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Twin Cities Campus
Anthropology MinorAnthropology
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Anthropology, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-625-3400; fax: 612-625-3095)
Email:
dgsanth@umn.edu
The minor program in anthropology is individually designed by each student in consultation with a faculty advisor and the Anthropology director of graduate studies.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
Special Application Requirements:
Students interested in the Anthropology minor are strongly encouraged to confer with their major field advisor and director of graduate studies, and the Anthropology director of graduate studies regarding feasibility and requirements.
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
The minor is designed, through consultation among the student, Anthropology director of graduate studies, and other relevant faculty members, to meet the student's academic and professional goals.
Students pursuing the minor must complete at least one ANTH 8xxx-level course.
Coursework applied to the minor must be taken on the A/F grade basis, with a minimum grade of B earned for each course. The minimum cumulative GPA for minor field coursework is 3.00. Exceptions require approval of the Anthropology director of graduate studies.
Coursework (6 to 12 credits)
Master's students select 6 credits, and doctoral students select 12 credits from the following. Selected coursework must be approved by the Anthropology director of graduate studies.
ANTH 5008 - Advanced Flintknapping
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5009 - Human Behavioral Biology
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5015W - Biology, Evolution, and Cultural Development of Language & Music
[SOCS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5021W - Anthropology of the Middle East
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5027W - Archaeology of Prehistoric Europe
[HIS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5028 - Historical Archaeology
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5041 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5045W - Urban Anthropology
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5112 - Reconstructing Hominin Behavior
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5113 - Primate Evolution
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5121 - Business Anthropology
(2.0 cr)
ANTH 5128 - Anthropology of Education
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5221 - Anthropology of Material Culture
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5244 - Interpreting Ancient Bone
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5255 - Archaeology of Ritual and Religion
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5269 - Analysis of Stone Tool Technology
(4.0 cr)
ANTH 5327W - Inca, Aztec & Maya Civilizations
[HIS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5401 - The Human Fossil Record
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5402 - Zooarchaeology Laboratory
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5403 - Quantitative Methods in Biological Anthropology
(4.0 cr)
ANTH 5405 - Human Skeletal Analysis
(4.0 cr)
ANTH 5412 - Comparative Indigenous Feminisms
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5442 - Archaeology of the British Isles
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5448 - Applied Heritage Management
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5450 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5501 - Managing Museum Collections
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5601 - Archaeology and Native Americans
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 5980 - Topics in Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8001 - Ethnography, Theory, History
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8002 - Ethnography: Contemporary Theory and Practice
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8004 - Foundations of Anthropological Archaeology
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8005 - Linguistic Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8009 - Prehistoric Pathways to World Civilizations
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8111 - Evolutionary Morphology
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8112 - Reconstructing Hominin Behavior
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8113 - Primate Evolution
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8114 - Biological Anthropology Graduate Program Seminar: Behavioral Ecology of Primates
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8120 - Problems in Culture Change and Applied Anthropology
(3.0-6.0 cr)
ANTH 8201 - Humans and Nonhumans: Hybrids and Collectives
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8203 - Research Methods in Social and Cultural Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8205 - Economic Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8207 - Political and Social Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8213 - Ecological Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8215 - Anthropology of Gender
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8219 - Grant Writing
(2.0 cr)
ANTH 8220 - Field School
(6.0 cr)
ANTH 8223 - Anthropology of Place & Space
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8230 - Anthropological Research Design
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8244 - Interpreting Ancient Bone
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8510 - Topics in Archaeology
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8810 - Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8980 - Anthropology Graduate Workshop
(1.0 cr)
ANTH 8991 - Independent Study
(1.0-18.0 cr)
ANTH 8992 - Directed Reading
(1.0-18.0 cr)
ANTH 8993 - Directed Study
(1.0-18.0 cr)
ANTH 8994 - Directed Research
(1.0-18.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.
Masters
Doctoral
|
|
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 3015W/Anth 5015W |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
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 3028/Anth 5028 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3145W/Anth 5045W |
Typically offered: | Periodic 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: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4121/Anth 5121 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 5128/OLPD 5128 |
Typically offered: | Spring 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: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3255/Anth 5255/RelS 3254/ |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3327W/Anth 5327W |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
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] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3405/Anth 5405 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmIn 5412/Chic 3412/GWSS 3515/ |
Grading Basis: | OPT No Aud |
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 only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3501/Anth 5501 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
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: | 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: | Every 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: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3009/Anth 8009/Hist 3066 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 5112/Anth 8112 |
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] |
Prerequisites: | Anthropology graduate student or #. |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 -6.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4053/8205 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 6.0 [max 6.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3221/Anth 8220 |
Typically offered: | Every Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 5244/8244 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 9.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 9.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -18.0 [max 18.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -18.0 [max 54.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -18.0 [max 18.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -18.0 [max 18.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |