Student Advising
- A student may choose any regular faculty member to be his or her advisor.
Any regular faculty member can sign major and minor cards.
- You may obtain major and minor cards from the Department of Anthropology
Administrator (408 Silsby Hall).
- You should complete a copy of the major or minor card and discuss it with a
faculty advisor who will be responsible for approving and signing the
card.
- Please leave one copy of the card with the Department of Anthropology
Administrator and one copy with the Registrar.
Anthropology Major
The major consists of ten courses, to be selected as follows:
- Anthropology 1 or 3.
- At least one course from each of the following four subject areas:
Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology (if Anthropology 1 is taken in fulfillment
of Requirement 1), Ethnography, Biological Anthropology (these areas are
indicated as ARCH, CULT, ETHN, or BIOL in each course description).
- Any six additional courses (five if Anthropology 1 is taken in fulfillment
of Requirement 1) from among the Department's offerings.
A culminating experience is required for the major and must be satisfied by
completion of a Culminating Seminar selected from one of the following areas:
Ethnography/Cultural Anthropology (73), Archaeology (75), or Biological
Anthropology (77), to be taken as one of the ten courses required for the
major.
Modified Major: The Modified Major consists of seven
courses in anthropology, one of which must be a culminating seminar and another
of which will normally be Anthropology 1 or 3, plus four courses above the
prerequisite level in one or more other department(s) or program(s). The 11
courses must form a unified, coherent program of study. Students wishing to
modify their Anthropology major must submit a written rationale that makes
clear the coherence and purpose of their modified major. This rationale, can be
signed by any faculty in the Anthropology Department, and must be
submitted with the major card to the Registrar.
Concentrations: Anthropology majors may choose to
concentrate in one or more subfields of anthropology by taking at least
four courses in: archaeology, biological anthropology, or
sociocultural anthropology.
Archaeology is the scientific study of past human
behavior and societies from material remains of the earliest human ancestors to
recent times. Students concentrating in archaeology should take at least one
topical course and one regional course in archaeology. Students interested in
graduate studies in archaeology should have a statistics course and fieldwork
experience that can be gained by taking an archaeological field school for
transfer credit.
Socio-cultural anthropology addresses broad
questions about what it means to be human in contemporary societies and
cultures, as well as those of the recent past. Socio-cultural anthropologists
systematically explore topics such as technology and material culture, social
organization, economies, political and legal systems, language, ideologies and
religions, health and illness, and social change. Students concentrating in
sociocultural anthropology are strongly advised to take the course in
ethnographic research methods, Anthro. 18. Students planning on graduate
studies in socio-cultural anthropology are advised to take Main Currents in
Anthropology, Anthro. 73.
Biological anthropology is the study of human
biological variation and evolution. Biological anthropologists seek to document
and explain the patterning of biological variation among contemporary human
populations, trace the evolution of our lineage through time in the fossil
record, and provide a comparative perspective on human uniqueness by placing
our species in the context of other living primates. Students concentrating in
biological anthropology are advised to take a course in statistics, as well as
one or more advanced courses in biological sciences.
Under special circumstances, students may
petition the Anthropology faculty to substitute a course from another
department or program to count for the Anthropology major. The petition should
be submitted to the Chair, along with a copy of the syllabus for the substitute
course and a list of the student's major courses. The petition must be approved
by a vote of the Anthropology Department faculty.
Anthropology Minor
The minor in Anthropology comprises six courses, which include Anthropology
1 or 3 plus one course in ethnography, one course in biological anthropology,
one course in archaeology, and two additional courses within the Department to
be selected by the student. If Anthropology 3 is not taken in fulfillment of
the first requirement, then one of the two courses selected by the student must
be a cultural anthropology course.
Statistics
All anthropology majors are encouraged to take a course in statistics.
Students who plan to undertake independent research, especially in archaeology
and biological anthropology, and any student considering attending graduate
school in anthropology should take at least one statistics course: e.g.,
Government 10, Math & Social Science 15, Psychology 10, Sociology 10, or
Social Science 10.
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