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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology

The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree, including the Core Curriculum requirements, is 120. Thirty-nine of the total semester credit hours required for the degree must be at the upper-division level.

All candidates for this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the degree requirements, which are listed below.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements see pages 9-13 of this catalog.

Degree Requirements

A. 39 semester credit hours in the major, 27 of which must be at the upper-division level:

1. 12 semester credit hours of required courses:

ANT 2033 Introduction to Physical Anthropology
ANT 2043 Introduction to Archaeology
ANT 2053 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANT 2063 Language, Thought, and Culture

2. 9 upper-division semester credit hours chosen in consultation with the student's advisor:

3 semester credit hours in archaeology
3 semester credit hours in cultural anthropology
3 semester credit hours in physical anthropology

3. 18 additional upper-division semester credit hours of anthropology electives excluding ANT 4913 Independent Study, chosen in consultation with the student's dvisor.

B. 9 semester credit hours of work from another discipline that supports the study of anthropology. The support area must form a cohesive program of study and must be chosen in consultation with the student's faculty advisor after completion of 12 semester credit hours of anthropology. Recommended areas for support work include, but are not limited to, foreign languages, statistics, computer science, earth sciences, environmental sciences, and social sciences. The student should file a statement of intent and the list of courses to be taken in the support area with the undergraduate advisor for Anthropology in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts Advising Center.

C. 30 semester credit hours of electives

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