Anthropology Minor

Minor Required Courses

Students in the Minor must take a minimum of six classes, including:

• SOC 228 - Cultural Anthropology

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• SOC 312 - Qualitative Research OR
• SOC 408 - Seminar: Studying Culture

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• Four electives chosen according to the guidelines listed below.

Culture Area Courses

Take at least one regionally-based culture area course from the following list:

• FRN 333 - French Culture and Civilization I
• ITA 331 - Italy: Language and Identity
• SOC 216 - Native Americans in the 21st Century
• SOC 314 - Peoples and Cultures of Europe
• SOC 316 - People & Cultures of Russia & East Europe
• SPA 345 - Seminar in Spanish: Afro-Hispanic Culture of the Caribbean
• SPA 346 - Seminar in Spanish: Maya, Aztec, and Inca Traditions

Topical Courses

Take at least one topical course that is guided by an ethnographic approach to the subject matter chosen from the following list:

• SOC 202 - Sociology of Globalization
• SOC 205 - Sociology of Marriage and Family
• SOC 220 - Political Sociology
• SOC 233 - Language and Culture
• SOC 234 - Racial and Ethnic Diversity
• SOC 237 - Sociology of Gender
• SOC 304 - Introduction to Museum Studies
• SOC 329 - Anthropology of Violence
• SOC 334 - Anthropology of the Holocaust
• SOC 405 - Seminar on Public Sociologies
• SOC 415 - Seminar: American Inequality
• SOC 421 - Seminar: Oppression

Two Additional Courses

Take two additional courses from either of the two lists above or, from the following list of classes that are informed by anthropological theory, ethnographic or archaeological research:

• ECO 219 - History of World Economic Development
• HIS 209 - Native American History
• HIS 360 - European Seminar: Topical
• REL 251 - Introduction to the Old Testament
• REL 275 - Hard Rockin’ Jews: Judaism and Pop Culture in Israel
• REL 335 - Popular Religion

Note:

Please note that students who are Sociology Majors must take five classes in addition to the 10 that count towards their sociology major, and must take at least two of their electives for the Anthropology Minor from outside the Sociology Department.