Minor in Anthropology

Core Requirements

Cultural Anthropology
6 credit hours from the ANTH 101, 102, 103 sequence

Biological Anthropology
6 credit hours from the ANTH 104, 105, 106 sequence

Archaeology
6 credit hours: ANTH 107 and ANTH 108

Note: In practice, students must take 2 of the 3 courses in both the introductory cultural and biological anthropology sequences. However, students can take the third course in the sequence and count it toward their elective credits. In addition to the 18 credit hours above, anthropology minors must take an additional 12 credit hours (four courses or their equivalent) for a cumulative total of 30 credit hours. At least 6 credit hours must be at the 300 level or above. The courses below can be used to complete elective credits.

Archaeology Electives

Course # Course Title
191 Archaeology of Slavery
204 Great Discoveries in Archaeology
301 Cultural Resources Management
303 Southwest Prehistory
305 Maya Prehistory
308 New World Prehistory
309 Ohio Valley Prehistory
325 Identities and Material Culture
360 Origins of Agriculture
362 Origins of Civilization
370 Historical Archaeology
422 The Archaeological Record and Its Interpretation
423 Principles of Archaeological Analysis
440 Royal Courts of the Ancient New World
471 Field Course in Archaeology: Southwest
472 Field Course in Archaeology: Mesoamerica
473 Field Course in Archaeology: Midwest
515 Water Management
555 Spatial Archaeology

Biological Anthropology Electives

Course # Course Title
280 Forensic Anthropology
302 Primate Locomotion
290 Human Ecology
404 Human Structure
489 Human Adaptation
510 Biocultural Anthropology
590 Human Osteology
593 Skeletal Biology and Archaeology
594 Human Origins
595 Evolution of Homo Sapiens

Cultural Anthropology Electives

Course # Course Title
150 Body Modification
151 People and Wetlands
190 Fantastic Anthropology
250 Religion in Culture
275 Film and Anthropology
279 Medical Anthropology
306 Anthropology of International Migration
319 Introduction to Afro-Brazilian Anthropology
320 People of the Balkans
322 Peoples of Siberia, Central Asia and Turkey
326 Peoples of Japan
333 Caribbean Peoples
334 Peoples of Mexico and Guatemala
335 Native Peoples of North America
341 Anthropology of Food
346 Country and City
354 Identities: Ethnic, Gender, Class
355 Ethnography of Lowland Latin America
385 Stars, Time, and Culture
418 Applied Anthropology
479 Medical Anthropology II
504 Ethnographic Methods
647 History and Theory of Anthropology
648 Contemporary Anthropological Theory

Individual Studies Electives

Course # Course Title
(327, 328, 329); (437, 438, 439) Readings
512 Public Archaeology Internship
581, 582, 583 Individual Work
643 Special Topics in Anthropology