Anthropology (BS)

With a four-field approach, anthropology offers a scaffolded foundation to the discipline.  It prepares students for graduate study and/or careers in such fields as teaching, research, government, human services, health, law, international business, heritage preservation, law enforcement, forensics, and criminalistics. When paired with premed classes, Anthropology majors (general anthropology or Forensic Investigation and Identification) are well prepared to go into either medicine or forensic medicine. A maximum of two courses may be transferred into the major.

Degree Requirements

Total program: 60 semester hours

Prerequisite Requirements

22 semester hours

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
ANTH 220	Cultural Anthropology	4
ANTH 240	Language and Culture	4
ANTH 260	Archaeology	4
ANTH 270	Introduction to Biological Anthropology 1	4
or ANTH 252	Forensic Anthropology
ANTH 270L	Introduction to Biological Anthropology Lab	2
One of the following:		4
ANTH 305	Quantitative Analysis 2
ANTH 394	Ethnographic Field Methods
Total Semester Hours		22

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ANTH 252 Forensic Anthropology is required for the Forensic Investigation and Identification concentration.

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ANTH 305 Quantitative Analysis is required for the Forensic Investigation and Identification concentration.

Core Requirements

18 semester hours

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
ANTH 393	Anthropological Writing	4
ANTH 400	Anthropological Theory	4
ANTH 497	Internship	2
ANTH 499C	Senior Capstone 3	4,4
Select an Option:
Forensic Investigation and Identification Concentration
General Anthropology Concentration
Total Semester Hours		18

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Two ANTH 499C Senior Capstone Courses are required; each capstone must be in a different anthropological subfield.  When crosslisted with a Research Intensive course, that course may only be taken one time for credit (either as 499C or as a catalog course number).

Forensic Investigation and Identification Concentration

20 semester hours

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
ANTH 262	Forensic Investigations	4
ANTH 354	Human Osteology	4
ANTH 355	Techniques in Skeletal Biology	4
ANTH 360L	Archaeology Lab	4
ANTH 364	Forensic Archaeology	4
Total Semester Hours		20

General Anthropology Concentration

20 semester hours

Upper Division Breadth Requirements

12 semester hours

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
Complete 1 of the following cultural anthropology courses:		4
ANTH 321	Kinship and Social Organization
ANTH 322	Anthropology of Religion
ANTH 333	Women Across Cultures
ANTH 420	Environmental Anthropology 4
Complete 1 of the following biological anthropology courses:		4
ANTH 351	Primate Morphology, Behavior and Ecology
ANTH 354	Human Osteology
ANTH 356	Human Origins
ANTH 357	Research in Biological Anthropology 4
ANTH 453	Human Adaptation and Variation 4
Complete 1 of the following archaeology courses:		4
ANTH 364	Forensic Archaeology
ANTH 460	Research in Material Culture 4
Total Semester Hours		12

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Research Intensive Course; when crosslisted with ANTH 499C Senior Capstone, it may only be taken one time for credit (either as 499C or as the catalog course number).

Anthropological Methods Requirement

4 semester hours

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
Complete 1 of the following methods courses:		4
ANTH 360L	Archaeology Lab
ANTH 394	Ethnographic Field Methods 5
Total Semester Hours		4

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Can be counted as a foundational course or methods course, but not both.

Electives

4 semester hours

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
Complete 1 of the following elective courses:		4
ANTH 221	Peoples and Culture of Mexico
ANTH 231	Food and Culture
ANTH 250	Issues in Anthropology
ANTH 252	Forensic Anthropology
ANTH 262	Forensic Investigations
ANTH 321	Kinship and Social Organization
ANTH 322	Anthropology of Religion
ANTH 325	Anthropology of Terrorism
ANTH 331	Culture and the Individual
ANTH 333	Women Across Cultures
ANTH 334	Women's Experience in the US
ANTH 351	Primate Morphology, Behavior and Ecology
ANTH 354	Human Osteology
ANTH 355	Techniques in Skeletal Biology 4
ANTH 356	Human Origins
ANTH 357	Research in Biological Anthropology 4
ANTH 360L	Archaeology Lab
ANTH 364	Forensic Archaeology
ANTH 394	Ethnographic Field Methods
ANTH 409	Selected Topics in Anthropology 6
ANTH 420	Environmental Anthropology 4
ANTH 421	Environmental Justice
ANTH 460	Research in Material Culture 4
ANTH 470	Medical Anthropology 4
One Elective as Approved by Advisor
Total Semester Hours		4

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Research Intensive Course; when crosslisted with ANTH 499C Senior Capstone, it may only be taken one time for credit (either as 499C or as the catalog course number).

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May be taken multiple times for credit with different topics.