Anthropology Major Concentrations

Concentrations are shown to help students make their elective choices. Students are not required to pick concentrations, but are encouraged to explore broadly within the discipline.

Medical Anthropology Concentration

  • Anth 202 - Nutrition, Disease, and Health
  • Anth 238 - Ethnomedicine in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Anth 302 - Medical Anthropology
  • Anth 306 - Human Growth and Development
  • Anth 311 - The Language of Healing
  • Anth 313 - Global Health Issues
  • Anth 326 - Race, Racism and Antiracism in the Americas
  • Anth 343 - Cross Cultural Perspectives on Women's Health
  • Anth 382 - Ethnographic Field Methods
  • Anth 402 – Capstone for Sociomedical Sciences

Archaeology and Material Culture Concentration

  • Anth 110 - Introduction to Archaeology
  • Anth 207 - Ancient Civilizations of North America
  • Anth 215 - Ancient Civilizations of the Old World
  • Anth 235 - Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica and the Andes
  • Anth 244 - Transition to Agriculture in the Americas
  • Anth 320 - Archaeology Field School
  • Anth 337 - Art and Material Culture
  • Anth 346 - Topics in Archaeology: subtitles
  • Anth 383 - Archaeological Method and Theory

Biological Anthropology Concentration

  • Anth 105 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology
  • Anth 201 - Human Evolution
  • Anth 233 - Primates
  • Anth 309 - Topics in Biological Anthropology: subtitles
  • Anth 316 - Human Ecology
  • Anth 317 - Human Osteology
  • Anth 336 - Forensic Anthropology

Cultural Studies Concentration

  • Anth 100 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
  • Anth 208 - Classics in Ethnography
  • Anth 216 - Race, Racism, and Antiracism in the Americas
  • Anth 226 - Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Anth 229 - Ethnography of Film
  • Anth 307 - Anthropology of Development
  • Anth 318 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
  • Anth 322 - Anthropology of the Borderlands
  • Anth 325 - International Fieldwork
  • Anth 380 - Topics in Cultural Anthropology: subtitles
  • Anth 382 - Ethnographic Field Methods

Linguistic Anthropology Concentration

  • Anth 120 - Language and Culture
  • Anth 220 - Linguistic Analysis
  • Anth 231 - Language and Gender
  • Anth 305 - Field Methods and Techniques in Linguistics
  • Anth 314 - Topics in Linguistics: subtitles
  • Anth 328 - Language Socialization

Senior Seminars in Critical Thinking

  • Anth 410 - Classical Anthropological Theory
  • Anth 421 - Contemporary Anthropological Theory