Anthropology Minor
The anthropology minor provides students with a broad background in one of the most fascinating of social sciences - anthropology, the scientific study of humanity. Required curriculum in the minor exposes students to all four sub-disciplines of anthropology: cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics, giving students the ability to flesh out the minor with a range of elective courses that satisfy their particular interests. Because anthropology is the study of human diversity around the world, students with a variety of majors take the anthropology minor to give them an international perspective on their specific fields, including public health, biology, exercise and sport science, race, gender, and sexuality studies, English, world languages, archaeology, sociology, political science, marketing, and business. Pairing these majors with an anthropology minor helps students gain a competitive edge in our increasingly global world.
(All colleges)
18 credits
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core | ||
| ANT 454 | Historical and Theoretical Approaches in Anthropology | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Human Nature/Human Culture | ||
or ANT 202 | Contemporary Global Issues | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | ||
or ANT 196 | Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology | |
| Electives | ||
| Select nine credits from the courses below. Six of the nine credits must be at the 300/400 level. | 9 | |
| Refugees, Displaced Persons and Transnational Communities | ||
| Hunter and Gatherer Societies | ||
| Indigenous Agricultural Societies: Past and Present | ||
| International Development and Culture Change | ||
| Peoples and Cultures of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union | ||
| Rites, Rituals and Ceremonies | ||
| Images, Visual Culture and Anthropology | ||
| Anthropology of Childhood and Youth | ||
| North American Anthropology and Archaeology | ||
| Human Skeletal Anatomy and the Anthropological Study of the Dead | ||
| Ethnoarchaeology and Experimental Archaeology | ||
| Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia | ||
| Peoples and Cultures of Latin America | ||
| Language Policy and Activism in Europe | ||
| Hmong Americans | ||
| Anthropology of Food | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Language, Power, and Inequality | ||
| Graduate Preparation Seminar | ||
| Anthropology Forum | ||
| Ethnographic Methods | ||
| Readings and Research in Anthropology | ||
| Internship in Anthropology | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |
Anthropology credits applied to any of the archaeological studies majors or archaeological studies minor may not be applied to the anthropology minor.