Anthropology, BA

The Department of Anthropology provides students with an integrated anthropological experience through coursework in archeology, cultural anthropology, and physical anthropology. This broad training prepares our students for a wide range of careers in diverse fields including project management, health care, education, immigrant services, heritage management, museum curation, business and industry, and much more. Anthropology majors learn many useful skills including cultural competency, critical thinking, research design, and professional writing–skills that are increasing in demand in private, public, and non-profit organizations.

Program Learning Outcomes

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The 4-Year Roadmap is available online. Roadmaps should be used in consultation with the catalog and your advisor to identify additional requirements for completing the major (for example, course grade minimums). Associate Degrees (ADT) Pathways are also available online.

1. Complete the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

Students must satisfy the specific degree requirements for their undergraduate major and fulfill the following University degree requirements:

Academic (program total units with an average 2.0 GPA - “C” or better)
General Education (GE) (34 Lower Division + 9 Upper Division)
American Institutions (AI) (0-6 units) (may be satisfied in GE Areas 3A, 3B, 4, UD 3, or UD 4)
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) 3 units (see Writing in the Disciplines)
Physical Education (PE) (0-2 units)
Units in Residence (30 units, including 24 upper division and 12 in major)
Upper Division Units (40 units, including 12 upper div in major for BA, 18 upper div in major for BS)
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Summary of Degree Units

Core Lower Division General Education: 13 (15 units may be satisfied by major coursework)

American Institutions/ US123 Requirements: 6 (Note: may be satisfied by GE coursework)

Upper Division General Education: 9

Physical Education: 2

Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR): 3

Major Preparation: 3

Major Requirements: 42

University Electives: 42

Total: 120

2. Major Preparation (3 units)

Complete three units from:

SOCI 15 - Statistical Applications in the Social Sciences 3 unit(s) (GE Area 2 / Formerly Area B4)
STAT 95 - Elementary Statistics 3 unit(s) (GE Area 2 / Formerly Area B4) (UNVS 15 may be used in lieu of the statistics course required by this major.)
GEOG 12 - World Regional Geography 3 unit(s) (GE Area 4 / Formerly Area D)

3. Major Requirements (42 units)

Core Courses (15 units)

ANTH 11 - Cultural Anthropology 3 unit(s) (GE Area 4 / Formerly Area D)
ANTH 12 - Introduction to Human Evolution 3 unit(s) (GE Area 5B / Formerly Area B2)
ANTH 13 - Archaeology 3 unit(s) (GE Area 1B / Formerly Area A3)
ANTH 131 - Theories of Culture 3 unit(s)
ANTH 191 - Frontiers of Anthropology 3 unit(s)

Research Methods (3 units)

Complete three units from:

ANTH 149 - Ethnographic Methods 3 unit(s)
ANTH 155 - Forensic Osteology 3 unit(s)
ANTH 168 - Archaeological Methodology 3 unit(s)
ANTH 169 - Archaeological Site Excavation 3 unit(s)

Cultural Anthropology (6 units)

Complete six units from:

ANTH 102 - Silicon Valley Connections 3 unit(s)
ANTH 105 - Applied Anthropology 3 unit(s)
ANTH 107 - Eating Culture: The Anthropology of Food 3 unit(s)
ANTH 108 - Medical Anthropology 3 unit(s)
ANTH 125 - Urban Anthropology 3 unit(s)
ANTH 129 - Environmental Anthropology 3 unit(s)
ANTH 130 - Kin, Kith, and Community: The Anthropology of Social Organization 3 unit(s)
ANTH 132 - Creating Built Worlds 3 unit(s)
ANTH 133 - Organizational Cultures 3 unit(s)
ANTH 134 - Systemic Leadership 3 unit(s)
ANTH 136 - Thought Control in Contemporary Society 3 unit(s)
ANTH 142 - Culture in Mind 3 unit(s)
ANTH 143 - Culture and Adaptation 3 unit(s)
ANTH 144 - Gifts, Markets, and Power 3 unit(s)
ANTH 148 - Religion and Anthropology 3 unit(s)
ANTH 149 - Ethnographic Methods 3 unit(s)
ANTH 173 - Multimedia Anthropology 3 unit(s)
ANTH 175 - Anthropology of Native America 3 unit(s)
ANTH 176 - Native California: Past and Present 3 unit(s)
ANTH 177 - Anthropology of Asia 3 unit(s)

Archaeology (6 units)

Complete six units from:

ANTH 143 - Culture and Adaptation 3 unit(s)
ANTH 161 - Technology, Environment and Ancient Empires 3 unit(s)
ANTH 162 - Inca, Aztec and Maya Civilization 3 unit(s)
ANTH 164 - North America before 1492 3 unit(s)
ANTH 165 - Historical Archaeology 3 unit(s)
ANTH 168 - Archaeological Methodology 3 unit(s)
ANTH 169 - Archaeological Site Excavation 3 unit(s)

Biological Anthropology (6 units)

Complete six units from:

ANTH 151 - Modernity and Disease 3 unit(s)
ANTH 152 - Becoming Human 3 unit(s)
ANTH 154 - Monkeys, Apes and Humans 3 unit(s)
ANTH 155 - Forensic Osteology 3 unit(s)
ANTH 156 - Bioarchaeology 3 unit(s)
ANTH 157 - Forensic Anthropology 3 unit(s)
ANTH 159 - Mummies 3 unit(s)

Anthropology Electives (6 units)

All current upper-division anthropology courses, except GE UD Area 2/5, 3, or 4 courses, and any of the following courses as appropriate and with approval of advisor.

Double major and second baccalaureate requirements are the same as for the regular major except only 6 upper division anthropology electives are needed for a total of 30 units.

ANTH 180 - Individual Studies 1-4 unit(s)
ANTH 184 - Directed Reading 1-4 unit(s)
ANTH 190 - Designing Research 3 unit(s)
ANTH 195 - Anthropology Practicum 1-6 unit(s)

About

Anthropology, BA

1. Complete the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

Summary of Degree Units

2. Major Preparation (3 units)

3. Major Requirements (42 units)

Core Courses (15 units)

Research Methods (3 units)

Cultural Anthropology (6 units)

Archaeology (6 units)

Biological Anthropology (6 units)

Anthropology Electives (6 units)

4. University Electives (42 units)

Total Units Required (120 units)