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Anthropology
General
Program Title
Anthropology
Degree Designation
BA
Award Type
Baccalaureate
Program Level
Undergraduate
Instruction Mode
On Campus
Program Description
This 48-credit major offers courses in all four sub-fields of anthropology. The program prepares students for a broad range of careers in which an understanding of human diversity and the human condition is necessary including careers in cultural resource management, ecology, non-government organizations, and many related fields. This program also prepares students for graduate study in anthropology or graduate training in other fields such as health care, education, law, museum studies, or business. Students gain hands-on research experience including in-depth experience in either archaeology or ethnography through the required field school sequence. With core courses and a variety of electives, students may acquire a liberal arts education or plan their own program for more specific career preparation.
Admission Requirements
What previous degree and/or experience is required prior to admission to this program?
High School / GED
Required GPA for graduation
2
Number of credits in program
48
Requirements
Program Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Demonstrate a broad knowledge of four-field Anthropology, including anthropological theory and method and respect for human diversity worldwide and through time.
Outcome
Demonstrate an understanding of the anthropological concept of culture that includes the application of anthropological theory and method to investigating cultural diversity across time and space, the importance of symbolic activity in human activity, and the independence of human cultural and biological variation.
Outcome
Understand and apply contemporary evolutionary theory and recognize the process of evolution in shaping the origins and subsequent diversification of primates, including humans.
Outcome
Apply anthropological approaches to the human past that integrate contemporary archaeological theory, methods, and analytical techniques to understand long-term patterns and change through time.
Outcome
Apply theory and methods from linguistic Anthropology in order to situate the human capacity for symbolic communication in an evolutionary context, and to show how people in all human societies, past and present, use language in a variety of ways to mediate relationships among themselves and other features of their world.
Outcome
Analyze and apply anthropological concepts, synthesize information from a variety of sources, and communicate ideas clearly.
Outcome
Read, think and evaluate data critically.
Degree Maps or Program Completion Plans
Major Code
3020
Program Code
401