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Anthropology, BA

55-71 credit hours

Requirements

Required core courses for the Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology are as follows:

28 credit hours

ANT 11200Cultural Anthropology

3
ANT 13100Biological Anthropology with Lab

4
ANT 20100Careers in Anthropology

1
ANT 20600/SOC 20600Introduction to Social and Cultural Research Methods

4
ANT 21000Native North American Indians

3
ANT 22500Introduction to Archaeology

4
ANT 42000/SOC 42000Sociocultural Theory

3
MTH 14100Basic Statistics

3
SOC 10200Basic Concepts of Sociology

3

Students must select either the archaeology emphasis, cultural anthropology emphasis, or forensic anthropology emphasis.

Archaeology Emphasis

27 credit hours 

The Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with an emphasis in archaeology requires the following courses in addition to the core courses:

ANT 30800Archaeological Field School

6
ANT 35000Introduction to Cultural Resource Management

3
ANT 40500Historical Archaeology

3
ESC 20000Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

3

Plus six credit hours selected from the methodology focus area courses below:

ANT 30900Archaeological Laboratory Methods

3-9
(no more than three credit hours in ANT 30900)
ANT 32700Environmental Anthropology

3
ANT 33700Anthropology of Migration

3
ANT 45000Internship in Anthropology

1-9
ART 18101Digital Photography I

3
ART 23400Fibers I

3
ART 24000Ceramics I

3
HIST 20100Historical Methods

3
MTH 24100Statistics for Natural Science

3

Plus six credit hours selected from the research focus area courses below:

ANT 31800/SOC 31800Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: A Global Perspective

3
ARTH 35700Ancient Art

3
AST 30200Public History

3
HIST 16100The Ancient and Medieval World

3
HIST 32100The Origins of the United States to 1800

3
SOC 30400The Sociology of Gender Roles

3

Cultural Anthropology Emphasis

27 credit hours

Degree requirements updated after publishing per the addendum. **

The Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with an emphasis in cultural anthropology requires the following courses in addition to the core courses:

ANT 31700Social and Cultural Change

3
ANT 31800/SOC 31800Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: A Global Perspective

3
ANT 32400The Anthropology of Religion

3
ANT 32700Environmental Anthropology

3
ANT 33700Anthropology of Migration

3

Plus twelve credit hours selected from the following courses:

ANT 30600Ethnographic Field School

6
ANT 30800Archaeological Field School

6
ANT 40500Historical Archaeology

3
ANT 45000Internship in Anthropology

1-9
ART 23400Fibers I

3
ART 24000Ceramics I

3
GEO 10300Human Geography

3
GS 30000Gender Theory

3
MTH 24100Statistics for Natural Science

3
PHRL 10600Mind, Soul, and Body

3
PHRL 31603Religions of China

3
PSY 20500Human Development

3
SOC 21400The Family

3
SOC 30400The Sociology of Gender Roles

3
SOC 32100Urban Sociology

3

Forensic Anthropology Emphasis

38 or 43 credit hours

Students must also take one of the following two clusters:

Human Remains Cluster

BSC 10000Concepts in Biology

4
BSC 22700Human Anatomy and Physiology I

4
CHM 23000General Chemistry 1

3
MTH 15100College Algebra

3

Criminal Profiling Cluster

CCJ 31500Victimology

3
PSY 10000Principles of Psychology

3
PSY 30300Abnormal Psychology

3

The Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with an emphasis in forensic anthropology requires the following courses:

ANT 11200Cultural Anthropology

3
ANT 13100Biological Anthropology with Lab

4
ANT 22500Introduction to Archaeology

4
ANT 30800Archaeological Field School

6
ANT 31000Forensic Anthropology: An Introduction

3
CCJ 11000Criminal Justice Systems

3
CCJ 20000Criminology

3
CCJ 33100Criminal Investigation

3