The multidisciplinary American Studies major is designed for students whose interests in American history, society and culture cut across departmental and divisional lines.

Anthropology is concerned with the development and functioning of both historical and contemporary human cultures. While anthropology majors will learn about human behavior from cultural, physical, and archeological perspectives, they may choose to emphasize either archeology or cultural anthropology in their program of studies.

Core Courses 4 courses – 12 credits
All Students
ANTH 0582 Introduction to Archeology
ANTH 0680 Introduction to Physical ­Anthropology
ANTH 0780 Introduction to Cultural ­Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology students
ANTH 0500 History of Cultural Anthropology

Archeology students
ANTH 1534 Archeological Data Recovery and Analysis

Electives 5 courses – 15 credits
Cultural Anthropology students take: three courses in Cultural Anthropology AND
two courses in Archeology or Physical Anthropology

Archeology students take: three courses in Archeology AND two courses in Cultural or Physical Anthropology

 Related Area 4 courses – 12 credits
Each student takes four courses from another department such as Biological Sciences, English Literature, Political Science, Sociology, Economics, History, Psychology, and Spanish Literature and Culture.

Additional Requirements 1 course – 3 credits
After earning 90 credits, all students must take ANTH 1955 and all archeology students must take ANTH 1956 to fulfill the capstone class requirement to fulfill the capstone class requirement.

Recommended Courses
All students, especially those interested in graduate study, are urged to complete courses in a foreign language through the intermediate level.

Students must earn at least a C grade in all courses used to fulfill major requirements. Courses used to fulfill major requirements may not be used to fulfill simultaneously the General Education ­degree requirement for the baccalaureate.