Anthropology, B.S. - Biological

The graduation requirements are listed below. In addition, students select free electives to reach 120 credits overall required for the degree.  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)

(*) When up to three courses in the major/cognate may also satisfy LEP requirements, they are recommended below; only two courses within Explorations (T2) may be fulfilled by courses in the same subject.  

Major GPA 2.5 required.

ANT 101 – Cultural Anthropology
ANT 102 – Biological Anthropology (T2LE)*
ANT 205 – Archaeology and the Human Past (T2TP)*
ANT 480 – Theory of Anthropology
ANT 204 – Language and Culture 
      or ANT 214 – American Tongues: Everyday Politics of Speaking

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

ANT 497 – Anthropology Internship (6 credits)
      or ANT 491 – Supervised Research (6 credits)