SUNY Oswego - Anthropology Major

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Anthropology Department

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Anthropology Major
Anthropology Minor
Biocultural Anthropology Minor

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Anthropology

Anthropology Major - Arts and Sciences, B.A. Degree43cr

A. Core Requirements25 cr

Ant 111 - Archaeology and Human Evolution
Ant 112 - Cultural Anthropology
Ant 230 - Introductory Archaeology
Ant 280 - Biological Anthropology
Ant 310 - Research Methods
Ant 344 - Language and Culture
Ant 410 - Issues in Anthropology: History, Theory, Methods
Select one course in ethnography from the following list:
- Ant 370 - Peoples of the World
- Ant 371 - Peoples of the Amazon
- Ant 372 - Peoples of China
- Ant 373 - Peoples of the Caribbean
- Ant 375 - North American Indians
- Ant 376 - Peoples of the South Pacific

B. Electives18 cr

Select six courses from the following list:
- Ant 300 - Women and Culture
- Ant 301 - Selected Topics
- Ant 302 - Teaching Anthropology I
- Ant 312 - Explorations in Cultural Anthropology
- Ant 331 - Digging Up the Past: Famous Sites
- Ant 354 - Forensic Anthropology
- Ant 355 - Medical Anthropology
- Ant 366 - Crime and Culture
- Ant 367 - Culture and Personality
- Ant 368 - Death and Dying: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
- Ant 369 - Human Sexuality: Cross-Cultural Studies
- Ant 383 - Disease and Human Behavior
- Ant 390 - Literary Anthropology: The West and the Rest
- Ant 399 - Independent Study
- Ant 401 - Selected Topics
- Ant 402 - Teaching Anthropology II
- Ant 430 - Advanced Archaeology
- Ant 442 - Races and Minorities
- Ant 452 - Religion and Magic
- Ant 454 - Advanced Forensic Anthropology
- Ant 480 - Human Sociobiology
- Ant 499 - Independent Study
- Bio 301 - Topics in Modern Biology
- Cas 444 - Semiotics and the Study of Meaning

Note: A grade of C- or better is required in each course credited to the major

Last Updated: 7/9/07