B.A. in Anthropology

Anthropology majors receive an education in all four fields of anthropology, giving them the skills and training that will enable them to live full and productive lives in our multicultural world. The curriculum leading to a degree in anthropology provides students with the background necessary to pursue graduate studies in anthropology, but is well-rounded and flexible enough to allow students to pursue graduate studies in other disciplines.

A BA in Anthropology requires 180 units, 82 of which are earned from General Education courses. The Anthropology major requires the completion of 62 units of coursework with an overall GPA in the major of at least 2.0. In addition to the 144 units of required General Education and Anthropology courses, students must earn another 36 units to obtain their degree. To earn these units, Anthropology majors have the option of pursuing another major or a minor in a different discipline or of taking free elective courses.

Requirements for the B.A in Anthropology

Core Courses:   (13 units)

Course No.	Course Name	Units	Required
ANTH 100	Intro. to Anthropology:Human Evolution	4	Yes
ANTH 102	Intro. to Anthropology:Culture and Society	4	Yes
ANTH 200	Biological Anthropology Laboratory	1	Yes
ANTH 500	Great Ideas in Anthropology	4	Yes

Archaeology: ( 8 units chosen from)

Course No.	Course Name	Units
ANTH 300	Archaeology	4
ANTH 102	African Archaeology	4
ANTH 200	Prehistory of the Middle East and Europe	4
ANTH 500	North American Prehistory	4
ANTH 306	Aztecs, Maya and Their Predecessors	4
ANTH 307	Incas and Their Predecessors	4
ANTH 312 or HIST 312	Historical Archaeology	4
ANTH 315	Archaeology of the Southwest and California	4
ANTH 323 or ART 323	Native North American	4
ANTH 324 or ART 324	Pre-Columbian Art	4

Biological Anthropology: ( 8 units chosen from)

Course No.	Course Name	Units
ANTH 325	Human Biological Variation and the Concept of Race	4
ANTH 326	Human Origins	4
ANTH 327	Primate Evolution and Ecology	4
ANTH 328	Forensic Anthropology and Crime	4

Laboratory Analysis: ( 5 units chosen from)

Course No.	Course Name	Units
ANTH 319	Experimental Archaeology and Ethnoarchaeology	5
ANTH 320	Archaeological Survey and Excavation	5
ANTH 321	Archaeological Laboratory Analysis	5
ANTH 322	Human Osteology and Functional Anatomy	5

Anthropology Culture Areas: ( 8 units chosen from)

Course No.	Course Name	Units
ANTH 351	Indians of North America	4
ANTH 352	Indians of the Southwest	4
ANTH 354	Cultures of Mexico and Central America	4
ANTH 356	Cultures of South America	4
ANTH 357	African Societies	4
ANTH 358	Peoples of the Middle East	4
ANTH 360	Peoples of Australia	4
ANTH 361	Peoples of Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia	4
ANTH 362	Peoples of Asia	4
ANTH 365	Asian American Cultures	4

Anthropology Theory: ( 12 units, of which at least eight must be from 400-level course, chosen from)

Course No.	Course Name	Units
ANTH 330	Cross-Cultural Child-Rearing Practices	4
ANTH 331	Anthropology of Human Development	4
ANTH 332	Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Aging	4
ANTH 333	Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective	4
ANTH 334	Anthropology and Film	4
ANTH 335	Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Crime and Deviance	4
ANTH 466	Anthropology of Health, Illness and Healing	4
ANTH 470	Culture Change and Dynamics	4
ANTH 472	Colonial and Postcolonial Anthropology	4
ANTH 475	Cultural Ecology	4
ANTH 480	Magic, Religion and Science	4
ANTH 485	Applied Anthropology and Social Policy	4
ANTH 492	Economic Anthropology	4
ANTH 493	Magic, Religion and Science	4
ANTH 375 or HIST 375	Museum Methods	4
ANTH 376 or HIST 376	Exhibit Design	4

Linguistic Anthropology: ( 4 units chosen from)

Course No.	Course Name	Units
ANTH 380	Gender and Language	4
ANTH 388	Language and Culture	4

 

Four additional upper-division units in anthropology(may be from a related field, as approved by an advisor).