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Twin Cities Campus
Anthropology MinorAnthropology
College of Liberal Arts
Anthropologists study human communities, near and far, past and present, and explore how seemingly unrelated aspects of a society are connected and how societies are linked to one another.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
Students may earn a BA or a minor in Anthropology, but not both.
Preparatory Courses
Take 1 or more course(s) totaling 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
ANTH 1001 - Human Evolution
[BIOL]
(4.0 cr)
·
ANTH 1003W - Understanding Cultures
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
ANTH 1003V - Understanding Cultures: Honors
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
Minor Courses
Take four 3-credit courses that have a common focus. Any ANTH 3xxx-5xxx course may count toward the minor, including special topics.
Take 4 or more course(s) totaling 12 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
ANTH 3001 - Introduction to Archaeology
[SOCS]
(4.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3003 - Cultural Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3004 - Great Controversies in Anthropology
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3005W - Language, Culture, and Power
[SOCS, DSJ, WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3006 - Humans and Aliens: Learning Anthropology through Science Fiction
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3008 - Introduction to Flintknapping
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3020 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3022W {Inactive}
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3034W - Roots Music in American Culture and Society
[DSJ, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3035 - Anthropologies of Death
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3036 - The Body in Society
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3043 - Art, Aesthetics and Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3046W - Romance and Culture
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4029W - Anthropology of Social Class
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3242W - Hero, Savage, or Equal? Representations of NonWestern Peoples in the Movies
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3306W - Medical Anthropology
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3402 - Zooarchaeology Laboratory
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3980 - Topics in Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4001 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4003W - Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Anthropology
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4009W - Warfare and Human Evolution
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4019 - Symbolic Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4025 - Studies in Ethnographic Classics
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4031W - Anthropology and Social Justice
[CIV, WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4035 - Ethnographic Research Methods
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4047 - Anthropology of American Culture
[SOCS]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4053 - Economy, Culture, and Critique
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4069 - Historical Ecology & Anthropology of the Environment
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4071 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4075 - Cultural Histories of Healing
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4077 - Neanderthals: Biology and Culture of Humanity's Nearest Relative
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4101 - Decolonizing Archives
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4991 - Independent Study
(1.0-6.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4992 - Directed Readings
(1.0-6.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4993 - Directed Study
(1.0-6.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4994W - Directed Research
[WI]
(1.0-6.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5008 - Advanced Flintknapping
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5009 - Human Behavioral Biology
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5031W {Inactive}
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5112 - Reconstructing Hominin Behavior
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5113 - Primate Evolution
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5221 - Anthropology of Material Culture
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5244 - Interpreting Ancient Bone
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5269 - Analysis of Stone Tool Technology
(4.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5402 - Zooarchaeology Laboratory
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5403 - Quantitative Methods in Biological Anthropology
(4.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5442 - Archaeology of the British Isles
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5444 - Archaeological Ceramics
(4.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5446 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5448 - Applied Heritage Management
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5980 - Topics in Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5990 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3002 - Sex, Evolution, and Behavior: Examining Human Evolutionary Biology
(4.0 cr)
or
EEB 3002 - Sex, Evolution, and Behavior: Examining Human Evolutionary Biology
(4.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3009 - Prehistoric Pathways to World Civilizations
[HIS]
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3066 - Prehistoric Pathways to World Civilization
[HIS]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3015W - Biology, Evolution, and Cultural Development of Language & Music
[SOCS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
ANTH 5015W - Biology, Evolution, and Cultural Development of Language & Music
[SOCS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3021W - Anthropology of the Middle East
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
ANTH 5021W - Anthropology of the Middle East
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
RELS 3707W {Inactive}
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
RELS 5707W {Inactive}
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3023 {Inactive}
[GP, SOCS]
(3.0 cr)
or
GLOS 3961 {Inactive}
[GP, SOCS]
(3.0 cr)
or
AMES 3676 {Inactive}
[GP, SOCS]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3027W - Archaeology of Prehistoric Europe
[HIS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
ANTH 5027W - Archaeology of Prehistoric Europe
[HIS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3067W - Archaeology of Prehistoric Europe
[HIS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3041 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
ANTH 5041 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3601 - Archaeology and Native Americans
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
or
ANTH 5601 - Archaeology and Native Americans
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4007 - Laboratory Techniques in Archaeology
(1.0-4.0 cr)
or
ANTH 4007H {Inactive}
(1.0-4.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4043 - Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings: Archaeology of Northern Europe
(3.0 cr)
or
MEST 4043 - Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings: Archaeology of Northern Europe
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4049 - Religion and Culture
(3.0 cr)
or
RELS 4049 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4329 - Primate Ecology and Social Behavior
(3.0 cr)
or
EEB 4329 - Primate Ecology and Social Behavior
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5802 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
AMIN 5802 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
ARTH 5802 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
RELS 5326 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
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Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 1003W/Anth 1003V |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 1003W/Anth 1003V |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3003/GloS 3003 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 2006/Anth 3006 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Summer Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3049W / Anth 4029W |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4019/8211 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4053/8205 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -6.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -6.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -6.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -6.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 5112/Anth 8112 |
Prerequisites: | Previous coursework in Biological Anthropology or Archaeology |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 5113/Anth 8113 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 5244/8244 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3002/EEB 3002 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3002/EEB 3002 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3009/Anth 8009/Hist 3066 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3009/Anth 8009/Hist 3066 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3015W/Anth 5015W |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3015W/Anth 5015W |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3021W/Anth 5021W/RelS 370 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3021W/Anth 5021W/RelS 370 |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3027W/Anth 5027W/Hist 306 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3027W/Anth 5027W/Hist 306 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3027W/Anth 5027W/Hist 306 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3028/Anth 5028 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3028/Anth 5028 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3401/Anth 5401 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3401/Anth 5401 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3405/Anth 5405 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3405/Anth 5405 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3601/Anth 5601/AmIn 3602/ |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3601/Anth 5601/AmIn 3602/ |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 12.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4007/Anth 4007H |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4043/MeSt 4043 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4043/MeSt 4043 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4049/RelS 4049 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4121/Anth 5121 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4121/Anth 5121 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4329/EEB 4329 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4329/EEB 4329 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4344/GloS 4344 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4344/GloS 4344 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 5128/OLPD 5128 |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 5128/OLPD 5128 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |