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Anthropology B.A.
Anthropology B.A.

Anthropology B.A.

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  • Level:4-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

1. Submit Your Online Admissions Application 

  • Pay the non-refundable $30 application fee in U.S. Dollars. 

 2. Academic Credentials

Freshmen

First time incoming international students who are not educated in a U.S. based or IB curriculum MUST have their high school records evaluated by a NACES accredited evaluation agency. This evaluation must include:

  • Course-by-course list of subjects and grades completed throughout high school career

  • Exam results (e.g.CXC, GCSES, etc.)

  • Overall US grade point average (GPA)

  • Separately calculated Mathematics-only GPA

A list of evaluation service members may be found at the NACES accredited evaluation website.

If you attend an International High School patterned after a U.S. educational system outside the United States, you should proceed with completing the SSAR report.

3. Test Scores

Submit your SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) or ACT (American Achievement Test) scores. SAT and ACT test scores are required for all freshman applicants as well as for all students with less than 60 credits from an accredited post-secondary institution.

English Requirements

If you are an international student, whose first language is not English, you must demonstrate your proficiency in the English language.  

Non-Native English Speakers  are not required  to submit proof of English language proficiency if they meet one of the following:  

  • Completion of at least three years of secondary education from a high school based in the United States or abroad with full curriculum of instruction in English.  

  • Completion of at least three years of secondary education from a high school based in a country where English is the majority native-speaking language, or where English is the primary language of instruction starting in the primary grades.  

  • Completion of at least thirty (30) post-secondary credits, including ENC 1101 and ENC 1102, or the equivalent, with a  grade of C or higher, from a U.S. regionally accredited post-secondary institution or from a recognized post-secondary institution abroad with  full curriculum of instruction in English.  

  • Completion of at least sixty (60) post-secondary credits or an associate degree or higher from a U.S. regionally accredited postsecondary institution or from a recognized post-secondary institution abroad with full curriculum of instruction in English.  

Currently we will accept only the following exams to demonstrate English proficiency:

  • TOEFL, iBT (80)/PBT (550)

  • IELTS, 6.5

  • Cambridge English Language Assessment, 180

  • Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE), 55

  • Duolingo English Test (DET), 105

  • OHLA, Elite

  • ELS, 112

  • FAU Intensive English Institute, Level VI (Bridge)

  • Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKDSE), 5  

  • International GCSE IGSE English Grade, C/4

  • International Baccalaureate (IB), English Higher Level 6

  • Study Group English for University Studies, score 65%,  

Course Information

The concentration in Anthropology provides students with a better understanding of the human condition. Anthropologists view humans holistically-biologically, socially, and culturally. The emphasis of this program is on cultural anthropology. The study of anthropology is beneficial to students who consider careers in medicine, law, international relations, social work, education, health, gerontology, the arts, and numerous other careers. The concentration is designed to provide students with the theoretical background and critical thinking skills necessary for graduate study in anthropology and would be beneficial as a supplement to students in other social sciences. Anthropology can be combined with many other concentrations including environmental studies, biology, political science, psychology, philosophy, women's studies, international studies, area studies, fine arts, literature and history. It can be combined as a double concentration or as part of a planned interdisciplinary studies concentration, or as a minor concentration. This concentration is designed to leave room for students to take enough courses in another discipline according to the program they plan. Students who plan a double concentration or an interdisciplinary concentration should have one advisor from anthropology and one from the other concentration.

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Anthropology Courses for Majors:

Outline of the Anthropology Major:
In addition to the College and University requirements, an Anthropology major must satisfy the following departmental requirements. A minimum of 120 credits are required overall:

  • 3 credits in an Introductory course

  • 6 credits in Biological Anthropology courses

  • 6 credits in Archaeology courses

  • 6 credits in Sociocultural courses

  • 6 credits in Research Methods courses

  • 9 credits in Electives

  • 36 credits total in Anthropology. A grade of "C" or better is required for a course in Anthropology to count toward the major.

Introductory Courses (3 credits)

  • ANT 1471 Cultural Difference in a Globalized Society (WAC Course)

  • ANT 1930 Freshman Seminar

  • ANT 2000 Introduction to Anthropology

  • ANT 2149 Lost Tribes & Sunken Continents: Frauds, Myths & Mysteries in Archaeology

  • ANT 2410 Culture and Society

  • ANT 2512 Introduction to Biological Anthropology w/ Lab

  • ANT 2952 Anthropology Study Abroad (1-3 cr.)

Upper Division Courses (33 credits as follows)

Biological Anthropology Courses (6 credits minimum)

  • ANT 3516 Human Variation

  • ANT 3586 Human Evolution

  • ANT 4463 Environment and Disease

  • ANT 4514 Biological Anthropology

  • ANT 4520 Forensic Anthropology

  • ANT 4552 Primate Behavior

  • ANT 4554 Primate Evolution

  • ANT 4592 Advanced Topics in Human Evolution

  • ANT 4731 Human Epidemiology

  • ANT 4905 Directed Independent Study

  • ANT 4930 Special Topics: Special Topics are categorized by subfield

  • ANT 4940 Internship in Anthropology (1-3 cr.)

  • ANT 4957 Anthropology Study Abroad (1-3 cr.)

Archaeology Courses (6 credits minimum)

  • ANT 3101 Stones and Bones: Unearthing The Past

  • ANT 3165 The Maya and Their Neighbors

  • ANT 3165 South America Before Columbus

  • ANT 3190 Real Archaeology

  • ANT 3312 Native American Culture and Society

  • ANT 4141 Development of Ancient Civilizations

  • ANT 4158 Florida Archaeology

  • ANT 4905 Directed Independent Study (1-3 cr.)

  • ANT 4930 Special Topics (1-3 cr.) Special Topics are categorized by subfield

  • ANT 4940 Internship in Anthropology (1-3 cr.)

  • ANT 4957 Anthropology Study Abroad (1-3 cr.)

Sociocultural Anthropology Courses (6 credits minimum)

  • ANT 3212 Peoples Around the World

  • ANT 3241 Anthropology of Religion

  • ANT 3361 Cultures of South Asia (WAC Course)

  • ANT 3391 Anthropology of Film/Visual Anthropology

  • ANT 3403 Culture and Ecology

  • ANT 3610 Anthropological Linguistics

  • ANT 4006 Human and Cultural Rights

  • ANT 4266 Economic Anthropology

  • ANT 4274 Anthropology of Politics

  • ANT 4302 Gender and Culture

  • ANT 4315 African-American Anthropology

  • ANT 4365 Asian Medical Systems

  • ANT 4407 Human Impulses

  • ANT 4409 Anthropology of Peace and Violence

  • ANT 4412 Social Anthropology

  • ANT 4413 Anthropology of Sex and Gender

  • ANT 4414 Cultural Anthropology

  • ANT 4419 Anthropology of Nature

  • ANT 4433 Psychological Anthropology

  • ANT 4462 Medical Anthropology

  • ANT 4468 Culture, Gender and Health

  • ANT 4701 Applied Anthropology

  • ANT 4905 Directed Independent Study (1-3 cr.)

  • ANT 4930 Special Topics (1-3 cr.) Special Topics are categorized by subfield

  • ANT 4940 Internship in Anthropology (1-3 cr.)

  • ANT 4957 Anthropology Study Abroad (1-3 cr.)

Research Methods Courses (6 credit hours minimum)

  • ANT 4116 Archaeological Research Methods

  • ANT 4192 Research Methods in Bioarchaeology

  • ANT 4495 Research Methods in Cultural/Social Anthropology

  • ANT 4802 Ethnographic Fieldwork in Ecuador (3-6 cr.)

  • ANT 4824 Fieldwork in Archaeology- Ecuador (3-6 cr.)

  • ANT 4905 Directed Independent Study (1-3 cr.)

  • ANT 4940 Internship in Anthropology (1-3 cr.)

  • ANG 5126 Zooarchaeology

  • ANG 5183 Laboratory Methods

Electives (9 credit hours minimum)

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

The study of anthropology is beneficial to students who consider careers in medicine, law, international relations, social work, education, health, gerontology, the arts, and numerous other careers

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