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Requirements for an Anthropology Minor
Anthropology offers four minors, each distinct, but stemming from the common
background of Anthropology 2301, Introductory Cultural Anthropology (required). ANTH 2301 is
common to all four minors, with the remaining courses selected from a list furnished by the
department.
A 15-hour minor may
be taken in one of three tracks: Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, and
General Anthropology. An 18-hour track may be taken in Biomedical Anthropology.
For each of these degrees, a minimum of 9 hours must be advanced. A grade of C- or better must be earned in all advanced courses taken in fulfillment
of the requirements for an anthropology minor.
Archaeology Minor
1. ANTH 2301: Introductory Cultural Anthropology [3 hours]
2. ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONCEPTS (one of the following):
ANTH 2302: People of the Earth
ANTH 2363: The Science of our Past: Introductory Archaeology
3. REGIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY/METHODS [9 hours]
ANTH 3304: North American Archaeology
ANTH 3312: Meso-American Archaeology
ANTH 3313: South American Indians of the Past and Present
ANTH 3315: Origins of Civilization
ANTH 3318: Southwest Prehistory
ANTH 3319: Human Ecology
ANTH 3334: Fantastic Archaeology and Pseudoscience
ANTH 3356: Before Civilization
ANTH 3374: Cultures and Environments of the Southwest
ANTH 3384: Paradise Lost?: Archaeology and Ethics of Human Environmental Impacts
ANTH 3388 Warfare and Violence
ANTH 3399: Ice Age Americans
ANTH 4191/4291/4391: Independent Study and Research (Archaeological Topic)
ANTH 4314: Archaeology of the American Southeast
ANTH 4333: Lab Methods in Archaeology
ANTH 4350/51/52: Special Topics in Anthropology [when relevant]
ANTH 4381: Internship in Anthropology (archaeological topic)
ANTH 4385: Costal and Aquatic Archaeology
ANTH 4390/91: Current Issues in Anthropology (when topic is relevant)
ANTH 4399: Senior Seminar in Anthropology
ANTH 5381/5382/5681: Field Methods in Archaeology
EITHER (BUT NOT BOTH) ANTH 3351 (Forensic Anthropology) OR ANTH 4352 (Topics: Human Osteology)
