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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Anthropology (B.A.) 3-Year Plan

To stay on track with this accelerated program students must perform well each term. We recognize that this pace can increase pressure on you, and we are here to help. To support your success, we expect that you will meet with your Academic Advisor and Faculty Advisor at least one time each semester. These meetings are designed to guide you to key university resources that you can use to obtain your educational goals in three years.

This plan is an example only. Please see your advisor to develop your individualized plan. Course rotation and course offerings are subject to change based on faculty availability and enrollment minimums.

The following Supplemental Requirements can be completed in various terms. Ask your advisor for details:

Completion of the FOCUS career guidance tool and a Career Development Center session to review the results (during first year)
Completion of a Career Development Center session to review resume or curriculum vitae (during third year during ANTH 44501)

Fall 1st Year

ANTH 10005 - Anthropology And Sociology Student Success Seminar Cr. 1.
ANTH 10501 - Culture And Society Cr. 3.
ENGL 13100 - Reading, Writing, And Inquiry I Cr. 3.
IDIS 10605 - Introduction To The Liberal Arts Cr. 3.
First Semester Foreign Language Cr. 3.
Civics Literacy Proficiency requirement Cr. 0-3 (moveable)

Choose one of the following recommended courses for General Education A.3:

MA 14000 - Practical Quantitative Reasoning Cr. 3.
MA 15300 - College Algebra Cr. 3.
STAT 12500 - Communicating With Statistics Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 16

Spring 1st Year

ANTH 20001 - Bioanthropology Cr. 3.
COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication Cr. 3.
ENGL 23301 - Intermediate Expository Writing Cr. 3.
Second Semester Foreign Language Cr. 3.
Minor or free elective Cr. 3.

Choose one of the following:

CRIM 30000 - Statistical Techniques Cr. 3.
POL 39500 - Quantitative Political Analysis Cr. 3.
PSY 20100 - Introduction To Statistics In Psychology Cr. 3.
SOC 35100 - Social Statistics Cr. 3.
STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods Cr. 3.
Any STAT course at the 24000 level or higher Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 18

Summer 1st Year

ANTH 20002 - Language And Culture Cr. 3.
General Education A or B elective Cr. 3.
Minor or free elective Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 9

Fall 2nd Year

Anthropology Group A Regional Ethnography elective Cr. 3.
Third Semester Foreign Language Cr. 3.
General Education B.4 course Cr. 3.
General Education B.6 course Cr. 3.
General Education B.7 course Cr. 3.
Minor or free elective Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 18

Spring 2nd Year

ANTH 20003 - Introduction To Prehistoric Archaeology Cr. 3.
Anthropology Group A Regional Ethnography elective Cr. 3.
Anthropology Group B Topics in Anthropology elective Cr. 3.
General Education A or B elective Cr. 3.
COLA Thematic Area B Cr. 3.
Fourth Semester Foreign Language Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 18

Summer 2nd Year

General Education A or B elective Cr. 3.
Minor or free elective Cr. 3.
Minor or free elective Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 9

Fall 3rd Year

Anthropology Free elective Cr. 3.
Anthropology Group C Research Methods and Field Study in Anthropology elective Cr. 3.
COLA Thematic Area E Cr. 3.
Select 1 of the following: ANTH 34500 - Internship In Anthropology ; ANTH 49500 - Individual Readings In Anthropology ; ANTH 40501 - Fieldwork In Archaeology ; ANTH 40502 - Fieldwork In Bioanthropology ; ANTH 49600 - Field Study In Anthropology , Minor or Free elective Cr. 3.
Minor or Free elective Cr. 3.
Minor or Free elective Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 18

Spring 3rd Year

ANTH 44501 - History And Theory Of Anthropology Cr. 3.
Anthropology Group B Topics In Anthropology elective Cr. 3.
COLA Thematic Area D Cr. 3.
Minor or Free elective Cr. 3.
Minor or Free elective Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 15

Total Programs Credits: 120