Anthropology Department Electives List

For the Anthropology major, the choice of electives must satisfy these rules:

  1. At least one of the major electives must be a Methods class. The list below indicates which classes are Methods classes.

  2. At least three different subfields of Anthropology must be represented in the 3000 and 4000-level electives. The 4 subfields to choose from are Archaeological, Human Health & Biology (HHB), Linguistic, and Socio-Cultural. The list below indicates which subfield(s) the classes are associated with.

  3. Students must have at least 15 hours of electives at the 3000- and 4000-levels. 

Note that some Anthropology electives may fulfill more than one subfield, or can fulfill both subfield and research methods categories. In these cases, completing one course may
satisfy two distribution requirements. For example, a student whose first class is designated Biological & Research Methods and whose second class is Socio-Cultural & Linguistic would fulfill requirements #1 and #2 above with those two classes alone.

The placement of rotating topics course numbers, independent study, unequated transfer courses, and study abroad will be decided by the adviser based on content.

Methods Courses

ANTH 3930Fieldwork in Archaeology (also Archaeology subfield)1-8
ANTH 4023Museum Anthropology3
ANTH 4253The Anthropology of Communities (also Socio-Cultural subfield)3
ANTH 4283Curriculum & Teaching Materials Development for Endangered Languages (also Linguistic subfield)3
ANTH 46833
ANTH 4713Statistical Concepts in Anthropology3
ANTH 4763 (also Archaeology subfield)3
ANTH 4943Human Osteology and Paleopathology (also HHB subfield)3
ANTH 4973Introduction to Faunal Analysis (also Archaeology subfield)3

Archaeology Courses

ANTH 3783The Anthropology of Slavery and Captivity (also Socio-Cultural subfield)3
ANTH 3893Maya, Aztec and Inca: High Civilizations of Ancient America3
ANTH 3930Fieldwork in Archaeology (also Methods)1-8
ANTH 3940Internship in Archaeology1-6
ANTH 4163The Study of Material Culture (also Socio-Cultural subfield)3
ANTH 4463Peopling of the New World3
ANTH 47433
ANTH 4763 (also Methods)3
ANTH 4783Landscape Archaeology3
ANTH 4813Archaeology of North America3
ANTH 4833Archaeology of the Great Plains3
ANTH 4853Archaeology of the Greater Southwest3
ANTH 4863Archaeology of the Southeast3
ANTH 4973Introduction to Faunal Analysis (also Methods)3

Human Health & Biology Courses

ANTH 3873Primate Evolution and Behavior3
ANTH 3910Internship in Biological Anthropology6
ANTH 4223The Anthropology of Childhood (also Socio-Cultural subfield)3
ANTH 4323The Anthropology of Aging (also Socio-Cultural subfield)3
ANTH 4423Introduction to Population Genetics3
ANTH 4593Anthropology of Human Reproduction3
ANTH 4643Psychiatric Anthropology (also Socio-Cultural subfield)3
ANTH 4723Gender and Health (also Socio-Cultural subfield)3
ANTH 4823Medical Anthropology (also Socio-Cultural subfield)3
ANTH 4943Human Osteology and Paleopathology (also Methods)3

Linguistic Anthropology Courses

ANTH 3063Language and Culture (also Socio-Cultural subfield)3
ANTH 3810Internship in Linguistic Anthropology1-6
ANTH 3853Music, Language and Culture (also Socio-Cultural subfield)3
ANTH 4053Morphology3
ANTH 4063Language Contact, Loss, and Revitalization3
ANTH 4283Curriculum & Teaching Materials Development for Endangered Languages (also Methods)3

Socio-Cultural Anthropology Courses

ANTH 3063Language and Culture (also Linguistic subfield)3
ANTH 3423Anthropology of Religion3
ANTH 3453Contemporary Native American Issues3
ANTH 35533
ANTH 3783The Anthropology of Slavery and Captivity (also Archaeology subfield)3
ANTH 3853Music, Language and Culture (also Linguistic subfield)3
ANTH 3950Internship in Cultural Anthropology1-6
ANTH 4073Anthropology of Jews and Jewishness3
ANTH 4163The Study of Material Culture (also Archaeology subfield)3
ANTH 4223The Anthropology of Childhood (also HHB subfield)3
ANTH 4253The Anthropology of Communities (also Methods)3
ANTH 4303Women and Development in Africa3
ANTH 4323The Anthropology of Aging (also HHB subfield)3
ANTH 4443Visual Anthropology3
ANTH 4623Approaches to Cross-Cultural Human Problems3
ANTH 4643Psychiatric Anthropology (also HHB subfield)3
ANTH 4723Gender and Health (also HHB subfield)3
ANTH 4823Medical Anthropology (also HHB subfield)3
ANTH 4843Cross-Cultural Study of Sex, Gender and Sexuality3
ANTH 4903Race and Ethnicity3

Lower-Division Electives 

ANTH 1113What Makes Us Human? Exploring Cultural and Biological Diversity3
ANTH 1203Language Across Cultures3
ANTH 1253Folklore and Folklife3
ANTH 1413Great Discoveries in Archaeology3
ANTH 1823Religion in Everyday Life3
ANTH 1913Plagues and People: Health and Disease in Human Society3
ANTH 2253Human and Animal Interaction Across Cultures3