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Total Credits Required 120
General Education
30-40
Required Courses36
Fundamentals and Theory Core20
Fundamentals Courses4
Select one of the following from outside of the student’s major concentration. (Students with the general anthropology concentration may select any fundamentals course.) 4
     AN 100 Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology (4 cr.) [SOCR]
     AN 101 Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology (4 cr.)
     AN 110 Introduction to Anthropology (4 cr.) [PERS]
Theory Courses16
AN 440 History of Anthropology 4
AN 470 Culture and Power 4
Anthropology Electives8
Choose any AN courses at the 200-level or above.
Anthropology Concentration16
Choose one concentration from the following:
Archaeology Concentration16
AN 101 Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology 4
AN courses with numbers ending in 40-59 (excluding AN 340, AN 440, and AN 450), AN 265, AN 390, AN 420, AN 340, or approved course if the topic is related to archaeology.2-4
Anthropology Methods Courses
AN 355 Archaeological Field Methods/Field School 6
AN 375 Archaeology Lab Methods 4
or
Forensic Anthropology Concentration 16
AN 101 Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology 4
AN courses with numbers ending in 60-79 (excluding AN 265, AN 375, and AN 470), or approved course if the topic is related to forensic anthropology.2-4
Anthropology Methods Courses
AN 355 Archaeological Field Methods/Field School 6
AN 365 Forensic Anthropology 4
or
General Anthropology Concentration16
Select one course from the following:4
     AN 100 Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology (4 cr.) [SOCR]
     AN 101 Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology (4 cr.)
     AN 110 Introduction to Anthropology (4 cr.) [PERS]
AN course 300-level or above 2-4
Anthropology Methods Courses
AN 340 Ethnographic Field Methods 4
Select one course from the following:4-6
     AN 355 Archaeological Field Methods/Field School (6 cr.)
     AN 365 Forensic Anthropology (4 cr.)
or
Sociocultural Anthropology Concentration16
AN 100 Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology [SOCR] 4
AN course with numbers ending in 20-39 (excluding AN 420 and AN 430), AN 210, AN 312, AN 315, AN 383, AN 390 or approved course if the topic is related to sociocultural anthropology2-4
Anthropology Methods Courses
AN 340 Ethnographic Field Methods 4
Select one course from the following:4-6
     AN 355 Archaeological Field Methods/Field School (6 cr.)
     AN 365 Forensic Anthropology (4 cr.)
    Or an approved language, communication, GIS, or data analysis course

The anthropology major requires both a concentration and a minor or additional  major. 

 


Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.