Chair: Deborah L. Nichols
Professors H. S. Alverson, D. F. Eickelman, K. M. Endicott, S. A. Kan, D. L. Nichols; Associate Professors K. A. Korey, J. M. Watanabe; Assistant Professor K. Abdi, S. R. Craig, S. D. Dobson, L. Gutiérrez Nájera; Senior Lecturer R. L. Welsch; McKennan Postdoctoral Fellow C. G. Ball; Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow E. Garland; Visiting Assistant Professor A. N. Stuckenberger; Adjunct Assistant Professor K. M. Muldoon.
Consult the Departmental Administrator, Thérèse Périn-Deville, for further information.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR
The major consists of ten courses, to be selected as follows:
1. Anthropology 1 or 3.
2. At least one course from each of the following four subject areas: archaeology, cultural anthropology (if Anthropology 1 is taken in fulfillment of requirement 1), ethnography, biological anthropology (these areas are indicated as ARCH, CULT, ETHN, or BIOL in each course description).
3. Any six additional courses (five if Anthropology 1 is taken in fulfillment of requirement 1) from among the department’s offerings.
A culminating experience is required for the major and must be satisfied by completion of a Culminating Seminar selected from one of the following areas: ethnography/cultural anthropology (73), archaeology (75), or biological anthropology (77), to be taken as one of the ten courses required for the major.
Students who plan to attend graduate school are strongly encouraged to take at least one statistics course—e.g., Government 10, Psychology 10, Social Science 10, or Sociology 10.
Modified Major: The Modified Major consists of seven courses in anthropology, one of which must be a culminating seminar and another of which will normally be Anthropology 1 or 3, plus four courses above the prerequisite level in one or more other department(s) or program(s). The 11 courses must form a unified, coherent program of study. Students wishing to modify their Anthropology major must submit a written rationale that makes clear the coherence and purpose of their modified major. This rationale, can be signed by any faculty in the Anthropology department, and must be submitted with the major card to the Registrar.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR
The minor in Anthropology comprises six courses, which include Anthropology 1 or 3 plus one course in ethnography, one course in biological anthropology, one course in archaeology, and two additional courses within the department to be selected by the student. If Anthropology 3 is not taken in fulfillment of the first requirement, then one of the two courses selected by the student must be a cultural anthropology course.
HONORS PROGRAM
Students applying to the honors program must meet the minimum college requirements of a 3.0 grade point average and a 3.3 grade point average in the major. By the end of the third term preceding their graduation, applicants will ordinarily have completed, with a minimum grade of A–, a preparatory reading course (Anthropology 85) and will have submitted an honors thesis proposal for work to be supervised by a primary faculty advisor. Admission to the program is by vote of the department faculty, which may appoint one or more secondary advisors.
Students admitted to the honors program must enroll in Anthropology 88, in addition to the courses ordinarily required in the major. The honors project, which culminates in a substantial independent thesis, will be submitted to the primary advisor at least four weeks prior to graduation. Those students completing the program with a grade of A– or higher in their honors course will receive honors recognition in the major. High honors may be awarded by faculty vote for truly exceptional work.