Anthropology is built around a shared core of theory and methods, and three introductory courses (Anthropology 110, 120, and 140) serve as the foundation for the core theory and methods sequence (Anthropology 200, 207, 210). Mid-level courses provide a range of topical and area foci, and upper-division seminars offer detailed explorations of important subjects in anthropology. A capstone sequence (Anthropology 501 and 601) allows students to review their work in the discipline and to plan a direction for future work. The biological anthropology track within the anthropology major combines the core of the anthropology major with an additional focus in the natural sciences.
Required for the anthropology major
1. Anthropology 110: Cultural Anthropology
Anthropology 120: World Prehistory
Anthropology 140: Biological Anthropology
2. Anthropology 200: History of Anthropological Ideas
Anthropology 207: Quantitative Analysis in Anthropology
Anthropology 210: Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology
Students are expected to complete these courses during their sophomore year and no later than the end of their junior year.
3. Anthropology 501: Research Questions and Anthropology 601: Research Design
4. Four six-unit elective courses in anthropology, including at least one upper-division seminar (courses numbered in the 500s). (Anthropology majors are urged to take several of these seminars in their junior and senior years.)
Required for the anthropology major: biological anthropology track
1. Anthropology 110: Cultural Anthropology
Anthropology 120: World Prehistory
Anthropology 140: Biological Anthropology
Biology 110: Integrative Biology: Principles
Biology 140: Integrative Biology: Heterotrophs
2. Anthropology 200: History of Anthropological Ideas
Anthropology 207: Quantitative Analysis in Anthropology or Math 117: Elementary Statistics or Math 207: Introduction to Probability and Statistics
3. Anthropology 501: Research Questions and Anthropology 601: Research Design
4. Three six-unit elective courses in anthropology, including at least one of Anthropology 540: Topics in Biological Anthropology or Anthropology 580: Topics in Neuroscience.
5. Three six-unit courses in biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics, or physics, at least two of which must be biology courses numbered 200 or above and at least one of which must be a laboratory course.
Required for the anthropology minor
1. Two of the following courses:
Anthropology 110: Cultural Anthropology
Anthropology 120: World Prehistory
Anthropology 140: Biological Anthropology
2. Three six-unit electives in anthropology, selected from courses numbered 200 and above, except Anthropology 501 or 601
3. One six-unit upper-division seminar (courses numbered in the 500s)
4. C average in the minor