Minor Requirements

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 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.

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  Current Issues in Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology

01:070:294  Current Issues in Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology

01:070:295  Current Issues 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

01:070:306  Space, Place, and Practice

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

01:070:371  The Politics of Culture

01:070:372  Body Politics      

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

01:070:406  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 nonhuman 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

01:070:240  Introduction to Molecular Evolutionary Anthropology

01:070:296  Current Issues in Evolutionary Anthropology

01:070:297  Current Issues in Evolutionary Anthropology

01:070:298  Current Issues in Evolutionary Anthropology

01:070:310  Human Aggression

01:070:316  Quantitative Methods in Evolutionary Anthropology

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

01:070:336  Primatology, Wildlife Ecology, and Conservation in Kenya

01:070:337  Field Methods and Analysis in Primatology in Kenya

01:070:348  Primate Behavioral Ecology

01:070:350  Primatology and Human Evolution

01:070:356  Human Variation

01:070:358  Introduction to Human Osteology

01:070:359  Human Osteology Laboratory

01:070:361  Hunters and Gatherers

01:070:362  Evolution of Human Diet

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  Primate Conservation Biology

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

01:070:426  South African Archaeology