Anthropology, B.S. - Cultural

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 204 – Language and Culture
        or ANT 214 – American Tongues: Everyday Politics of Speaking
  ANT 480 – Theory of Anthropology
  ANT 497 – Anthropology Internship (6 credits)
        or 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