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If you declared your Anthropology Major before 2002, then you may complete your degree using either the new requirements on the previous page, or using the requirements below. If you declared after 2002, you must use the requirements on the previous page!

1. Completion of properly distributed credit hour requirements for the Baccalaureate degree in effect when the student was admitted to their home school.

2. Completion of 36 credit hours, with a minimum grade of C in each course, from among the following distribution of Anthropology courses (or from approved substitutions):

Overview of Anthropology (9 credits):
A103 Human Origins and Prehistory (3 credits), or A303
A104 Culture and Society (3 credits), or A304
A360 Development of Anthropological Thought (3 credits)

Internship in Applied Anthropology (3 credits):
A494 Practicum in Applied Anthropology (3 credits)

At least one course from Applied Anthropology Issues and Methods (3 credits):
A201 Survey of Applied Anthropology (3 credits)
A361 Applied Sociocultural Change (3 credits)
A403 Introduction to Museum Studies (3 credits)

E391 Women in Developing Countries (3 credits)
A485 Topics in Applied Anthropology (3 credits)

At least two courses from Comparative Human Experience (6 credits):
E300 Cultural Areas and Ethnic Groups (3 credits)
E310 Cultures of Africa (3 credits)
E316 Prehistory of North America (3 credits)
E320 North American Indians (3 credits)
E326 Modern Greek Society (3 credits)
E335 Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica (3 credits)
E336 African American Culture (3 credits)
E356 Cultures of the Pacific (3 credits)

At least two courses from Conceptual Topics (6 credits):
A401 Cultural Resource Management (3 credits)
A454 Human Ecology (3 credits)
B370 Human Variation (3 credits)
B371 The Anthropology of Human Nature (3 credits)
B480 Human Growth and Development (3 credits)
E380 Urban Anthropology (3 credits)
E391 Women in Developing Countries (3 credits)
E402 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 credits)
E411 Wealth, Exchange, and Power (3 credits)
E421 The Anthropology of Aging (3 credits)
E445 Medical Anthropology (3 credits)
E455 Anthropology of Religion (3 credits)
E457 Ethnic Identity (3 credits)
E470 Psychological Anthropology (3 credits)
L300 Language and Culture (3 credits)
L401 Language, Power, and Gender (3 credits)
P220 The Rise of Civilization (3 credits)

At least one course from Research Methodology (3 credits):
E404 Field Methods in Ethnography (3 credits)
P402 Archaeological Method and Theory (3 credits)
B301 Laboratory Methods in Bioanthropology (3 credits)
B426 Osteology (3 credits)
MSTD A405 Museum Methods (3 credits)

Anthropology Electives (6 credits):
Students are required to take an additional 6 credits, selected from any course offered by the department.

3. Four Fields Distribution:
As students fulfill the distribution requirements listed above, they also must insure that among their selections there is at least one course in three of the four traditional subfields of anthropology: archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, and linguistics.

A minor in Anthropology requires satisfactory completion of the following requirements:

1. Completion of properly distributed credit hour requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, as indicated in the Bulletin of the IUPUI School of Liberal Arts which was current when the student declared a minor in Anthropology.

2. Completion of 15 credit hours, with a minimum grade of C in each course, from among the following distribution of Anthropology courses (or from approved substitutions):

Overview of Anthropology (6 credits):
A103 Human Origins and Prehistory (3 credits), or A303
A104 Culture and Society (3 credits), or A304

One course from Comparative Human Experience (3 credits):
E300 Cultural Areas and Ethnic Groups (3 credits)
E310 Cultures of Africa (3 credits)
E316 Prehistory of North America (3 credits)
E320 North American Indians (3 credits)
E326 Modern Greek Society (3 credits)
E335 Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica (3 credits)
E336 African American Culture (3 credits)
E356 Cultures of the Pacific (3 credits)

One course from Conceptual Topics (3 credits):
A401 Cultural Resource Management (3 credits)
A454 Human Ecology (3 credits
B371 The Anthropology of Human Nature (3 credits)
B466 The Primates (3 credits)
B480 Human Growth and Development (3 credits)
E380 Urban Anthropology (3 credits)
E402 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 credits)
E411 Wealth, Exchange, and Power (3 credits)
E421 The Anthropology of Aging (3 credits)
E445 Medical Anthropology (3 credits)
E455 Anthropology of Religion (3 credits)
E457 Ethnic Identity (3 credits)
E470 Psychological Anthropology (3 credits)
L300 Language and Culture (3 credits)
L401 Language, Power, and Gender (3 credits)
P398 The Rise of Civilization (3 credits)

One course from Anthropology Electives (3 credits):
Students are required to take an additional 3 credits from any approved Anthropology course offerings at the 300 or 400 levels.

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Last update August 15, 2007