Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology

Foundation Courses (3 courses)
Three of the following four foundation courses are required for the B.A. in Anthropology degree. (If a student completes all four foundation courses, the fourth course can be counted as an anthropology elective)

• ANTH210 Introduction to Medical Anthropology and Global Health
• ANTH222 Introduction to Ecological and Evolutionary Anthropology (4 credits)
• ANTH240 Introduction to Archaeology
• ANTH260 Introduction to Socio-cultural Anthropology and Linguistics

Method and Theory Courses (2 courses)
Two of the following four upper-level method and theory courses are required for the anthropology major. (If a student completes a third or fourth method and theory courses, these courses can be counted as an anthropology electives.)

• ANTH310 Method & Theory in Medical Anthropology and Global Health (offered every Spring) 
• ANTH322 Method & Theory in Ecological Anthropology (offered every Fall)
• ANTH340 Method and Theory of Archaeology (offered every Fall beginning Fall 2021)
• ANTH360 Method and Theory of Socio-Cultural Anthropology (offered every Spring)

Anthropology Electives (minimum of 12 credits)
12 credits of anthropology electives, beyond the foundational and method and theory course requirements, are required for a B.A. in Anthropology

• 6 of the 12 credits must be taken at the 300 - 400 level
• A maximum of 6 experiential learning credits may be applied to this requirement: ANTH358, ANTH386, ANTH398.
• Courses listed as ANTH and courses taught by anthropology Affiliate Faculty in other departments can be counted towards the anthropology electives requirement.  Students are advised to check with the Undergraduate Advisor or the Director of Undergraduate Studies before enrolling in courses with affiliate faculty.
• Pre-approved anthropology courses completed in departments affiliated with the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area can also be applied to the elective requirement. Students are advised to check with the Undergraduate Advisor or the Director of Undergraduate Studies before enrolling in courses through the Consortium.

Applied Field Methods (minimum of 3 credits)
Reflective, experiential learning is an essential to anthropology. Anthropology majors therefore are required to take one of the following courses. Courses worth more than 3 credits may have their additional credits applied toward the Anthropology electives requirement.

• ANTH341 Introduction to Zooarchaeology
• ANTH386 Experiential Learning Internship, 3-6 credits
• ANTH447 Material Culture Studies in Archaeology
• ANTH451 Environmental Archaeology
• ANTH464 Anthropology of Cultural Heritage
• ANTH465 Ethnoecology
• ANTH466 Anthropology of Work
• ANTH467 Researching Environment and Culture
• ANTH481 Environmental Ethnographies
• ANTH496 Field Methods in Archaeology, 6 credits (Students focusing in Archaeology must take ANTH496: Field Methods in Archaeology.)

ANTH courses that count toward the General Education Scholarship-in-Practice requirement will also count toward this requirement. ANTH398A: Independent Study may be counted following approval by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Other relevant courses may be used with the approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

Quantitative Skills Course (1)
 A quantitative Skills course is required for the B.A. in Anthropology degree. Designed to give students a background in quantitative analysis and statistics, this requirement helps students develop a mathematical foundation for future academic and career goals. The quantitative skills option is satisfied by the completion of one course from the following list with a C- or better:

• MATH107 Introduction to Math Modeling and Probability (or higher level MATH course)
• STAT100 Introduction to Statistics
• BIOM301 Introduction to Biometrics
• ECON201  Principles of Macroeconomics
• ECON321 Economic Statistics
• EDMS451 Introduction to Educational Statistics
• GEOG306 Introduction to Quantitative Methods for the Geographic Environmental Sciences
• PSYC200 Statistical Methods in Psychology
• SOCY201 Introductory Statistics for Sociology

Additional courses can be used to satisfy this requirement, but must be approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies

Supporting Course Work (minimum of 18 credits)
The supporting coursework requirement is like designing your own minor within Anthropology. To fulfill the supporting coursework requirement, students may take courses from a pre-existing minor, from a single department outside Anthropology, or from multiple departments. The purpose of the supporting course sequence is to enable students to develop skills and additional academic preparation that related to their specific interests in anthropology. Supporting courses can be used to further develop a student’s focused interest in archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, or linguistic anthropology or they might be directed to a particular topical or skill area (for example: social science research methods, human geography, environmental, health, cultural studies, gender) or they might be used to learn about a particular geographical or cultural group (for example Latin Americans, the African Diaspora, Muslims, etc.) 

The following rules also apply to the supporting course work requirement:

• Supporting courses should relate to the student's area of focus.
• All courses intended to satisfy the requirement must be approved by the faculty advisor prior to the student's senior year.  Therefore, students should plan ahead with the Undergraduate Advisor
• Up to 8 credits of the 18 credit requirement may be fulfilled with anthropology courses (but then these credits cannot be counted toward other ANTH requirements.
• A maximum of 6 credits of the following courses may be applied to this requirement: ANTH358, ANTH386, ANTH398.
• Courses used toward the department's quantitative skills requirement or any other Anthropology requirements may not be applied to the Supporting Course Work section.
• If a student plans to use course work from another major or minor it is the student's responsibility to ensure that work is eligible to be double counted.

Please direct questions concerning the supporting  course work requirement to the Undergraduate Advisor.

Click here for the Supporting Coursework Approval Form.

Bachelor of Science in Anthropology

Foundation Courses (3 courses)
Three of the following four foundation courses are required for the B.S. in Anthropology degree. (If a student completes all four foundation courses, the fourth course can be counted as an anthropology elective)

• ANTH210 Introduction to Medical Anthropology and Global Health
• ANTH222 Introduction to Ecological and Evolutionary Anthropology (4 credits)
• ANTH240 Introduction to Archaeology
• ANTH260 Introduction to Socio-cultural Anthropology and Linguistics

Method and Theory Courses (2 courses)
Two of the following four upper-level method and theory courses are required for a B.S. in Anthropology. (If a student completes a third or fourth method and theory courses, these courses can be counted as an anthropology electives.)

• ANTH310 Method & Theory in Medical Anthropology and Global Health (offered every Spring) 
• ANTH322 Method & Theory in Ecological Anthropology (offered every Fall)
• ANTH340 Method and Theory of Archaeology (offered every Fall)
• ANTH360 Method and Theory of Socio-Cultural Anthropology (offered every Spring)

Anthropology Electives (minimum of 12 credits)
12 credits of anthropology electives, beyond the foundational and method and theory course requirements, are required for a B.S. in Anthropology

• 6 of the 12 credits must be taken at the 300 - 400 level
• A maximum of 6 experiential learning credits may be applied to this requirement: ANTH358, ANTH386, ANTH398.
• Courses listed as ANTH and courses taught by anthropology Affiliate Faculty in other departments can be counted towards the anthropology electives requirement.  Students are advised to check with the Undergraduate Advisor or the Director of Undergraduate Studies before enrolling in courses with affiliate faculty.
• Pre-approved anthropology courses completed in departments affiliated with the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area can also be applied to the elective requirement. Students are advised to check with the Undergraduate Advisor or the Director of Undergraduate Studies before enrolling in courses through the Consortium.

Applied Field Methods (minimum of 3 credits)
Reflective, experiential learning is an essential to anthropology. Anthropology majors therefore are required to take one of the following courses. Courses worth more than 3 credits may have their additional credits applied toward the Anthropology electives requirement.

• ANTH341 Introduction to Zooarchaeology
• ANTH386 Experiential Learning Internship, 3-6 credits
• ANTH447 Material Culture Studies in Archaeology
• ANTH451 Environmental Archaeology
• ANTH464 Anthropology of Cultural Heritage
• ANTH465 Ethnoecology
• ANTH466 Anthropology of Work
• ANTH467 Researching Environment and Culture
• ANTH481 Environmental Ethnographies
• ANTH496 Field Methods in Archaeology, 6 credits (Students focusing in Archaeology must take ANTH496: Field Methods in Archaeology.)

ANTH courses that count toward the General Education Scholarship-in-Practice requirement will also count toward this requirement. ANTH398A: Independent Study may be counted following approval by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Other relevant courses may be used with the approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

Quantitative Skills Courses (2)
 Two of the following quantitative skills courses are required for the B.S. in Anthropology degree.

• MATH107 Introduction to Math Modeling and Probability
• STAT100 Introduction to Statistics
• MATH120 Elementary Calculus I (4 cr.)
• MATH121 Elementary Calculus II (4 cr. )
• MATH140 Calculus I (4 cr.)
• MATH141 Calculus II (4 cr.)

Specialization Science Electives (3 courses, at least 9 credits)

Three courses and at least nine credits of courses from the list below are required for a B.S. in Anthropology. Courses with prerequisites are marked with an asterisk (*). Students are responsible for checking prerequisites. Prerequisite courses will not count toward the 3-course, 9-credit total unless the prerequisite courses are also counted here.

• AGNR301 Sustainability
• AOSC 123 Causes and Implications of Global Change
• AOSC200/1 Weather & Climate w/lab (4 cr.) 
• AREC241 Environment, Economics and Policy (4 cr.)
• *AREC326 Intermediate Applied Microeconomics
• AREC345 Global Poverty and Economic Development
• AREC365 World Hunger, Population and Food Supplies
• AREC433 Food and Agricultural Policy
• *AREC453 Natural Resources and Public Policy
• BSCI103 World of Biology
• BSCI135 Plants that Transformed the World (4 cr.)
• BSCI151 Beyond Race: Human Biological Diversity
• BSCI160/1 Principles of Molecular and Cellular Biology (4 cr.) 
• BSCI170/1 Principles of Ecology and Evolution (4 cr.) 
• BSCI201 Human Anatomy & Physiology I (4 cr.) 
• BSCI202 Human Anatomy & Physiology II (4 cr.)
• *BSCI222 Principles of Genetics (4 cr.)
• BSCI223 General Microbiology (4 cr.) 
• *BSCI360 Principles of Animal Behavior
• *BSCI361 Principles of Ecology (4 cr.)
• *BSCI363 Biology of Conservation and Extinction
• *BSCI370 Principles of Evolution
• *BSCI462 Population Ecology
• *BSCI471 Molecular Evolution
• CHEM131/2 Chemistry w/ lab
• *CHEM231/2 Organic Chemistry w/ lab
• CMSC 131 Object-Oriented Programming I (4 cr.)
• CMSC 132 Object-Oriented Programming II (4 cr.)
• ENCE215 Engineering for Sustainability
• ENST233 Introduction to Environmental Health
• GEOL100/110 Physical Geology w/ lab (4 cr.)
• *GEOL 340 Geomorphology
• *GEOL 342 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
• *GEOL 446 Geophysics
• GEOG 330 Society and Sustainability
• GEOG 332 Economic Geography
• GEOG 373 Geographic Information System
• *GEOG 416 Conceptualizing and Modeling Human Environment Interactions
• GEOG 431 Culture and Natural Resource Management
• *GEOG 472 Remote Sensing: Digital Processing and Analysis
• *GEOG 473 Geographic Information System and Spatial Analysis
• HIST 204 History of Science
• HLTH130 Introduction to Public and Community Health
• HLTH200 Introduction to Research in Community Health
• *HLTH300 Biostatistics for Public Health Practice
• *MIEH300 Introduction to Environmental Health
• MIEH321 Environmental Determinants of Emerging Infectious Diseases
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