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
01:070:243
Anthropology of Africa
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, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States
01:070:338
Culture, Wealth, and Power in 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)
01:070:111
Extinction
01:070:216
Anthropology and Contemporary Issues
01:070:220 Food
and Culture
01:070:222
Sexuality and Eroticism in Global Perspective
01:070:223
Anthropology of Latin America
01:070:225
Gender in Global Perspective
01:070:230
Anthropology of Native North Americans
01:070:238
Anthropology of Europe
01:070:230
Anthropology of Native North Americans
01:070:243
Anthropology of Africa
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
01:070:293
Topics in Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology
01:070:301
Psychology and Culture
01:070:302
Culture and the Environment
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 and Human Rights
01:070:320
Diaspora, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States
01:070:323
Women Writing Culture
01:070:338
Culture, Wealth, and Power in Africa
01:070:365 Law,
Justice, and Rights in Bolivia
01:070:366 Research Practicum in Law, Justice and Rights in
Bolivia
01:070:367
Anthropology Goes to the Movies
01:070:368
Anthropology of Mass Media
01:070:369 The
Cultural Politics of Nazism
01:070:371
Politics of Culture
01:070:372 Body
Politics
01:070:374
Localities and Global Systems
01:070:376
Power and Difference
01:070:378
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
01:070:406
Rights and Wrongs of Indigenous Peoples
01:070:410
Explanation in Anthropology
01:070:486
Gender, Development, Environment: Policies, Politics, Perspectives
Minor in Evolutionary Anthropology
The evolutionary anthropology minor is for students
interested in an overview of the diverse approaches and knowledge used by
archaeologists, biological anthropologists, cultural anthropologists,
paleoanthropologists, geoarchaeologists, and paleoecologists to understand the
evolution of human form, physiology, behavior, culture, and ecology, including
these aspects of non-human primates.
Total number of required credits: 20 credits.
Required courses include at least 20 credits, of which 6 are
at the 300-level or above. All courses applied to this minor must be completed
with a grade of C or better. No pass/fail courses will be accepted.
INTRODUCTORY COURSES: 102, 105, AND 204 or 212 (11 credits)
01:070:102
Introduction to Human Evolution
01:070:105
Introduction to Archaeology
01:070:204
Introduction to Social Evolution
01:070:212 The
Life of Primates
ELECTIVE COURSES: 3 courses required; 9 credits, of which 6
are at the 300 level or above
01:070:111
Extinction
01:070:204
Introduction to Social Evolution
01:070:206
Survey of New World Prehistory
01:070:207
Survey of Old World Prehistory
01:070:208
Survey of Historical Archaeology
01:070:210
Approaches to Human Nature
01:070:212 The
Life of Primates
01:070:213
Environment and Human Evolution
01:070:215
Survey of Fossil Primates
01:070:230
Anthropology of Native North Americans
01:070:231
Indians of North America II
01:070:232
Indians of New Jersey
01:070:240
Introduction to Molecular Evolutionary Anthropology
01:070:294
Topics in Evolutionary Anthropology
01:070:310
Human Aggression
01:070:325
Evolution and Culture
01:070:326
Pleistocene Hominid Adaptations
01:070:327
Post- Pleistocene Hominid Adaptations
01:070:328
Evolution and Cooperation
01:070:330
Archaeology of Australia
01:070:332
North American Archaeology
01:070:333
Colonial Archaeology
01:070:334
Field Study in Archaeology
01:070:335
Analysis of Archaeological Data
01:070:336
Primatology, Wildlife Ecology, and Conservation in Kenya
01:070:337
Field Methods and Analysis in Primatology in Kenya
01:070:348
Primate Behavioral Ecology
01:070:349
Advanced Physical Anthropology
01:070:350 Primatology
and Human Evolution
01:070:354
Functional and Developmental Anatomy of the Primate Skeleton
01:070:355
Laboratory in Skeletal Biology of Primates
01:070:356
Human Variation
01:070:358
Introduction to Human Osteology
01:070:359
Human Osteology Laboratory
01:070:361
Hunters and Gatherers
01:070:364 Sex
Roles and Social Structure
01:070:390
Plio-Pleistocene Hominid Anatomy
01:070:391
Lithic Analysis in Archaeology
01:070:392
Faunal Analysis in Archaeology
01:070:393
Cultural Resource Management
01:070:394
Microstratigraphic Analysis in Archaeology
01:070:395
Quantification of Archaeological Data
01:070:397
Paleoanthropology
01:070:398
Field Research and Methods in Paleoanthropology
01:070:402
Theories in Physical Anthropology
01:070:404
Advanced Seminar in Archaeology
01:070:412
Topics in African Prehistory and Paleoanthropology
01:070:414
Topics in European Prehistory and Paleoanthropology
01:070:420
Evolutionary Genetics: Humans and Other Primates
01:070:426
South African Archaeology
