Major Curriculum

Descriptions of courses listed below are available on the Undergraduate Bulletins page.

Core (23 credits)

• ANTH 101 – Introduction to Anthropology (3)
• ANTH 210 – Introduction to Archeology (3)
• ANTH 220 – Human Origins (4)
• ANTH 230 – People: An Anthropological Perspective (3)
• ANTH 240 – Language and Culture (3)
• ANTH 438 – Anthropological Theory (3)
• ANTH 490* – Senior Project (2)
• ANTH 490* – Senior Project (2)

Required Electives (12 credits)

All require prerequisites or permission of instructor. Choose a minimum of 12 credits from the following:

• ANTH 250 – Portraits of Culture (4)
• ANTH 311 – Ancient Egypt (3)
• ANTH 322 – Evolution and Behavior (3)
• ANTH 323 – Primate Behavior (3)
• ANTH 331 – Environmental Anthropology (3)
• ANTH 332 – Anthropology of Religion (3)
• ANTH 333 – Ethnographic Film (3)
• ANTH 334 – Native American Cultures of North America (3)
• ANTH 410 – Archeology of Minnesota (3)
• ANTH 411 – Archeology of Native North America (3)
• ANTH 412 – Archeology of Latin America (3)
• ANTH 414 – Museology (3)
• ANTH 415 – Cultural Resource Management (3)
• ANTH 420 – Human Osteology (3)
• ANTH 421 – Health, Culture, and Disease (3)
• ANTH 430 – Ethnography of Latin America (3)
• ANTH 431 – Applied Cultural Research (3)
• ANTH 432 – Kinship, Marriage and Family (3)
• ANTH 433 – Anthropology of Gender (3)
• ANTH 435 – Origins of Civilization (3)
• ANTH 436 – Anthropology of Aging (3)
• ANTH 437 – Applied Anthropology (3)
• ANTH 439 – Qualitative Research Methods (3)
• ANTH 480 – Fieldwork: Archeaology/Ethnology (3-6)
• ANTH 485 – Topics in Anthropology (1-3)
• ANTH 486** – Workshop (1-3)
• ANTH 491** – Archeology Laboratory (1-3)
• ANTH 492** – Biological Anthropology Lab (1-3)
• ANTH 493** – Ethnology Lab (1-3)
• ANTH 495** – Honors Reading (1-3)
• ANTH 497** – Internship (1-12)
• ANTH 499** – Individual Study (1-6)

**No more than 6 credits may be applied to major

Recommended Support Courses (Statistics, 3-4 credits)

Choose one of the following:

• PSYC 201 – Statistics for Psychology (4)
• SOC 201 – Social Research I (3)
• MATH 354 – Concepts of Probability and Statistics (3)

Required for Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree only

• Language (8)

Required Minor

Yes. Any.