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Undergraduate Studies - Undergraduate Degree Requirements

 Course Requirements for a Major:

A. Cultural Anthropology (9 hours)
Required: Cultural Anthropology (101, 102, 103)
B. Physical Anthropology (9 hours)
Required: Introduction to Physical Anthropology (104, 105, 106)
Elective: Human Adaptation (489)
  Human Osteology (590)
  Skeletal Biology and Archaeology (593)
  Human Origins (594)
  Human Skeletal & Dental Analysis (591)
  * Anthropology of Race (550)
C. Archaeology/ Prehistory (9 hours)
Includes such courses as:
  Introduction to Archaeology (201)
  Great Discoveries in Anthropology (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)
  Archaeological Record & 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 (6 hours)
Includes such courses as:
  Languages of the World I (230)
  Languages of the World II (231)
  Language and Culture (232)
  Sex and Gender in Language (500)
E. Area Courses
Prehistory (3 hours)
Includes such courses as:
  World Prehistory (276)
  Old World Prehistory (278)
  Southwest Prehistory (303)
  Maya Prehistory (305)
  New World Prehistory (308)
  Ohio Valley Prehistory (309)
Ethnography (3 hours)
Includes such courses as:
  Peoples of the Balkans (Southeast Europe)(320)
  Peoples of Siberia, Central Asia & Turkey (322)
  Peoples of Japan (326)
  Caribbean Peoples (333)
  Indians of Mexico and Guatemala (334)
  Indians of North America (335)
F. Aspects of Culture (9 hours)
Includes such courses as:
  Religion in Culture (250)
  Medical Anthropology (279)
  The Anthropology of Food (341)
  Identities: Ethnic, Gender, Class (354)
  Medical Anthropology II (379)
  Economic Anthropology (413)
  Seminar in Economic Anthropology (501)
  Ethnographic Methods (504)
  Stars, Time, and Culture (385)
  History and Theory of Anthropology (647)
  Contemporary Anthropological Theory (648)
G. Electives in Anthropology (6 hours)
Six 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)

* Note: 550 is the capstone course for 2006-2007 graduates and will carry Group VI aspects credit.
 





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