cultures of South-East Asia
  • Cultures of the Sub-Sahara Africa
Topical Courses
  • Aging and Death in Cross Cultural Perspective
  • Anthropology of Religion
  • Comparative Law
  • Economic Anthropology
  • Ethnohistory
  • Human and Cultural Ecology
  • Human Evolution
  • Language and Society
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Peasant Societies
  • Political Anthropology
  • Primate Ethology
  • Psychological Anthropology
  • Sex and Gender in Cross Cultural Perspective
  • Social and Cultural Change
  • Urban Anthropology
III. Free Electives 27
Total 120

*This list is a guide. Other anthropology courses may be appropriate for this area of study.

Note: Anthropology courses and the Introduction to Archaeology course may be found in the following departments: anthropology OR archaeology OR social sciences OR sociology. Regardless of department, courses are classified as anthropology in the BA anthropology area of study.



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