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Duluth Campus
Anthropology B.A.Justice Culture Social Change
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology focuses on the holistic study of diverse peoples and cultures with a central focus on what it means to be human. We are committed to an integrative and comparative approach that draws on the rich tradition of the four-fields (cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, biological anthropology) while also bringing the methods and insights of the discipline to issues of critical importance to today's globalizing societies.
We emphasize qualitative methodology, including knowledge of the uses and limitations of standard methods, visual analysis and the production of visual representations of reality using tools such as photography and video, participatory research with communities, and public ethnography. We also emphasize a strong ethical component concerning the study of humans, and the relationship between theory and method in qualitative fieldwork.
Areas of knowledge and skills our program delivers:
* specific ethnographic areas such as Middle, Central and South America, the Middle East, Europe, North America (including U.S. culture), Africa.
* 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.
* community engagement and participatory culture.
* major historical and contemporary theoretical perspectives.
A final project, ANTH 4653-Senior Seminar, provides anthropology majors a capstone experience to use their research skills in applied projects.
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 or ANTH 4652-Cultural Theory for Wicked Problems.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
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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
1. A second field of study (either a minor or another major).
Lower Division (8 cr)
Choose any two different ANTH 1xxx level courses, for a total of 8 credits.
Take 2 or more course(s) from the following:
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ANTH 1xxx
Career Development (2 cr)
ANTH 2001 - Career Development in Anthropology
(2.0 cr)
Senior Capstone (3 cr)
ANTH 4653 - Senior Seminar
(3.0 cr)
Electives (15 cr)
Students must take at least 2 different courses/6-8 credits in ANTH 3xxx and 2 different courses/6-8 credits in ANTH 4xxx. An additional course is required, which may be another ANTH course, or may be from a different area of study in the 'additional elective' area.
Note: ANTH 4696, 4697, 4699 & 4910 carry variable credit. Only three credits maximum in one course or combined from these three courses count toward the ANTH 4xxx requirement; additional credits will apply to the degree.
ANTH 3xxx
Take 2 or more course(s) from the following:
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ANTH 3xxx
ANTH 4xxx
Take 2 or more course(s) from the following:
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ANTH 4xxx
Additional Elective
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
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AAAS 3xxx-4xxx
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ANTH 1xxx-4xxx
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AMIN 3xxx-4xxx
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CRIM 3xxx-4xxx
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CUE 3xxx-4xxx
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GEOG 3xxx-4xxx
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LING 3xxx-4xxx
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SOC 3xxx-4xxx
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WS 3xxx-4xxx
Advanced Writing Requirement (3 cr)
WRIT 31xx - Adv Writing (3 cr)
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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: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic 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: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Prerequisites: | minimum 30 credits |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Prerequisites: | minimum 30 credits |
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: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
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 |