Minor in Anthropology
This minor is designed for students who seek an overview of the discipline's four traditional subfields: cultural, biological, and linguistic anthropology and archaeology.
Total number of required credits: 20 credits.
Required courses include one introductory course in cultural or lingusitic anthropology (01:070:101 or 108) and one in evolutionary anthropology (01:070:102 or 105). Of the remaining 12 credits, at least 6 must be at the 300 level or above. All courses applied to this minor must be completed with a grade of C or better.
Minor in Cultural Anthropology
This minor is intended for students interested in an overview of the issues, modes of inquiry, fieldwork strategies, methods of data collection and analysis, and forms of ethnographic representation that characterize contemporary cultural anthropology. It is designed for students interested in current cultural and political issues, especially in understanding the relationship of global processes to local cultural forms and social inequalities. All courses applied to this minor must be completed with a grade of C or better.
Total number of required credits: 20 credits, of which 6 are at the 300 level or above.
INTRODUCTORY COURSES: both courses required - 8 credits
01:070:101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
01:070:108 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
GEOGRAPHIC AREA COURSES: one course required - 3 credits
01:070:223 Anthropology of Latin America
01:070:238 Anthropology of Europe
01:070:244 Anthropology of South Asia
01:070:246 Anthropology of Southeast Asia
01:070:248 Anthropology of China
01:070:250 Anthropology of the Contemporary United States
01:070:320 Diaspora and Multiculturalism in the United States
01:070:338 Anthropology of Africa
01:070:379 Gender and Power in Africa
01:070:389 Ethnography of Gender in South Asia
ELECTIVE COURSES: three courses required - 9 credits
01:070:216 Anthropology and Modern Problems
01:070:220 Food and Culture
01:070:222 Anthropology of Human Sexuality and Eroticism
01:070:223 Anthropology of Latin America
01:070:225 Women in Anthropological Perspective
01:070:238 Anthropology of Europe
01:070:244 Anthropology of South Asia
01:070:246 Anthropology of Southeast Asia
01:070:248 Anthropology of China
01:070:250 Anthropology of the Contemporary United States
01:070:301 Psychological Anthropology
01:070:303 Wealth and Culture
01:070:304 Political Anthropology
01:070:305 Anthropology of Development
01:070:307 Medical Anthropology
01:070:308 Anthropology of Religion
01:070:309 Visual Anthropology
01:070:311 History of Anthropology
01:070:312 Language and Social Diversity
01:070:317 Method and Analysis in Cultural Anthropology
01:070:318 Reading Ethnographic Writing
01:070:319 Anthropology of Human Rights
01:070:320 Diaspora, Multiculturalism, and Ethnicity in the United States
01:070:323 Women Writing Culture
01:070:338 Anthropology of Africa
01:070:360 Global Families
01:070:368 Anthropology of Mass Media
01:070:371 The Politics of Culture
01:070:372 Anthropology of the Body
01:070:374 Localities and Global Systems
01:070:376 Power and Difference
01:070:378 The Anthropology of Gender
01:070:379 Gender and Power in Africa
01:070:380 Culture, Memory, History
01:070:389 Ethnography of Gender in South Asia
01:070:401 Theories in Cultural Anthropology (if approved topic)
01:070:406 The Rights and Wrongs of Indigenous Peoples
01:070:410 Explanation in Anthropology (if approved topic)
01:070:486 Gender, Development, and Environment
