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2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Anthropology Typical Four Year Curriculum (On-Campus)


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TYPICAL FIRST YEAR CURRICULUM
Fall
ANTH 201 Intro to Archaeology*SSC (5) 
General Education or Non-Program Elective Courses (10)
Winter
ANTH 202 Intro to Physical Anthropology*SSC (5) 
General Education or Non-Program Elective Courses (15)
Spring
ANTH 203 Intro to Cultural Anthropology*SSC (5) 
General Education or Non-Program Elective Courses (15)
100 level Math

TYPICAL SECOND YEAR CURRICULUM
Fall
SOC 204 General Sociology*SSC (5) OR SOC 205 General Sociology: Problems*SSC (5) 
General Education or Non-Program Elective Courses (10)
Winter
ANTH 356 Language & Culture (5)
SOC 205 General Sociology: Problems*SSC (5) OR SOC 204 General Sociology*SSC (5) 
General Education or Elective Courses (5)
Spring
STAT 243Z Elementary Statistics*SMI (4) 
Elective Courses (10)

Note: 100 and 200-level courses in Anthropology and Sociology may be taken whenever offered in the freshman or sophomore years. These courses need not be taken in order, for example, SOC 205 may be taken before or after SOC 204. 300-level courses may be taken after prerequisite courses are successfully completed.
 
TYPICAL THIRD YEAR CURRICULUM
Fall

ANTH 395 Quantitative Methods (5) (modalities alternate, online in even years, on campus in odd years, must take 391 or 395)
ANTH/SOC upper division (300 or higher) (5-10)
General Education and Non-Program Electives (credits)
Winter
ANTH 356 OR other upper-division
ANTH 407 Capstone Seminar (5) (must take ANTH 401/403 or 407)
SOC upper division elective (5)
ANTH 454 Anthro History & Theory (JR or SR year) (5)
General Education and Non-Program Electives (credits) 
Spring
ANTH 391 Ethnographic Methods (5) (modalities alternate, online in even years, on campus in odd years, must take 391 or 395)
SOC or ANTH upper division (5-10)
General Education and Non-Program Electives (credits)

TYPICAL FOURTH YEAR CURRICULUM
Select courses depending on concentration:
Fall

ANTH 499 Senior Seminar (1) fall only
ANTH 401 Capstone I (2)
SOC or ANTH upper division (5)
General Education and Non-Program Electives (credits)
Winter
ANTH 403 Capstone II (3)
ANTH 454 Anthro History & Theory (JR or SR year) (5) 
ANTH 407 Capstone Seminar (5) (must take ANTH 401/403 or 407)
Elective SOC/ANTH courses (5-10)
General Education and Non-Program Electives (credits)
Spring
SOC or ANTH upper division electives (5-10)
Additional elective courses to reach 60 upper division institutional requirement 
General Education and Non-Program Electives (credits)

Note: 300 and 400-level courses in Anthropology and Sociology may be taken whenever offered in junior or senior years. A total of 35 upper division hours are required for Anthropology and Sociology/Social Welfare concentrations.

Updated May 2023

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