Anthropology, B.S. - Biological

The program course outline and graduation requirements for this catalog year are listed below. To graduate, a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 must be achieved, and a total of 120 credits is required. This total includes both the required courses for the program and any free electives selected. The department website provides an overview of the program, admission requirements for the major (when applicable), faculty biographies, learning outcomes, and careers: https://www.southernct.edu/academics/anthropology/programs.

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (46 Credits)

All bachelor’s degree programs include liberal education (LEP) and writing (W) course requirements. To review more detailed information, please visit General Education (LEP) Degree Requirements.   

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (36 Credits)

Up to three courses in the major/cognate may also satisfy LEP requirements and will be indicated below; no more than two courses in the same subject may be used towards LEP Explorations.

Major GPA 2.5 required.

ANT 101 – Cultural Anthropology
ANT 102 – Biological Anthropology (T2LE)
ANT 205 – Archaeology and the Human Past (T2TP)

Select one:
ANT 204 – Language and Culture 
ANT 214 – American Tongues: Everyday Politics of Speaking

Select one:
ANT 497 – Anthropology Internship (6 credits)
ANT 491 – Supervised Research (6 credits)

Select one Methods course from:
ANT 422 – Human Osteology
ANT 432 – Evidence of Human Evolution
ANT 470 – Ethnographic Fieldwork Methods

Select 12 Credits from:
ANT 222 – Modern Human Variation
ANT 302 – Issues: Biological Anthropology
ANT 312 – Medical Anthropology
ANT 322 – Forensic Anthropology
ANT 332 – Bioarchaeology
ANT 372 – Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
ANT 382 – People and Weight
ANT 390 – Ethics in Anthropology
ANT 422 – Human Osteology
ANT 432 – Evidence of Human Evolution
ANT 442 – Advanced Forensic Anthropology
ANT 445 – Stones and Bones

Select one additional course in ANT at the 300 or 400-level

ACCELERATED PATHWAY OPTION (12 Credits)

Students with a 3.0 GPA and at least 90 credits may be eligible to complete an accelerated pathway during their senior year to earn dual credit towards both their current undergraduate program and future graduate program of interest. Approval to start graduate coursework does not guarantee admission to the graduate program.

Students will meet with their faculty advisor to prepare a Graduate Course Plan (500-level courses or higher), with a maximum of 6 credits per semester, based on their graduate program of interest. Approval from both the Program Department Chairperson and the Graduate Coordinator is required. Programs may have higher requirements, and seat availability in certain graduate programs may be limited.    

Courses completed with a grade of 'C' or higher will earn dual credit for both undergraduate and graduate transcripts. Graduate programs may have higher grade requirements in place for certain courses which may require the student to retake the course for a higher grade letter.