Anthropology Major, B.A.; B.S.

B.A. degree or B.S. degree 

Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards

1. The anthropology advisor must approve transfer credit for required courses for the Anthropology Major.
2. No more than 15 credits of transfer credit can count toward the Anthropology Major.
3. No more than 3 credits in the major can be taken as credit/no credit.
4. ANT 426 and ANT 451 for majors cannot be taken as credit/no credit.
5. No Anthropology course at the 500 level can be taken by majors for credit/no credit.
6. Anthropology majors are strongly encouraged to gain practical field and/or laboratory experiences as undergraduates in their chosen branch of anthropology and to consider a Study Abroad program and foreign language study as well.

Program Requirements

Required Courses I (10 hours)

ANT 170	Cultural Anthropology	3(3-0)
ANT 171	Human Origins: Introduction to Biological Anthropology	3(3-0)
ANT 173	Laboratory in Biological Anthropology	1(0-2)
ANT 465	Capstone Experience in Anthropology	3(3-0)

Required Courses II (3 hours)

Select one of the following:

ANT 174	Inequality in the Ancient World: Origins of Early States	3(3-0)
ANT 175	Archaeology of the Americas	3(3-0)

Required Courses III (3 hours)

Select one of the following:

ANT 426	Archaeological Theory	3(3-0)
ANT 451	History of Anthropological Thought	3(3-0)
ANT 461	Race, Racism and Human Evolution	3(3-0)

Required Courses IV (3 hours)

Select one of the following:

ANT 450/SOC 450	Ethnographic Methods and Research Design	3(3-0)
ANT 540/CRM 540	Archaeological Field and Laboratory Techniques	3(3-0)
ANT 542/CRM 542	Methods in Forensic Anthropology: Osteology and Skeletal Analysis	4(3-2)

Electives (15 hours)

Select at least 3 hours from Electives I, II, and III. Electives must total 15 hours chosen from Electives I, II, III, and IV.

Electives I (3-9 hours)

Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology

Select at least one of the following:

ANT 200	Education and Culture	3(3-0)
ANT 202	Sex and Gender Across the Globe	3(3-0)
ANT 205/SOC 205	Social Justice in a Global Society	3(3-0)
ANT 276	Language, Identity, and Politics	3(3-0)
ANT 320	North American Indian Cultures	3(3-0)
ANT 321	Cultures of Latin America	3(3-0)
ANT 322	Cultures of Africa	3(3-0)
ANT 324	Cultures of the South Pacific	3(3-0)
ANT 365	Current American Indian Issues	3(3-0)
ANT 370/SOC 370	Global Environmental Issues	3(3-0)
ANT 380	Culture, Art, and Community Engagement	3(3-0)
ANT 450/SOC 450	Ethnographic Methods and Research Design	3(3-0)
ANT 451	History of Anthropological Thought	3(3-0)
ANT 459	Anthropology of Religion	3(3-0)
ANT 520	Medical Anthropology	3(3-0)

Electives II (3-9 hours)

Physical Anthropology

Select at least one of the following:

ANT 342	Principles of Forensic Anthropology	3(3-0)
ANT 347	Human Evolution	3(3-0)
ANT 351	Human Variation, Race, and the Mistakes We Make	3(3-0)
ANT 356	Primate Behavior	3(3-0)
ANT 358	Plagues and Peoples	3(3-0)
ANT 461	Race, Racism and Human Evolution	3(3-0)
ANT 542/CRM 542	Methods in Forensic Anthropology: Osteology and Skeletal Analysis	4(3-2)

Electives III (3-9 hours)

Archaeology

Select at least one of the following:

ANT 340	South American Archaeology	3(3-0)
ANT 344	Michigan Archaeology	3(3-0)
ANT 345	Archaeology & Heritage Management	3(3-0)
ANT 348	Stone-Age Europe: Peoples and Cultures of the Distant Past	3(3-0)
ANT 426	Archaeological Theory	3(3-0)
ANT 500	Field School in Archaeology	3-6(Spec)
ANT 540/CRM 540	Archaeological Field and Laboratory Techniques	3(3-0)
ANT 544/CRM 544	Great Lakes Archaeology	3(3-0)

Electives IV (0-9 hours)

Up to 9 hours from this group may count toward the major, of which no more than 3 hours may come from ANT 498. With advisor approval and depending on course content, any of these courses may instead count within Electives I, II, or III. With advisor approval, up to 6 hours of courses in related disciplines may be counted within Electives IV.

ANT 250WI/BIO 250WI/CHM 250WI	Water as Life, Death, and Power	3(3-0)
ANT 388	Special Topics in Anthropology	1-12(Spec)
ANT 430	Applied Anthropology	3(3-0)
ANT 498	Independent Studies In Anthropology	1-12(Spec)
ANT 588	Special Topics in Anthropology	1-10(Spec)

Total: 34 semester hours