Anthropology — Biocultural Concentration, BA

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Department of Anthropology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

95-98 Credits

Admission and Declaration Process

Declaration of Major

Grade Requirements

A grade of C- or better is required for a student’s major or minor courses, and supporting courses for majors and minors.

Requirements

❑ ANTH 201 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
❑ ANTH 301 - Anthropological Theory
❑ ANTH 303 - Qualitative Methods in Anthropology (optional)
❑ ANTH 335 - Quantitative Methods in Anthropology
❑ ANTH 350 - The Ecology of Human Variation
❑ ANTH 424 - Medical Anthropology
❑ ANTH 490 - Senior Seminar in Anthropology (optional)
❑ ANTH 496 - Portfolio Assembly
❑ BIOL 204 - Introduction to Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity
❑ BIOL 205 - Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology
❑ BIOL 206 - Introduction to Organismal Biology
❑ BIOL 348 - Human Anatomy and Physiology
❑ BIOL 349 - Human Physiology
❑ Two courses from:
ANTH 361 - Native Peoples of North America
ANTH 362 - Peoples of Asia
ANTH 365 - Peoples of Latin America
ANTH 422 - Nutritional Anthropology
ANTH 423 - Human Evolution
ANTH 457 - The Anthropology of Death and Dying
ANTH 460 - Culture and Society of Japan
ANTH 462 - Native Peoples of the Northwest
ANTH 463 - Peoples of East and Southeast Asia
ANTH 465 - Peoples of Mexico and Central America
ANTH 466 - Reproductive Ecology
ANTH 476 - Borderlands
❑ Choose one of the following series:
CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I
CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II
CHEM 123 - General Chemistry III
or
CHEM 125 - General Chemistry I, Honors
CHEM 126 - General Chemistry II, Honors
CHEM 225 - General Chemistry III, Honors
❑ Choose either:
CHEM 251 - Elementary Organic Chemistry
or all three of the following:
CHEM 351 - Organic Chemistry
CHEM 352 - Organic Chemistry
CHEM 353 - Organic Chemistry
❑ At least one course each of the major subfields: physical anthropology, archaeology and linguistics (LING 201 or 204, ENG 370 may be substituted for an anthropological linguistics course)
Students are encouraged to further specialize according to their interests by pursuing appropriate course sequences and/or minors outside of the anthropology department, e.g., mathematics with an emphasis on statistics if pursuing epidemiology. Please confer with your advisor to tailor your training to meet your post-baccalaureate plans.

Program advisors: Joan Stevenson

University Graduation Requirements

General University Requirements (GURS)
Writing Proficiency Requirement (WP)
180 Minimum Total Credits
60 Minimum Upper Division Credits
Residency Requirement
Minimum Grade Requirements
Final Quarter Requirement