The Anthropology Pre-Major

Students start as a pre-Anthropology major.  They advance to the major after completing the following lower division and general requirements.    The pre-anthropology requirements are the same for all concentrations and B.A./B.S. degrees.  Moreover, the first four requirements also count towards fulfilling the College of Arts and Sciences general education requirements.

  • English 1120 (Composition II)
  • An additional Writing & Speaking Course from the general education menu.
  • One Mathematics or Statistics Course from the general education menu.
  • One Non-English Language Course from the general education menu.
  • One Anthropology Course from the list below:
  • ANTH 1115 (Introduction to Anthropology)
  • ANTH 1155 (Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology)
  • ANTH 1211 & 1211L (Archaeological Method and Theory and Lab)
  • ANTH 1140 (Introduction to Cultural Anthropology)
  • ANTH 1135 (Introduction to Biological Anthropology)
  • ANTH 2175 (World Archaeology)
  • A minimum of 26 credit hours completed