Anthropology, B.S. - Cultural

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 465 – Fieldwork Methods of Linguistic Anthropology
ANT 470 – Ethnographic Fieldwork Methods

Select 12 Credits from:
ANT 201 – The Global Community
ANT 206 – Cultural Ecology
ANT 211 – Art of Ethnographic Writing
ANT 214 – American Tongues: Everyday Politics of Speaking
ANT 224 – Children and Language
ANT 225 – Peoples and Cultures of Central and South America
ANT 235 – Archaeological Fact and Fiction
ANT 260 – Anthropology of Media
ANT 311 – Applied Anthropology
ANT 312 – Medical Anthropology
ANT 320 – Visual Anthropology
ANT 321 – Contemporary Issues in Indigenous North America
ANT 323 – Women in Prehistory
ANT 330 – Anthropology of Religion
ANT 331 – People and Cultures of the Caribbean
ANT 340 – Ritual Expressions
ANT 355 – Native American Women
ANT 372 – Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
ANT 374 – Language, Gender, and Sexuality
ANT 376 – Anthropology of Education
ANT 380 – Anthropology of Women and Health
ANT 390 – Ethics in Anthropology
ANT 430 – Global Women’s Issues 

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.