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Anthropology Minor

Justice Culture Social Change
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Program Type: Undergraduate minor related to major
  • Requirements for this program are current for Spring 2021
  • Required credits in this minor: 22
This minor examines the role of culture in human society, familiarizing students with the study of diverse peoples and cultures. Students are allowed flexibility in exploring substantive courses relevant to their interests.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Minor Requirements
Lower Division (8 cr)
Take 2 course(s) from the following:
ANTH 1080 - Understanding Global Cultures [LE CAT, SOC SCI, GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
ANTH 1602 - Biological Anthropology and Archaeology [LE CAT, SOC SCI] (4.0 cr)
ANTH 1604 - Cultural Anthropology [LE CAT6, LEIP CAT06, SOC SCI, GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
ANTH 1620 - Introduction to Public Culture: Earth Citizenship, Science, and Culture [GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
ANTH 1xxx
Career Development (2 cr)
ANTH 2001 - Career Development in Anthropology (2.0 cr)
ANTH 3xxx Electives (6 cr)
Take 2 or more course(s) from the following:
· ANTH 3080 - Cultural Constructions of the Body (4.0 cr)
· ANTH 3100 {Inactive} (4.0 cr)
· ANTH 3156 - Digital and Participatory Research Methods (4.0 cr)
· ANTH 3200 - Exploring Sustainability & Culture - Study Abroad [GLOBAL PER] (6.0 cr)
· ANTH 3300 - Energy, Culture and Society [GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
· ANTH 3618 - Ancient Middle America (3.0 cr)
· ANTH 3622 {Inactive} (3.0 cr)
· ANTH 3624 - Archaeology of North America (3.0 cr)
· ANTH 3628 - Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3.0 cr)
· ANTH 3632 - Latin American Cultures (3.0 cr)
· ANTH 3635 - Anthropology of Europe (3.0 cr)
· ANTH 3638 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East (3.0 cr)
· ANTH 3640 - What is a City?: Archaeological Perspectives on Urbanism [SUSTAIN] (3.0 cr)
· ANTH 3641 {Inactive} [FINE ARTS] (4.0 cr)
· ANTH 3888 - Anthropology of Food [SUSTAIN] (3.0 cr)
· ANTH 3xxx
· Optional Experience
The following course carries variable credit. Only three credits maximum may count towards the ANTH 3xxx requirement; additional credits will apply to the degree.
Take 0 - 3 credit(s) from the following:
· ANTH 3691 - Independent Study in Anthropology (1.0-4.0 cr)
ANTH 4xxx Electives (6 cr)
Take 2 or more course(s) from the following:
· ANTH 4100 - Visual Anthropology (4.0 cr)
· ANTH 4500 - The New Commons: Governing Shared Resources for Present and Future Generations [SUSTAIN] (4.0 cr)
· ANTH 4616 - Culture and Personality (3.0 cr)
· ANTH 4620 - Archaeological Method and Theory (4.0 cr)
· ANTH 4621 - Myth and Sacred Symbols (3.0 cr)
· ANTH 4631 - Anthropology and Environment [SUSTAIN] (3.0 cr)
· ANTH 4633 - Ethnobotany [SUSTAIN] (4.0 cr)
· ANTH 4640 - Medical Anthropology (4.0 cr)
· ANTH 4644 - Anthropology of Law (4.0 cr)
· ANTH 4651 - Development of Anthropological Theory (4.0 cr)
· ANTH 4652 - Cultural Theory for Wicked Problems (4.0 cr)
· ANTH 4653 - Senior Seminar (3.0 cr)
· ANTH 4654 {Inactive} (3.0 cr)
· ANTH 4655 {Inactive} (4.0 cr)
· ANTH 4985 - Critical Animal Studies (4.0 cr)
· ANTH 4695 - Special Topics: (Various Titles to be Assigned) (1.0-5.0 cr)
· ANTH 4xxx
· Optional Experience
The following courses carry variable credit. Only three credits maximum in one course or combined from these courses counts towards the ANTH 4xxx requirement; additional credits will apply to the degree.
Take 0 - 3 credit(s) from the following:
· ANTH 4691 - Independent Study (1.0-4.0 cr)
· ANTH 4696 - Field Research in Archaeology (1.0-10.0 cr)
· ANTH 4697 - Anthropology Internship (2.0-6.0 cr)
· ANTH 4699 - Honors Project (2.0-4.0 cr)
· ANTH 4910 - Teaching Assistantship in Anthropology (1.0-3.0 cr)
 
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ANTH 1080 - Understanding Global Cultures (LE CAT, SOC SCI, GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Fall Odd Year
Explores nations around the globe towards the goal of developing a cross-cultural understanding of how cultures function. Explores America as a foreign culture, looking at the United States from the viewpoints of foreign anthropologists and other scholars, using comparative ethnographic perspectives to interpret aspects of American culture.
ANTH 1602 - Biological Anthropology and Archaeology (LE CAT, SOC SCI)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Anth 1601/1602
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Origin and development of extinct and living human forms, primatology, human biological variations, the race concept, evolution, and development of human societies up to the earliest stages of ancient civilizations.
ANTH 1604 - Cultural Anthropology (LE CAT6, LEIP CAT06, SOC SCI, GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Introduction to representative cultures of the world and to concepts and methods of cultural anthropology, focusing on range of variation and degree of uniformity in human behavior and in cultural adaptations.
ANTH 1620 - Introduction to Public Culture: Earth Citizenship, Science, and Culture (GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Integrative approach connecting culture, science, and law to the practical work of managing critical shared resources for the public good in the 21st century. Course examines how governance of shared natural resources (climate, water, wildlife) is connected to governance of community and cultural resources (internet, electricity grids, knowledge, and storytelling). Topics highlight diverse approaches to citizenship and sustainability as found in cli-sci fiction, public science, public art, land trusts, and indigenous land stewardship traditions.
ANTH 2001 - Career Development in Anthropology
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Overview of career opportunities for anthropological skill sets. The mechanics of career development: locating jobs; matching skills to job requirements; networking; writing resumes, cover letters, CV's, and graduate application essays. A focus on the lifelong process of building a career.
ANTH 3080 - Cultural Constructions of the Body
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: ANTH 3080/WS 3080
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Contemporary cultural constructions of the human body. How biology and culture intersect in body building, menstruation, childbirth, and tattooing. Students gain skills in reading the body as social text and learn core theoretical approaches to cultural studies of the body. prereq: minimum 30 credits or instructor consent
ANTH 3156 - Digital and Participatory Research Methods
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Prerequisites: minimum 30 credits
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course teaches participatory research and media production as practiced in anthropology as a transformative process through which students can become agents of change. The course engages students through scholarly and active learning to develop research skills, including digital and participatory methods in collaboration with people studied, to facilitate cultural and visual literacy. Course emphasizes field techniques, data analysis, and interpretation, and the use of digital technologies (such as videos, social media, etc.) as course of data as well as means of communication. Lab. prereq: minimum 30 credits
ANTH 3200 - Exploring Sustainability & Culture - Study Abroad (GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 6.0 [max 6.0]
Course Equivalencies: ANTH 3200/FORS 3200
Typically offered: Periodic Spring & Summer
Taught on site at selected country. Introduces students to fieldwork based experiences in sustainability and community engaged scholarship. Course generally involves travel, extensive outside of the classroom work, and a service learning component with post project reflection. pre-req: instructor consent; admission to an approved study abroad program requires consent from the International Programs and Services Office
ANTH 3300 - Energy, Culture and Society (GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Spring Even Year
This course takes a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary view of energy. It examines the history of energy generation and use in the US with attention to economic and ecological systems as well as cultural assumptions asking how did the US grow to be the largest consumer of energy in the history of the world? By studying case studies of electrification in the global north and south; post-Fukushima nuclear energy politics in Japan and Germany; the impact of global gas and oil markets on local US communities, and the growth of renewable energy, this course aims to give students methods, tools and perspectives to understand, critique, and ultimately influence (personal and societal) assumptions, policies, economics, and technical systems surrounding energy generation and use. prereq: minimum 30 credits
ANTH 3618 - Ancient Middle America
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Prerequisites: minimum 30 credits
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
Survey of major pre-Hispanic cultures of Mesoamerica, including the Olmecs, Maya, Toltecs, Mixtecs, and Aztecs. Using comparative ethnographic and archaeological materials, the course explores the arrival of hunter-gatherer-foragers, the beginnings of agriculture, and formation of early villages, native mathematical and calendar and writing systems, the florescence of regional art styles, and the religious sociopolitical, and economic development of Classical and Postclassical civilizations through the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors. prereq: minimum 30 credits
ANTH 3624 - Archaeology of North America
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Survey of archaeological data for major cultural areas of North America north of Mexico. prereq: minimum 30 credits
ANTH 3628 - Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: ANTH 3628/WS 3628
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Cross-cultural survey of gender systems, focusing on contemporary women's lives around the world. prereq: minimum 30 credits
ANTH 3632 - Latin American Cultures
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Survey of social, political, economic, and religious organization of contemporary national and native cultures of Mexico, Central America, and South America. prereq: 1604, minimum 30 credits
ANTH 3635 - Anthropology of Europe
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Exploration of European peoples to develop a cross-cultural understanding of how cultures function. Survey of social, political, economic, religious, family and kinship, gender, urban, globalism/globalization. prereq: minimum 30 credits
ANTH 3638 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Prerequisites: minimum 30 cr or instructor consent
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Examines how anthropologists study the cultures and social institutions of the modern Middle East. Focus on religion, family life, gender, politics, economy, urban ways of life, kinship and marriage, and the impacts of globalism. prereq: minimum 30 cr or instructor consent
ANTH 3640 - What is a City?: Archaeological Perspectives on Urbanism (SUSTAIN)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Survey of historically and archaeologically documented urban case studies and thematic concepts, e.g., the use of space, political and economic implications of living in a city, abandonment of cities, and the impact of cities on the environment. Liberal Education sustainability credit will be effective fall 2015. prereq: Min 30 cr or instructor consent
ANTH 3888 - Anthropology of Food (SUSTAIN)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Prerequisites: minimum 30 credits
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Advanced survey and comparative study of the relationship between food and culture in the past and present. Topics include the prehistoric, biological, and cultural aspects of the collection, production, distribution, preparation, and consumption of food, and an analysis of its social, cultural, political, and economic significance. prereq: minimum 30 credits
ANTH 3691 - Independent Study in Anthropology
Credits: 1.0 -4.0 [max 8.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Directed reading and research in ethnography leading to preparation of paper. prereq: preferred minimum 30 credits; instructor consent required
ANTH 4100 - Visual Anthropology
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Visual Anthropology encompasses the anthological study of all visual representations. This course will engage students in histories and analyses of representations and visual product artifact from many cultures. Artifacts and visual objects studies may include sand painting, tattoos, sculptures and reliefs, cave painting, jewelry, hieroglyphics, painting, photographs, and new media production,. The study of human vision, properties of media, and relationship between visual and form and function are also central to this anthropological subfield. Student will have the opportunity to create small visual objects on a weekly basis during the bulk of the semester. prereq: minimum 30 credits
ANTH 4500 - The New Commons: Governing Shared Resources for Present and Future Generations (SUSTAIN)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
This course examines efforts and provides skills to manage water, climate, wildlife, and internet, cultural heritage and other key pieces of ecosystem and community infrastructure at global and local levels as "commons," shared resources governed by culturally diverse, engaged communities for present and future generations. prereq: Minimum 90 credits or grad student; credit will not be granted if already received for CST 4500
ANTH 4616 - Culture and Personality
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Role of culture in forming of personality; problems of individual adjustment to demands of culture. Psychological and sociopsychological approach to culture. prereq: 1604, min 60 cr
ANTH 4620 - Archaeological Method and Theory
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Fall Even Year
Principles of archaeology including data collection, data analysis, history of the field, theoretical approaches, laws, and professional ethics. prereq: minimum 60 credits or instructor consent; no grad credit
ANTH 4621 - Myth and Sacred Symbols
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Interpretation of myths and sacred symbols found in beliefs and rituals of selected traditional cultures. prereq: 1604, min 60 cr
ANTH 4631 - Anthropology and Environment (SUSTAIN)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
In-depth study of some of the methods and concepts concerning the interrelations of certain human populations with their environments in diverse natural, cultural, historical, and evolutionary settings. prereq: 60 cr
ANTH 4633 - Ethnobotany (SUSTAIN)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Prerequisites: minimum 60 credits or instructor consent
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Advanced survey and study of interrelations between humans and plants, including material, symbolic, ritualistic and other aspects of human-plant interactions. Combines cultural anthropology and botany to investigate the roles of plants as food, medicine, natural resources and/or gateways to culturally sanctioned religious experiences. Liberal Education sustainability credit will be effective fall 2015. prereq: minimum 60 credits or instructor consent
ANTH 4640 - Medical Anthropology
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Comparative, cross-cultural examination of sickness and healing. Drawing from ethnographic work on indigenous, alternative, and Euro-American medical systems as well as shamanism, the course works with symbolic, social, political, and historical perspectives. prereq: minimum 60 credits or grad student, or instructor consent
ANTH 4644 - Anthropology of Law
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Spring Odd Year
Introduces key concepts, issues, and methods of legal anthropology and considers how, in various parts of the world, legal systems are integrating local and indigenous conceptions of justice with the formal procedures and institutions of the state. Particular attention is given to culturally creative uses of law to achieve public justice with respect to environmental and economic domains. prereq: minimum 60 credits or instructor consent; no grad credit
ANTH 4651 - Development of Anthropological Theory
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Prerequisites: minimum 90 credits, no grad credit
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Theoretical perspectives from mid-19th century to the present; examines the interrelationship of method and theory, and implications for practice of anthropology. prereq: minimum 90 credits, no grad credit
ANTH 4652 - Cultural Theory for Wicked Problems
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Prerequisites: minimum 30 credits
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
A wicked problem is a social or cultural problem difficult to solve for many reasons: incomplete or contradictory knowledge, the number of people or opinions involved, the large economic burden of solutions, and the interconnected nature of these with other problems. This course explores the ways that cultural theory provides critical insights in complex contemporary arenas such as government policy, nonprofit work, law, business, communications, education, health issues, environment and conservation, natural resources management, risk management, natural disaster responses, and more. The goal of the course is to teach students the value of cultural theory in understanding and working within the complexities of the contemporary world. prereq: minimum 30 credits
ANTH 4653 - Senior Seminar
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
Contemporary topics in selected branches of anthropology. Active participation in group research project to develop and enhance anthropological research skills. prereq: minimum 90 credits or instructor consent; no grad credit
ANTH 4985 - Critical Animal Studies
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: ANTH 4985/SOC 4985
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course explores the ways in which animal lives intersect with human lives, including the evolution of social, cultural, scientific, and religious attitudes toward animals. We will examine the dynamics of power and visualization in the ways animals are culturally framed and constructed. Students will also learn to critically analyze a variety of ethical debates about animals in society, such as the eating of animals, animal experimentation, zoos, hunting, ownership, and legal status. prereq: minimum 30 credits earned or instructor consent; no grad credit
ANTH 4695 - Special Topics: (Various Titles to be Assigned)
Credits: 1.0 -5.0 [max 10.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Seminar on topics in selected branches of anthropology.
ANTH 4691 - Independent Study
Credits: 1.0 -4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Directed reading and research leading to preparation of a final written and/or digital project. prereq: preferred 60 credits and instructor consent
ANTH 4696 - Field Research in Archaeology
Credits: 1.0 -10.0 [max 10.0]
Prerequisites: instructor consent
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Summer
Archaeological excavation, survey, and research in actual sites. Location may vary. prereq: instructor consent
ANTH 4697 - Anthropology Internship
Credits: 2.0 -6.0 [max 6.0]
Grading Basis: S-N only
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Supervised experience in a workplace relevant to students academic interests within the major: social service agency, museum, immigration services, school or other, approved by instructor. In consultation with instructor, students will also complete assignments relevant to the job setting, e.g., setting learning objectives, techniques for measuring progress, and/or report writing. prereq: preferred minimum 60 credits, instructor consent, no grad credit
ANTH 4699 - Honors Project
Credits: 2.0 -4.0 [max 4.0]
Prerequisites: instructor consent; no grad credit
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Advanced individual project in any area of anthropology demonstrating sound theoretical, methodological, and research foundations. Topic chosen in consultation with the honors advisor. The student will give a public presentation of their written and/or digital final project. prereq: instructor consent; no grad credit
ANTH 4910 - Teaching Assistantship in Anthropology
Credits: 1.0 -3.0 [max 3.0]
Prerequisites: Minimum 60 credits and instructor consent, no grad credit; maximum 3 credits between ANTH 4997 and 4910
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Practical experience in teaching-related activities in anthropology courses. prereq: Minimum 60 credits and instructor consent, no grad credit; maximum 3 credits between ANTH 4997 and 4910