Anthropology

Are you intrigued by human behavior, history and biology? Explore the lessons of human nature through a deep understanding of who we are and where we came from, preparing you for success in many different careers.

Description

A concentration in anthropology completes the academic experience by focusing on the lessons and people that make human societies so interesting and challenging to understand, both in the past and in modern times.

A focus in evolutionary anthropology is perfect for a premedical track in which a broad evolutionary perspective is important for understanding disease processes. A focus in sociocultural anthropology provides understanding of human interaction and how social groups function.

Coursework in anthropology complements many concentrations, and anthropological training provides a competitive advantage in the workforce as students learn how to problem-solve creatively and better understand themselves and others.

Requirements

• Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours including 12 upper division hours.
• 6 hours of the required 12 upper division hours must be taken through the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
• All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.
• Two of the introductory courses from ASB 102, ASM 104 and ASB 222 (or 223) are required. However, the particular introductory courses selected may limit the anthropology courses available in the subfield upper division requirement.

• Consult a School of Human Evolution and Social Change advisor for upper division elective courses.

   

• You MUST consult with your academic advisor prior to enrollment so that an exception can be made in your academic record.

Required Introductory Courses (choose two) -- 6 credit hours
Choose two of the following courses:

ASB 102: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (GCSI) (3)

ASB 222: Buried Cities and Lost Tribes (HUAD) 
OR 
ASB 223: Aztecs, Incas and Mayas (HUAD) (3)

ASM 104: Bones, Stones, and Human Evolution (SCIT) (4)

Upper-Division Subfield Courses -- 12 credit hours

Students choose 12 upper-division credit hours from the subfields of archaeology, evolutionary anthropology and sociocultural anthropology (including linguistics). The course completed to fulfill the Core requirement may limit the courses available to fulfill the Upper Division Subfield requirements due to necessary pre-requisites.

Archaeology Subfield

ASB 301: Global History of Health (HUAD)

ASB 326: Human Impacts on Ancient Environments (SUST)

ASB 330: Understanding Archaeology (SOBE)

ASB 333: Frauds, Myths and Mysteries (HUAD)

ASB 335: Ancient Ruins of the Southwest (SOBE)

ASB 337: Pyramids and Hieroglyphs: Life in Ancient Mesoamerica (GCSI)

ASB 338: Archaeology of North America (SOBE)

ASB 361: Human Cultural Beginnings (SOBE)

ASB 362: People and Plants

ASB 366 / AFR 366: African Archaeology: Precolonial Urban Culture

ASB 368: Hunter-Gatherers (SOBE)

ASB 490: Earliest Cities

ASM 338: Bioarchaeology and the Human Skeleton

ASM 338: Field Archaeology & Geophysical Testing

ASM 338: Geomatics

ASM 350: Geoarchaeology

ASM 365: Doing Archaeology

ASM 450: Bioarchaeology (GCSI)

ASM 494: Archaeoinformatic Methods for Fieldwork

ASM 494: Nubian Bioarchaeology

Evolutionary Anthropology (aka Physical Anthropology) Subfield

ASB 301: Global History of Health (HUAD)

ASB 368: Hunter-Gatherers (SOBE)

ASB 408 / BIO 408: Advanced Evolutionary Medicine

ASB 448 / BIO 448: Maternal and Child Health

ASB 494: Applied Epidemiology

ASB 494: Reproductive Ecology

ASM 301: Peopling of the World (SOBE)

ASM 310: War and Peace: The Evolution of Conflict and Cooperation

ASM 313: Great Adaptations

ASM 332: Life and Death in Ancient Egypt

ASM 338: Bioarchaeology and the Human Skeleton

ASM 341: Human Osteology

ASM 342 / BIO 327: Evolution of Human Behavior

ASM 344: Fossil Hominins

ASM 345: Disease and Human Evolution

ASM 401: Health and Human Biology

ASM 403 / BIO 403: Evolutionary Medicine and Global Health

ASM 443: Primatology

ASM 446 / BIO 446: Principles of Human Genetics

ASM 450: Bioarchaeology (GCSI)

ASM 452: Dental Anthropology

ASM 456: Infectious Disease and Human Evolution

ASM 459: Forensic Anthropology

ASM 460: Human Growth and Development: An Evolutionary Perspective

ASM 463: A Practical Guide to Bayesian Data Analysis (QTRS)

ASM 465: Quantification and Analysis for Anthropologists

ASM 466: The Evolution of Preindustrial Technology

ASM 494: Cenozoic Climate & Primate Evolution

ASM 494: Evolution and Mental Disorders

ASM 494: Models in Social Evolution

ASM 494: Nubian Bioarchaeology

Sociocultural Anthropology Subfield

ASB 300: Food and Culture (SOBE)

ASB 302: Ethnographic Field Study (GCSI)

ASB 305: Poverty and Global Health (CIVI)

ASB 310 / AFR 300: Precolonial Africa (GCSI)

ASB 311: Principles of Social Anthropology (GCSI)

ASB 316: Money and Culture

ASB 319: The North American Indian

ASB 322: Peoples of Latin America (GCSI)

ASB 325: Peoples of Southeast Asia

ASB 327: Disaster! (SUST)

ASB 336 / AFR 336: African Art

ASB 339 / POS 339 / SBS 339 / SOC 339: Grassroots Social Movements

ASB 340 / SOC 328: Migration and Culture (GCSI)

ASB 342 / SBS 342 / SOC 342: Mexico-U.S. Borderlands

ASB 343 / PUP 343 / SOS 343 / TCL 343: Latinas/os and the Environment

ASB 344 / SOC 334: Technology and Society (SOBE)

ASB 345 / JUS 343 / ROM 343 / SLC 343 / SOS 344: Culture and Society Transformation (GCSI)

ASB 346: Marriage and Family Diversity (SOBE)

ASB 348 / ENG 348 / TCL 348: The Borders of Language (SOBE)

ASB 350: Anthropology and Art (HUAD)

ASB 353 / SOC 353: Death and Dying in Cross-Cultural Perspective (GCSI)

ASB 355: Traditional Medicine and Healing (HUAD)

ASB 356 / GCU 356 / POS 354 / SBS 356 / SOC 356: Central American Studies

ASB 357: Society, Drugs and Health (GCSI)

ASB 358 / AFR 358: The Yoruba and the Atlantic World

ASB 370 / SOS 370: Ethics of Eating (SUST)

ASB 371 / HST 371 / SLC 371 / SPA 371: Language Hegemony and Culture

ASB 374 / POS 374 / SBS 374 / SOC 374: Cultures and Politics of the Internet

ASB 375 / SOS 375: Humans and the Environment: What's the Connection?

ASB 376: Global Health Policy

ASB 378 / TCL 378: Globalization: Migration, Mass Media, McDonald's (GCSI)

ASB 380: Language, Culture and Gender (SOBE)

ASB 383 / REL 383: Religion and Sports (HUAD)

ASB 389 / SBS 389 / SOC 389: Ethnographic Field Lab

ASB 394: Statistics for Social Scientists

ASB 395: Topics in Comparative Culture

ASB 412: History of Anthropology

ASB 417: Politics and Culture

ASB 421 / SOC 421: Education and Society (SOBE)

ASB 442 / SBS 460: Global Cities

ASB 443 / SSH 403: Cross-Cultural Studies in Global Health (GCSI)

ASB 447 / POS 447 / SBS 447: Citizenship, Nationalism and Identity (CIVI)

ASB 452 / SSH 402: Community Partnerships for Global Health (GCSI)

ASB 455: Practicum for Social Sciences

ASB 457: Global Mental Health (GCSI)

ASB 462: Medical Anthropology: Culture and Health (SOBE)

ASB 463 / SOS 463 / TCL 443: Political Ecology of the Border

ASB 464 / TCL 444: The Ethnography of Mexico and the Borderlands

ASB 466 / AFR 466: Peoples and Cultures of Africa

ASB 494: Anthropology and Ethics

ASB 494: Ethnic Disparities and Health

ASB 494: Ethnography of Schooling in the Borderlands

ASB 494: Health: Social and Biocultural Theories

ASB 494: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

ASB 494: Narrative & Science Engagement

ASB 494 / BIO 494: One Health

ASB 494: Qualitative Data Analysis

ASB 494: Research Design for Global Health

ASM 414: Urban, Environmental and Health Challenges (SUST)

Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this concentration.