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Duluth Campus
Anthropology B.A.Justice Culture Social Change
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology is concerned with the holistic study of diverse peoples and cultures with a central focus on what it means to be human. This understanding is developed using an integrative and comparative approach that examines the role of culture in human society. Areas of knowledge include:
* specific ethnographic areas such as Middle, Central and South America, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa, along with specific sub-fields of anthropology: cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and physical anthropology
* political, social, and environmental issues within the context of international and intranational diversity, framed within the Department's overall unifying socially-relevant themes of inequality, identify, power, social change and development, and global multiculturalism.
* major historical and contemporary theoretical perspectives
To illustrate how anthropological knowledge is obtained, qualitative methodology is emphasized, including knowledge of the uses and limitations of standard methods, a strong ethical component concerning the study of humans, and the relationship between theory and method in qualitative fieldwork.
A Final Project, ANTH 4653 - Senior Seminar, a capstone course, provides anthropology majors with an overview of current anthropological knowledge and develops their research skills.
Honors Requirements: Honors students participate in independent research, working closely with a faculty member. Qualified majors apply to the honors program before the end of the second week of their senior year after they have completed or are enrolled in ANTH 4651 - Development of Anthropological Theory.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
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website.
Required prerequisites
Introductory Requirement (1 cr)
Transfer students with 24 or more credits and current UMD students who change colleges to CLA are exempt from this requirement. New first-year students with 24 or more PSEO credits may request to be waived from this requirement.
UST 1000 - Learning in Community
(1.0-2.0 cr)
General Requirements
Program Requirements
A second field of study (either a minor or another major).
Electives (24 cr)
Students must take at least 3 courses/9 credits in ANTH 3xxx and 3 courses/9 credits in ANTH 4xxx. The remaining 6 credits may come from additional ANTH 3xxx-4xxx or from the 'additional electives area'.
Note: ANTH 4691, 4696, 4697, 4699 and 4910 carry variable credit. Only three credits maximum in one course or combined from these three courses count toward the major; additional credits will apply to the overall degree.
ANTH 3xxx
Take 3 or more course(s) totaling 9 or more credit(s) from the following:
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ANTH 3xxx
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CST 3050 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
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ANTH 3080 - Cultural Constructions of the Body
(4.0 cr)
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FORS 3200 - Exploring Sustainability & Culture - Study Abroad
[GLOBAL PER]
(1.0-6.0 cr)
ANTH 4xxx
Take 3 or more course(s) totaling 9 or more credit(s) from the following:
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ANTH 4xxx
additional electives (optional)
A maximum of 6 credits from the following may be applied to the overall 24 elective credits.
Take at most 6 credit(s) from the following:
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ANTH 1xxx-2xxx
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AMIN 3xxx-4xxx
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CST 1xxx-4xxx
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GEOG 3xxx-4xxx
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LING 3xxx-4xxx
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SOC 3xxx-4xxx
Advanced Writing Requirement (3 cr)
WRIT 31xx - Adv Writing
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Credits: | 1.0 -2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EHS 1000/UST 1000/ ES 1000 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 1601/1602 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Prerequisites: | minimum 90 credits, no grad credit |
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: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ANTH 3080/WS 3080 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -6.0 [max 6.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ANTH 3200/FORS 3200 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring & Summer |