Anthropology B.A.
Degree Requirements: 124 Credit Hours
See Core Curriculum for required courses in Area A1 through Area E.
| Credit Hours | ||
|---|---|---|
| General Requirements (Core Areas A - E) | 42 | |
| Additional Requirements | 4 | |
| Area F - Courses Appropriate to Major | 18 | |
| Introduction to Anthropology | ||
| World Archaeology | ||
| Biological Anthropology | ||
| Cultural Anthropology | ||
| Anthropological Inquiry | ||
Foreign Language thru 2002 | ||
Students who test out of FORL 2002, may choose 3 hours from among the following Area F electives: | ||
| Glob Pers Ant: People of World | ||
| Concepts of Biology and Concepts of Biology Laboratory | ||
| Environmental Biology and Environmental Biology Lab | ||
| Physical Geography | ||
| World Regional Geography | ||
| Introduction to the Earth | ||
| General Historical Geology | ||
| Environmental Geology | ||
| World History I: Development of World Civilization | ||
| Human Anatomy and Physiology I and Human Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory | ||
| Human Anatomy and Physiology II and Human Anatomy and Physiology II Laboratory | ||
| Introduction to Philosophy | ||
| Critical Thinking | ||
| Introduction to Political Science | ||
| Introduction to Political Analysis | ||
| Introduction to Psychology | ||
| Introduction to Sociology | ||
| Global Sociology | ||
| Elementary Statistics | ||
or STAT 1402 | Elementary Statistics II | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| REQUIRED: ALL Students must take the following courses: | 9 | |
| Linguistic Anthropology | ||
| Frameworks for Anthropology | ||
| Capstone Seminar in Anthropology | ||
| Then the student can choose from one of the three following tracks: | ||
| Option 1: Archaeology field experience | 30 | |
Students in the Archaeology field experience Track must take | ||
| Archaeological Methods and Theory | ||
Then the student should choose 12 hours from the following upper division courses and 6 hours from the Internship Experience track: | ||
| Fire, Stone, Hide and Bone | ||
| Southeastern Prehistory | ||
| Material Culture | ||
| Historical Archaeology | ||
| Foraging to Farming | ||
| Contact: Worlds Collide | ||
| Public Archaeology | ||
| Forensic Anthropology | ||
| Primate Social Behavior and Ecology | ||
| Archaeological Curation | ||
| Advanced Archaeo Analysis | ||
| Potsherds to Pixels: Digital and Spatial Technologies for Archaeologists | ||
| Archaeologies of Conflict | ||
| Zooarchaeology | ||
| Environmental Archaeology | ||
| Paleoanthropology | ||
| Selected Topics in Archaeology | ||
AND a total of 9 hours field experience: | ||
| ARCH 4732 | Archaeology Field Session | 3-9 |
| Option 2: Internship experience | 30 | |
Students in the Internship experience track must take: | ||
| Ethnographic Methods | ||
Then the student should choose 12 hours from the courses listed below, and 6 hours from the archaeology track: | ||
| Selected Topics Anthropology | ||
| European Cultures | ||
| Native Peoples of North America | ||
| Native Peoples of the Southeast | ||
| Caribbean Cultures | ||
| Anthropology of Adornment | ||
| Anthropology and Human Problems | ||
| Anthropology of Sex and Gender | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Reading Culture | ||
| Anthropology of Foodways | ||
| Sorcery, Demons and Gods | ||
| Language and Culture | ||
| Anthropology of Language and Gender | ||
| Life Cycle of Language | ||
| Selected Topics in Applied Anthropology | ||
AND a total of 9 hours of internship experience: | ||
| Internship in Anthropology | ||
| Option 3: Four field anthropology | 21 | |
In the four field option, the student must take one of the methods courses (Archaeological Methods and Theory OR Ethnographic Methods) and then choose 9 hours from each of the two tracks. | ||
| Electives | ||
| For Options 1 & 2 students should choose 6 hours of free electives. For Option 3 students should choose 15 hours of free elective, which can include up to six hours of field session or internship. | 6-15 | |
| Minor - Required | ||
| Select 15 credit hours of Minor courses | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 124 | |
Other Program Requirements
- A minimum grade of “C” in required Anthropology courses; “C” average for all Anthropology courses with maximum of one “D” included; a maximum of 9 hours can be taken either for the Archaeology Field Session or for the Internship in Anthropology; or for a combination of the Archaeology Field Session and the Internship in Anthropology.
Honors in Anthropology
To graduate with Honors in Anthropology, a student must:
- be admitted to the Honors College;
- successfully complete one credit hour of HONS 4610 during their first semester in the departmental honors program, and at least two credit hours of HONS 4999 after HONS 4610 and before graduation (normally one during each of the last semesters enrolled);
- successfully complete and present an Honors Thesis or Capstone Project;
- be in good standing in the Honors College at the time of graduation.
Three UHON hours can be applied toward the required hours in either track of the major. The three hours of UHON credit can be substituted in the major for the capstone course, if the student is in good standing with their thesis mentor during the spring semester of their senior year.
Advisement
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