Anthropology focuses on understanding what it means to be human and how humans make meaning. Anthropologists study people from all angles: how they come to be, what they create, and how they give significance to their lives. At the center of the discipline are questions of physical evolution and adaptability, material evidence for past lifeways, similarities and differences among past and present peoples, and the political and ethical dilemmas of studying cultures. Anthropology is a rich and integrative discipline that prepares students to live and work effectively in a diverse and increasingly interconnected world.

The minor in anthropology has a total of 10 courses required: three lower-division and seven upper-division courses. There is no theory course or senior comprehensive requirement for the minor in anthropology.

Mga Resulta ng Pagkatuto ng Programa

✔ Demonstrate understanding of the core concepts in three primary subfields of anthropology: cultural anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology.

✔ Demonstrate knowledge of cultural variation and the diversity of perspectives, practices, and beliefs found within each culture and across cultures.
Integrates cultural, biological, and archaeological perspectives on human bodies, behavior, materialities, and institutions.

✔ Demonstrates the ability to write clearly by formulating well-organized arguments that are grounded in supporting evidence while countering evidence that contradicts the student’s claims.

✔ Organizes ideas and information and articulates them effectively.

✔ Demonstrates knowledge of basic steps involved in scholarly research, including locating and critically evaluating scholarly and other information sources relevant to the chosen topic. Recognizes and demonstrates a basic understanding of research methods used in the various subfields of anthropology, including–but not limited to–participant observation, thick description, laboratory and field analysis, and interviewing.

✔ Demonstrate knowledge of long term changes in the conditions that have shaped humans and the environments they inhabit.