BA in Anthropology
Program Requirements
A minimum total of 120 credit hours is required for the BA in anthropology. In addition to meeting the requirements of the WSU General Education Program and the requirements of Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, students must meet the following requirements:
A major in anthropology consists of at least 30 credit hours.
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education | ||
| Select courses to meet General Education requirements 1 | 34-35 | |
| College Requirements | ||
| Select courses to complete all LAS Competency Areas 1 | 36 | |
| Required Anthropology Courses | ||
| ANTH 101 | Biological Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 102 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 103 | Introduction to Archaeology | 3 |
| Select one upper-level biological anthropology course from the following | 3 | |
| Human Variability and Adaptation | ||
| Paleoanthropology and Human Paleontology | ||
| Human Osteology | ||
| Select one upper-level cultural anthropology course from the following | 3 | |
| World Cultures | ||
| Psychological Anthropology | ||
| Magic, Witchcraft and Religion | ||
| Ecological Anthropology | ||
| Law, Politics and Society | ||
| The Indians of North America | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Women in Other Cultures | ||
| Select one upper-level archaeology course from the following | 3 | |
| World Archaeology | ||
| Archaeology of North America | ||
| The Indians of the United States: Conquest and Survival | ||
| Indians of the Great Plains | ||
| Archaeology of the Great Plains | ||
| ANTH 647 | Theories of Culture (all majors must take a course in method and theory) | 3 |
| Select an additional 9 credit hours of electives which can be distributed across catalog listings for anthropology to match the student’s interest in a particular sub-discipline(s) | 9 | |
| Additional Requirement | ||
| An additional requirement for the program, beyond the 30 credit hours for the major, includes a statistics course such as one of the following or equivalent 2 | 3 | |
| Psychological Statistics | ||
| Introduction to Social Statistics | ||
| Elementary Statistics | ||
| Open Electives | ||
| Select enough electives to reach 120 credit hours | 16-17 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
- 1
Required major courses may also count towards General Education and/or LAS Competencies. Students will need to select additional electives to reach 120 credit hours required for graduation with assistance from an advisor.
- 2
Students in the field major are not required to meet the statistics additional requirement.
A maximum of 6 credit hours of certain coursework in related departments can be counted toward an anthropology major if the student meets discipline-specific requirements and if approved by a committee of the anthropology department faculty.
Applied Learning
Students in the BA in anthropology are required to complete an applied learning or research experience to graduate from the program. The requirement can be met by the fieldwork component in all introductory courses ( ANTH 101, ANTH 102 or ANTH 103). Fieldwork is integral to all four fields of anthropology, namely biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology and archaeology. As an applied dimension, the exposure to fieldwork methods is central to those undergraduate courses, which students have to take in order to meet the graduation requirements. However, not all courses may have an explicit research experience module.