Anthropology

Professor: Wynn (Chair); Associate Professors: Broce, Tierson and Watts; Assistant Professor: Church; Senior Instructor: Palmer; Research Instructor: Arbogast.

Bachelor of Arts — Anthropology

Major Requirements

The Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology requires 36-54 credit hours of course work in Anthropology. In order to expose majors to the variety of perspectives incorporated in the discipline, the following department courses are required for graduation: Survey of Prehistory (ANTH 220), Survey of Biological Anthropology (ANTH 230), Survey of Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 240), and Nature of Language (ANTH 280). Majors must also take History of Anthropology (ANTH 397) and Senior Seminar (ANTH 498). Students must take ANTH 397 before they take ANTH 498.

Students interested in specializing in archaeology should consider taking the following courses offered by other departments: Beginning Drawing (V A 104), Environmental Systems: Landforms (GES 101), Introduction to Cartography (GES 305), Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GES 405), Introduction to Remote Sensing (GES 406), Principles of Geomorphology (GES 431), and Soils (GES 434). Indeed, students interested in pursuing a career in archaeology are urged to consider completing a minor in Geography and Environmental Studies.

Minor Requirements

Students interested in a minor in Anthropology are required to complete three of the following four 200 level courses: ANTH 220, ANTH 230, ANTH 240, and ANTH 280. They must also meet the Letters, Arts, and Sciences minimum requirements for minor programs (18 hours, with 9 hours in the upper division).

Honors Program

In addition to the regular undergraduate curriculum in Anthropology, the department offers students an honors program. Before or during the first semester of the junior year, interested students should contact any anthropology faculty member about this program.

Bibliography

Senior Instructors: C. Martinez and Rice-Jones.