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Undergraduate Studies - Undergraduate Minor


 Couse Requirements for an Anthropology Minor:

A minor in Anthropology requires a minimum of 30 hours (with at least 6 of these at level 300 or higher) in courses distributed as follows:

A. Cultural Anthropology (6 hours)
Required: Cultural Anthropology (101, 102, 103)

B. Physical Anthropology (6 hours)
Required: Introduction to Physical Anthropology (104, 105, 106)

C. Archaeology/ Prehistory (6 hours)
Includes such courses as:
  Introduction to Archaeology (201)
  Great Discoveries in Archaeology (204)
  World Prehistory (276)
  Old World Prehistory (278)
  Southwest Prehistory (303)
  Maya Prehistory (305)
  New World Prehistory (308)
  Ohio Valley Prehistory (309)
  Origins of Agriculture (360)
  Origins of Civilization (362)
  The Archaeological Record and Its Interpretation (422)
  Principles of Archaeological Analysis (423)
  Field Course in Archaeology: Southwest (471)
  Field Course in Archaeology: Mesoamerica (472)
  Field Course in Archaeology: Midwest (473)
  Field Course in Archaeology: Asia (474)
  Water Management (515)
  Spatial Archaeology (555)
  Archaeological Theory (696)

D. Linguistics (3 hours)
Includes such courses as:
  Languages of the World I and II (230, 231)
  Language and Culture (232)
  Sex and Gender in Language (500)

E. Area Courses (3 hours)

Choose three hours from such courses as:
  Prehistory:
  World Prehistory (276)
  Southwest Prehistory (303)
  Maya Prehistory (305)
  New World Prehistory (308)
  Ohio Valley Prehistory (309)
  Ethnography:
  Balkan Peoples (Southeast Europe) (320)
  Peoples of Siberia and Central Asia (322)
  Peoples of Japan (326)
  Carribean Peoples (333)
  Indians of Mexico & Guatemala (334)
  Indians of North American (335)

F. Aspects of Culture (3 hours)

Includes such courses as:
  Religion in Culture (250)
  Medical Anthropology I (279)
  The Anthropology of Food (341)
  Identities: Ethnic, Gender, Class (354)
  Medical Anthropology II (379)
  Stars, Time, and Culture (385)
  Economic Anthropology (413)
  Seminar in Economic Anthropology (501)
  Ethnographic Meth (504)
  History and Theory of Anthropology (647)
  Contemporary Anthropological Theory (648)

G. Elective in Anthropology (3 hours)

Includes 3 hours from among any courses offered by the department, including those below:
  Readings (327, 328, 329); (437, 438, 439)
  Public Archaeology Internship (512)
  Individual Work (581, 582, 583)
  Special Topics in Anthropology (643)
 





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