Anthropology B.A.

Division of Social Sciences
• Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2007.
• Required credits to graduate with this degree: 120.
• Required credits within the major: 36.
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts.

The anthropology curriculum, with support from sociology courses, focuses on providing a comparative understanding of the range of human cultures and societies throughout the world in both humanistic and social scientific terms. Anthropology applies this understanding to problems faced by different groups of people in the flux of the modern world. Courses meet the needs of liberal arts students and students planning to pursue anthropology at the graduate level.

Objectives--Anthropology courses are designed to provide an understanding of human beings and human society with respect to both biology and culture. Students are exposed to a broad historical and comparative framework within which to view the variety of human cultures. Coursework deals with concepts, techniques, and substantive knowledge of the branches of the field, e.g., physical anthropology, social and cultural anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, linguistics, and applied anthropology. (See Sociology for more information.)

Program Requirements

Students develop a coherent program of study in consultation with their major adviser generally no later than the spring semester of their sophomore year.

Up to four credits of D+ or D may be used to meet the major requirements if offset by a sufficient number of higher grades to meet the minimum requirement of a cumulative GPA of 2.33 in all courses in the major.

The GPA includes all, and only, University of Minnesota coursework. Grades of "F" are included in GPA calculation until they are replaced.

 Required Courses
 No more than 8 credits of the 36 credits required for the major can be from Soc courses.
   ANTH 1111 - Introductory Cultural Anthropology, SS (4.0 cr)
   ANTH 2101 - Physical Anthropology, SCI-L (4.0 cr)
   ANTH 3411 - Seminar in Anthropological Methodology, E/CR (4.0 cr)
   ANTH 4901 - Seminar in Anthropological Theory (4.0 cr)
   ANTH 4902 - Senior Seminar (4.0 cr)
  

Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
    ·  ANTH 3402 - American Indian Ethnography, HDIV (4.0 cr)
    ·  ANTH 3451 - Contemporary American Indians, HDIV (4.0 cr)
    or SOC 3451 - Contemporary American Indians, HDIV (4.0 cr)
    ·  ANTH 3452 - American Indian Women, HDIV (4.0 cr)
    or SOC 3452 - American Indian Women, HDIV (4.0 cr)
    ·  ANTH 3601 - Social Change and Development in Latin America, IP (4.0 cr)
    or SOC 3601 - Social Change and Development in Latin America, IP (4.0 cr)
    ·  ANTH 3602 - Women in Latin America, IP (4.0 cr)
    or SOC 3602 - Women in Latin America, IP (4.0 cr)

 Elective Courses
 An additional 12 credits (exclusive of those used to complete required courses) in anthropology and sociology courses, 8 of which must be in courses above 1xxx.

  Take no more than 4 credit(s) from the following:
    ·  SOC 1101 - Introductory Sociology, SS (4.0 cr)
    ·  ANTH 1xxx
    ·  SOC 1xxx

   Take 8 or more credit(s) from the following:
     ·  ANTH 2311 - American Indians of the Great Plains : Victims and Victors, HDIV

(4.0 cr)
     ·  ANTH 2501 - Medical Anthropology-An Overview, SS (4.0 cr)
     ·  ANTH 3101 - The Anthropology of Religion, SS (4.0 cr)
     ·  ANTH 3201 - Cases of Extreme Inequality, IP (4.0 cr)
     ·  ANTH 3202 - Culture and Biology, ENVT (4.0 cr)
     ·  ANTH 3204 - Culture, Food, and Agriculture, ENVT (4.0 cr)
     ·  ANTH 3301 - India and South Asia, IP (4.0 cr)
     ·  ANTH 3402 - American Indian Ethnography, HDIV (4.0 cr)
     ·  ANTH 3451 - Contemporary American Indians, HDIV (4.0 cr)
     ·  ANTH 3452 - American Indian Women, HDIV (4.0 cr)
     ·  ANTH 3601 - Social Change and Development in Latin America, IP (4.0 cr)
     ·  ANTH 3602 - Women in Latin America, IP (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 2101 - Systems of Oppression, HDIV (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3101 - Qualitative Research Methodology (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3102 - Quantitative Research Methodology (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3111 - Sociology of Modernization, IP (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3121 - Sociology of Gender, HDIV (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3122 - Sociology of Childhoods , HDIV (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3131 - World Population, ENVT (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3141 - Sociology of Deviance, E/CR (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3201 - Critical Perspectives in Rural Sociology, HDIV (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3204 - Culture, Food, and Agriculture, ENVT (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3251 - African Americans, HDIV (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3252 - Women in Muslim Society, IP (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3401 - Classical Sociological Theory, SS (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3402 - Contemporary Sociological Theory, SS (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3451 - Contemporary American Indians, HDIV (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3452 - American Indian Women, HDIV (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3601 - Social Change and Development in Latin America, IP (4.0 cr)
     ·  SOC 3602 - Women in Latin America, IP (4.0 cr)

     ·  ANTH 2xxx
     ·  ANTH 3xxx
     ·  ANTH 4xxx
     ·  SOC 2xxx
     ·  SOC 3xxx
     ·  SOC 4xxx