Degree Requirements
Students majoring in anthropology must:
Complete a total of 30 semester hours of approved courses (10 hours), at least 24 of which should be anthropology courses and at least 18 hours of which should be taken at the 300-level or above.
Pass 2 of the following 4 introductory courses:
- ANTH 200 Introduction to the Scientific Study of Language
- ANTH 201 Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH 203 Human Antiquity
- ANTH 205 Introduction to Archaeology
Pass 3 courses in one of the following categories:
- Archaeological Studies
ANTH 210 Anthropology of Death
ANTH 312 African Prehistory
ANTH 345 Politics of the Past
ANTH 355 Landscape Archaeology
ANTH 362 Archaeological Field Techniques
ANTH 442 Museums: Theory and Practice
ANTH 456 Heritage Management
ANTH 458 Human Osteology
- Culture, Language, and Media
- ANTH 210 Anthropology of Death
- ANTH 212 Perspectives on Modern Asia
- ANTH 302 Anthropological Theory
- ANTH 320 Public Spheres and Public Cultures
- ANTH 329 Bodies, Sensualities, and Art
- ANTH 333 The Material World
- ANTH 351 Cultures of Nationalism
- ANTH 361 Latin American topics
- ANTH 372 Cultures of Capitalism
- ANTH 385 Media, Culture, and Society
- ANTH 398 Ethnographic Research Methods
- ANTH 413 Postsocialism
- ANTH 483 Documentary and Ethnographic Film
- Knowledge, Power, and Institutions
- ANTH 302 Anthropological Theory
- ANTH 319 Symbolism and Power
- ANTH 320 Public Spheres and Public Cultures
- ANTH 329 Bodies, Sensualities, and Art
- ANTH 345 Politics of the Past
- ANTH 347 The US as a Foreign Country
- ANTH 349 The Anthropology of Ethics
- ANTH 352 Interscientific Collaboration
- ANTH 361 Latin America Topics
- ANTH 366 Science, Local and Global
- ANTH 372 Cultures of Capitalism
- ANTH 381 Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 398 Ethnographic Research Methods
- ANTH 442 Museums: Theory and Practice
- ANTH 445 Experts and Expertise
- ANTH 446 Advanced Seminar in Medical Anthropology
Pass the appropriate research course(s):
- For students specializing in Knowledge, Power and Institutions or Culture,
Language and Media:
- For students specializing in Archaeological Studies:
Students may petition the undergraduate advisor to apply up to 6 semester hours of relevant work completed outside anthropology toward satisfaction of the major.
Requirements for the Honors Program
The Honors Program is intended to acknowledge outstanding students, and to provide them with advanced training in the planning and execution of sustained, independent research. As a rule, students should petition the undergraduate advisor to be admitted to the Program sometime during the latter half of their junior year. Admission is at the discretion of the department's faculty. The only formal prerequisite to admittance is a Grade Point Average in the major of at least 3.5. Once admitted to the Program, each student must complete a thesis, on a topic of his or her choosing, under the direction of one of the members of the department's faculty. Topics should be set by the end of the first month of the senior year. Theses are due at the end of the last semester of the senior year.
A statement of guidelines and deadlines for the thesis is available in the department office (Sewall 572) or from the undergraduate advisors. Students inquiring about the major in anthropology should see either Professor Susan McIntosh (Sewall 576; ext. 3380) or Professor Amy Ninetto (Sewall 566; ext. 3117). Professor McIntosh is also the advisor for majors focusing on biological or biomedical anthropology or archaeology. Professor Ninetto is the advisor for majors focusing on social-cultural anthropology. See the advisors for authorization of the issuance of registration and add-drop pins and for all other matters directly concerning the major.
Professor Eugenia Georges (Sewall 574; ext. 3390) is the undergraduate transfer credit advisor. All students seeking credit in anthropology for courses taken elsewhere should see Professor Georges for approval.
Archaeology
For degree requirements for a specialization in Archaeology, please click here .