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  Culture and Social Life

01:070:108  Language, Culture, Society

GEOGRAPHIC AREA COURSES: one course required (3 credits)

01:070:223  Anthropology of Latin America

01:070:238  Anthropology of Europe

01:070:242  Anthropology of the Middle East

01:070:243  Anthropology of Africa

01:070:244  Ethnographies 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

01:070:217  Psychology and Culture

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

01:070:243  Anthropology of Africa

01:070:244  Ethnographies 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

01:070:302  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

01:070:321  Latino Ethnography

01:070:322  Anthropology of Islam

01:070:323  Women Writing Culture

01:070:324  Globalization, Sex, and Families

01:070:338  Culture, Wealth, and Power in Africa

01:070:341  Language, Food, and Society

01:070:365  Law, Justice, and Rights in Bolivia

01:070:367  Anthropology Goes to the Movies

01:070:368  Media and Culture

01:070:370  Life and Death in Anthropological Perspective

01:070:371  The Politics of Culture

01:070:372  Body Politics   

01:070:373  Visual Ethnography of Everyday Life  

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

01:070:407  Documenting Latino Lives

01:070:408  Video Production Lab for Latino Lives

01:070:410  Explanation in Anthropology

01:070:417  Writing Ethnography

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 201 or 212 (11 credits)

01:070:102  Introduction to Human Evolution

01:070:105  Introduction to Archaeology

01:070:201  Evolution and Human Behavior

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

01:070:112  World Prehistory

01:070:113  Introduction to Greek and Roman Archaeology

01:070:201  Evolution and Human Behavior

01:070:206  Survey of New World Prehistory

01:070:207  Prehistoric Archaeology of Europe

01:070:212  The Life of Primates

01:070:213  Environment and Human Evolution

01:070:215  Survey of Fossil Primates

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

01:070:316  Quantitative Methods in Evolutionary Anthropology

01:070:325  Evolution and Culture

01:070:326  Life in the Pleistocene

01:070:327  Life in the Early Holocene

01:070:328  Evolution, Cooperation, and Conflict

01:070:329  Human Evolutionary Genetics

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

01:070:345  Study Abroad - Applied Conservation and Ecosystem Management

01:070:346  Honors Study Abroad - Applied Conservation and Ecosystem Management

01:070:347  Study Abroad - Advanced Primate Behavior and Ecology

01:070:348  Primate Behavioral Ecology

01:070:350  Primatology and Human Evolution

01:070:356  Human Variation

01:070:358  Human Osteology

01:070:359  Human Osteology Laboratory

01:070:361  Hunters and Gatherers

01:070:362  Evolution of Human Diet

01:070:377  Evolution and Religion

01:070:390  Fossil Hominin Anatomy

01:070:391  Lithic Analysis in Archaeology

01:070:392  Faunal Analysis in Archaeology

01:070:393  Cultural Resource Management

01:070:394  Geological Context in Paleoanthropology

01:070:395  Quantification of Archaeological Data

01:070:397  Practicum in Vertebrate Paleontology

01:070:398  Field Study in Paleoanthropology

01:070:402  Primate Conservation Biology

01:070:404  Advanced Seminar in Archaeology

01:070:409  Primate Nutritional Ecology

01:070:412  Topics in African Prehistory and Paleoanthropology

01:070:415  Prehistoric Archaeology of New Jersey

01:070:426  South African Archaeology