2016-2017
Bachelor of Science (BS) Non-Teaching
Program of Study for Anthropology Majors
Degree Code 201A
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY
I. GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 44
Some general education requirements may be double-counted in the major with departmental approval. Please see your advisor for information.
II. MAJOR REQUIREMENTS……………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………63-65
2.0 major GPA is required for graduation. Major GPA calculation will include all courses taken in the major department, plus any other courses
under II. Minimum of 18 semester hours of courses taken to fulfill major requirements must be courses offered by Appalachian.
A. Required Core Courses: (9 hours)
ANT 2215 _____ (3) Cultural Anthropology
ANT 2221 _____ (3) Archaeology
B. Methods Courses - Choose one of the following: (Choose a minimum of 3 hours)
ANT 3120* _____ (3-6) Field Archaeology (Pre: ANT 2221)
ANT 3250* _____ (3) Archaeological Lab Methods (Pre: ANT 2221)
ANT 3405* _____ (3) Quantitative Methods in Ant (Pre: 6 sh ANT; STT 2810/2820)
ANT 3940 _____ (2-6) Ethnographic Field School (Pre: ANT 2215)
C. Theory and WID Courses (6 hours) Choose one WID course:
ANT 3220* _____ (3) Human Biological Variation [WID] (Pre: RC 2001)
ANT 3600* _____ (3) Archaeological Theory [WID] (Pre: ANT 2221; RC 2001)
ANT 3625* _____ (3) History of Anthropological Ideas [WID] (Pre: RC 2001)
ANT 2230 _____ (3) Biological Anthropology
ANT 3200* _____ (3) Zooarchaeology (Pre: ANT 2221)
ANT 3305* _____ (3) Forensic Anthropology
ANT 3410* _____ (3) Ethnographic Methods
*Grade of “C-“ or higher required
Choose 1 additional course (could include another [WID] from above or one of the following):
ANT 3630* ____ (3) Epistemology & Praxis
ANT 3635* ____ (3) Political Anthropology
ANT 3620* ____ (3) Political Ecology & Sustainability
ANT 3350* ____ (3) Primate Behavior and Ecology
D. Nine semester hours anthropology electives (See Note box):
ANT 3660* ____(3) Medical Anthropology
ANT 3670* ____(3) Economic Anthro [WID] (Pre: RC 2001)
ANT 3680* ____(3) Environmental Anthropology
3 s.h. at 2000 level: _____________
3 s.h. at 3000/4000 level: ______________ 3 s.h. at 4000 level___________
E. Senior Capstone: (see Note box) Choose one: (3-4 hours) All are [CAP]
(Pre for all: ANT 2215, 2221, 2230; Sr. Stdg; Any other Pre listed below)
ANT 4231* ____ (3) Capstone: Magic and Modernity (Pre: ANT 3625)
ANT 4241* ____ (3) Capstone: Politics of Ethnicity (Pre: ANT 3625)
Note: Students may not
enroll in a course as a
ANT 4246* ____ (3) Capstone: Hegemony and Power (Pre: ANT 3625)
capstone if they have
ANT 4251* ____ (3) Capstone: Biology, Technology, & Culture (Pre: choice of ANT 3220, 3600, 3625)
already taken the parallel
ANT 4256* ____ (4) Capstone: Ethnobotany: Plants, People & Culture (Pre: ANT 3625)
course (i.e., 4250 for
ANT 4261* ____ (3) Capstone: Anthropology of Development (Pre: ANT 3625)
4251; 4320 for 4321; 4330
for 4331; or 4350 for
ANT 4266* ____ (3) Capstone: Anthropology and Global Health (Pre: ANT 3220 or 3625)
4351). Students should
ANT 4281* ____ (3) Capstone: Anthropology of the Body (Pre: ANT 3220 or 3625)
therefore consult with
ANT 4321* ____ (3) Capstone: Human Evolution (Pre: ANT 3220)
their advisors before
ANT 4331* ____ (3) Capstone: Bioarchaeology (Pre: ANT 3220)
selecting seminars and
electives.
ANT 4351* ____ (3) Capstone: Human Reproduction from Evolutionary Perspective (Pre: ANT 3220)
ANT 4371* ____ (3) Capstone: Paleopathology (Pre: ANT 3220)
ANT 4401* ____ (3) Capstone: Paleolithic Archaeology (Pre: ANT 3600)
ANT 4441* ____ (3) Capstone: Experimental Archaeology (Pre: ANT 3120, 3600)
ANT 4451* ____ (3) Capstone: Paleolithic Cave Art (Pre: ANT 3600)
ANT 4461* ____ (3) Capstone: Landscape Archaeology (Pre: ANT 3600)
ANT 4611* ____ (3) Capstone: Anthropology of Energy (Pre: Choice of ANT 3220, 3600, 3625)
ANT 4510* ____ (3) Senior Honors Thesis (Pre: choice of ANT 3220, 3600, 3625; 6 hours ANT honors courses; 3.45 GPA in ANT courses)
F. Concentration requirements (30 hours) A minimum of 30 semester hours in a career oriented multidisciplinary concentration. Core courses
will be specified for each concentration with electives chosen with the consent of an assigned department advisor. Some suggested concentrations are
public/historical archeology and applied cultural anthropology. These courses will not appear in DegreeWorks until this contract is completed and
submitted to the Dean’s Office in I. G. Greer Hall.
Only one 1000-level ANT course may be counted towards the major.
A copy of this signed concentration must be sent to the Student Services Office in I. G. Greer Hall.
G. Choose one (3-4 hours):
STT 2810 _____ (3) Intro to Statistics (Pre: MAT 1010 or higher)
OR
STT 2820 _____ (4) Reasoning with Statistics
III. MINOR (Optional)
IV. ELECTIVES (taken to total 122 hours for the degree)
………………………………………………………………………………………….13-15
122
2 semester hours of free electives must be outside the major discipline