The anthropology major---The major requires 10 courses (11 starting with class of 2013) with a minimum grade of C-, including:
- Four core courses. (Five starting with class of 2013)
- ANTH 201. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (renumbered as ANTH 101 from 2012)
- ANTH 300. Junior Seminar in Contemporary Anthropology
- ANTH 301. Ethnographic Methods and Writing
- ANTH 302. History of Anthropological Thought
- ANTH 401. Seminar in Contemporary Issues
- Two ethnographic courses. Examples include:
- ANTH 228. Anthropology from the Margins of Southeast Asia
- ANTH 247. China through Film
- ANTH 252. Identities in Britain and Ireland
- ANTH 262. Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean
- Four electives in anthropology or in cognate subjects. Starting with class of 2013 at least one of these must be at the 300 level. Examples include:
- ANTH 207. Anthropological Perspectives on Women and Gender
- ANTH 215. Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 227. Introduction to Political Ecology
- ANTH 238. Economic Anthropology
- ANTH 245. Anthropology and Global Health
- ANTH 308. Anthropology of Place
The Writing Intensive Part II requirement may be fulfilled by taking a 300- or 400-level course in anthropology.
Honors---Students who wish to qualify for honors in anthropology must write a two-credit senior thesis. Honors will be awarded to those whose thesis is granted an A- or better and who have a minimum grade average of B+ for the courses comprising their major.