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Major in Anthropology 36 credits

Required courses......................................21 credits

ANT211 General Anthropology (3)
ANT213 Introduction to Archaeology (3)
ANT214 Cultural Anthropology (3)
ANT301 Human Evolution (3)
ANT400 Development of Anthropological Thought (3)
ANT401 Comparative Social Organization (3)
ANT402 Research Methods in Anthropology (3)

Electives.............................................15 credits

Each major candidate is required to complete, by advisement, 5 upper-division anthropology courses at least two of which shall be from two different geographic areas.

Majors are encouraged to go beyond the 36-hour program in order to develop greater concentrations in the particular sub-fields of anthropology. In addition to taking more courses within the anthropology curriculum, they are encouraged to study in the related fields.