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B.A. in Anthropology

Description

Anthropology is the comparative study of human culture. The department offers a broad range of courses dealing with human evolution, the culture of peoples from around the world and through time, biological and cultural human adaptation, and archaeology.

Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120

General Education Requirements

See the 'General Education/Core Curriculum' for the College of Liberal Arts.

Course Requirements

A major in anthropology for the B.A. degree requires 30 semester hours, including Anth 303, 304, 305, and 409, and a total of 6 hours selected from the following methods courses: Anth 320, 335, 390, 391, 392, 393, 405, 406, 407, 408.

Other Academic Requirements

An anthropology major may minor in sociology and vice versa.

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