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2018-2019 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Anthropology Minor
A student who minors in anthropology is required to complete 21 to 22 hours in the department, including the courses listed below.
- ANT 204 - Peoples and Cultures of the World (3 credits)
- ANT 206 - Human Origins (3 credits)
- ANT 215 - Origins of Civilization (3 credits)
- ANT 207 - Language and Culture (3 credits) OR ANT 220 - Introduction to Archaeology (4 credits)
The remaining nine credit hours must come from 300- or 400-level courses.
Courses of Instruction
- ANT 305 - Methods in Biological Anthropology (3 credits)
- ANT 307 - Field Techniques and Laboratory Methods in Anthropology (1 to 9 credits)
- ANT 311 - Native Peoples of North America (3 credits)
- ANT 312 - Human Osteology (4 credits)
- ANT 314 - Bioarchaeology (3 credits)
- ANT 315 - Comparative Religions (3 credits)
- ANT 317 - Advanced Cross-cultural Linguistics (3 credits)
- ANT 320 - Culture and Disease (3 credits)
- ANT 325 - Archaeology of North America (3 credits)
- ANT 330 - Anthropology of Selected World Areas (3 credits)
- ANT 340 - Culture and Environment (3 credits)
- ANT 345 - Perspectives on Globalization (3 credits)
- ANT 350 - Archaeology of Mid-East (3 credits)
- ANT 370 - Cross-cultural Perspectives on Gender (3 credits)
- ANT 380 - Special Topics in Anthropology (3 credits)
- ANT 399 - Independent Readings (1 to 3 credits)
- ANT 400 - Ethnographic Methods (3 credits)
- ANT 405 - Contemporary Anthropological Theory (3 credits)
- ANT 420 - Applied Anthropology (3 credits)
- ANT 421 - Anthropology of Social Movements (3 credits)
- ANT 430 - Issues in Contemporary Anthropology (3 credits)
- ANT 431 - Historical Perspectives in Anthropology (3 credits)
- ANT 490 - Practicum: Career-Service (1 to 9 credits)
- ANT 495 - Practicing Anthropology (Capstone) (3 credits)
- ANT 498 - Honors Research in Anthropology (3 credits)
- ANT 499 - Independent Study and Research (1 to 4 credits)