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Anthropology, BA
Anthropology, BA

Anthropology, BA

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

Entry Requirements

Applicants are responsible for requesting official credentials/transcripts from the appropriate institutions as defined below. A transcript is considered official if is sent directly from the institution of origin or the Ministry of Education to the Office of Admissions. Please do not mail your own transcripts. They cannot be accepted, even in a sealed envelope.

First-Year applicants must submit:

  • Official secondary school credentials with certified English translations when necessary

Transfer and Post-baccalaureate applicants must submit:

  • Official credentials from all postsecondary institutions attended, even if you do not expect to transfer credit. Only transcripts issued within the last year will be accepted.

  • Transfer applicants with fewer than 45 transferable quarter (30 semester) credits must also submit official secondary school credentials with certified English translations when necessary

English Requirements

  • TOEFL: Minimum Score: 79 (iBT) or 550 (paper-based).

  • IELTS: Minimum Score: 6.5

  • Duolingo: The Duolingo English Test is an online English proficiency test that can be taken in under an hour for $49. The test requires a computer with a camera, audio and reliable internet. Results are sent within 48 hours and shared with the schools you select for free. Score: 105 or higher

  • Grades: Earn at least a "B" or 3.0 in two college-level English composition courses at a U.S. college/university. Students with these grades are NOT required to submit TOEFL or IELTS scores.

Course Information

Anthropology explores what it means to be human. Anthropology is the scientific study of humankind in all the cultures of the world, past and present. This study includes humankind’s physical development and creation of diverse lifestyles. The cross-cultural approach of Anthropology provides a framework for understanding all the diverse facets of what it means to be human.

The Anthropology Department provides training in four sub-disciplines: Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Physical Anthropology and Anthropological Linguistics. Using ethnographic, ethnological and ethnohistorical tools and information supplied by the four sub disciplines, the Anthropologist studies cultures and the processes of human development comparatively.

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Courses

  •   ANTH 201 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credits: 5

  •  ANTH 210 - Introduction to Archaeology Credits: 5

  •  ANTH 215 - Introductory Biological Anthropology Credits: 5

  •  ANTH 247 - Intro to Linguistic Anthropology Credits: 5 (LING 201 or LING 204 or ENG 370 or HNRS 217 may be substituted)

  •  ANTH 301 - Anthropological Theory Credits: 5

  • ANTH 303 - Qualitative Methods in Anthropology Credits: 5

  •   ANTH 335 - Quantitative Methods in Anthropology Credits: 5 or another basic statistics course under advisement

  •   ANTH 490 - Senior Seminar in Anthropology Credits: 5 or other culminating project under advisement (e.g., internship or directed independent study)

  •   ANTH 496 - Portfolio Assembly Credits: 1

 Methods Component: At least one course from the following:

  •     ANTH 347 - The Ethnography of Communication Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 410 - Archaeological Analysis and Interpretation Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 420 - Human Osteology and Forensic Anthropology Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 428 - Cultural Resource Management Credits: 4

  •     ANTH 431 - Methods in Nutritional Research Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 447 - Anthropological Semiotics Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 454 - Participatory Action Research Methods Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 455 - Advanced Qualitative Inquiry Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 469 - Directed Internship Credits: 5-10

  •     ANTH 470 - Museology Studies Credits: 3-5

  •     ANTH 471 - Field Work Methods in Cultural Anthropology Credits: 7

  •     ANTH 472 - Visual Anthropology Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 473 - Field Course in Ethnography Credits: 5-12

  •     ANTH 479 - People of the Sea and Cedar Internship Credits: 1-6

  •     ANTH 480 - Applied Anthropology Credits: 5

  •    (where appropriate an internship, practicum or archaeological methods course may be substituted under advisement)

Topical Component: At least one course from the following:

  •     ANTH 330 - Religion and Culture Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 338 - Economic Anthropology Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 350 - The Ecology of Human Variation Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 351 - Family and Kinship Organization Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 353 - Sex and Gender in Culture Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 424 - Medical Anthropology Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 440 - Cyborg Anthropology Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 453 - Women of the Global South Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 475 - Humane Migration Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 481 - Childhood and Culture Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 484 - Intercultural Education Credits: 5

Culture Region Component: At least one course from the following:

  •     ANTH 361 - American Indian Perspectives Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 362 - Anthropological Perspectives on Asia Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 365 - Latin American Perspectives Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 462 - Critical Issues in Indigenous Northwest Studies Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 463 - Critical Issues in East and Southeast Asia Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 465 - Critical Issues in Mexico and Central America Credits: 5

  •     ANTH 476 - Borderlands Credits: 5

 Electives in anthropology under departmental advisement. Student selection of a complementary minor under advisement is strongly recommended.

Only one 100-level course will count toward major, minor or archaeology concentration

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

  • International Studies

  • Law Enforcement

  • Ethnologist

  • Diplomacy

  • Museum Curator

  • Overseas Consultant

  • Linguist

  • Educator

  • Researcher

  • Translator

  • Archaeologist

  • International Business

  • Politics

  • Governmental Advisor

  • Cultural Diversity Programs

  • Human Resources

  • Social Services

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Emergency Health Insurance: $1,188 per year

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