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Nov 24, 2024
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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: CONTENT MAY NOT BE CURRENT. USE THE DROP DOWN ABOVE TO ACCESS THE CURRENT CATALOG.
Anthropology Major (BA)
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Anthropology Major- Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Please see the UNLV College of Liberal Arts, Anthropology web page at www.unlv.edu/anthro/ for information about department programs, faculty and facilities.
Please see advising information at the UNLV Wilson Advising Center at www.liberalarts.unlv.edu/WAC/.
Accreditation
Institution - Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities www.nwccu.org
Learning Objectives
- Learn the basic tenets of anthropology and evolution (Encyclopedic knowledge).
- Study the different models of the social sciences to analyze individual and group behavior (Relativistic/pluralistic stance).
- Acquire knowledge about and understanding of the basic components of social and cultural living (Individual/collective reasoning).
- Students learn about the fundamental aspects of human biological, social, and cultural behavior, both past and present. Thanks to the commitment of our faculty, students are trained in a way that balances practical empirical, and theoretical approaches in anthropology.
University Graduation Requirements
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Anthropology Degree Requirements - Total: 120 Credits
(see note 1 and 2 ) General Education Requirements - Subtotal: 37-40 Credits
First-Year Seminar - Credits: 3
English Composition - Credits: 6
Second-Year Seminar - Credits: 3
Constitutions - Credits: 4-6
Distribution Requirement - Credits: 18-19
Please see Distribution Requirements for more information.
- Humanities and Fine Arts: 9 Credits
- Two courses 3 credits each from two different humanities areas - 6 credits
- One course in fine arts- 3 credits
- Social Science
- Automatically satisfied by Major requirements
- Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking: 9-10 credits
- Two courses from life and physical sciences category; at least one with a lab
- Analytical Thinking - 3 credits
Multicultural and International
Multicultural, one 3 credit course required
International, one 3 credit course required
These courses may overlap with general education and major requirements. A single course may not meet the multicultural and international requirements simultaneously. For the list of approved multicultural and international courses, go to: http://facultysenate.unlv.edu/students Major Requirements - BA in Anthropology- Subtotal: 36-37 Credits
1. Required courses - Credits: 15 - ANTH 101 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH 102 - Introduction to Physical Anthropology
- ANTH 105 - Introduction to World Archaeology
- ANTH 193 - Essentials of Data Analysis for Anthropologists *
- ANTH 436 - History of Anthropology
*ANTH 193 may be substituted with an equivalent statistics course, pending departmental approval. 2. A minimum of one lab or field course from the following (3 credits): - ANTH 438 - Ethnographic Field Methods
- ANTH 447 - Archaeological Field Methods
- ANTH 448B - Archaeological Field Practicum
- ANTH 449A - Ceramic Analysis in Archaeology
- ANTH 449B - Lithic Artifact Analysis
- ANTH 449D - Zooarchaeology Laboratory
- ANTH 462 - Human Osteology
- ANTH 464 - Dental Anthropology
NOTE: Only one course from this list is required; however, additional lab and field courses listed in this sub-section may be taken as electives (see section 4). 3. A minimum of one theory course from the following (3 credits): - ANTH 417 - Evolution & Culture: ‘Darwinian’ models of culture
- ANTH 428 - Signifying Identities: Ethnicity, Nationality, Gender, and Class
- ANTH 455 - Archaeological Theory
- ANTH 467 - Health and Disease in Antiquity
- ANTH 469 - Evolution and Biology of Human Behavior
- ANTH 485 - Language and Culture
*NOTE: Only one course from this list is required; however, additional theory courses listed in this sub-section may be taken as electives (see section 4). 4. Selection of remaining credit hours from the above listed and/or from the following (15 credits): - ANTH 103 - The Evolution of Everything
- ANTH 110L - Physical Anthropology Laboratory
- ANTH 216 - Cultures Through Film
- ANTH 301 - Peoples and Cultures of Native North America
- ANTH 305R - Arctic Anthropology
- ANTH 306 - Contemporary Chinese Society
- ANTH 311 - Cultural Resources Management
- ANTH 330 - Cultures of Exploitation, Slavery, and Terrorism
- ANTH 331 - A Global Crisis: Food, Human Health, and Climate
- ANTH 360 - Dogs, Cats and Other Beasts: Anthropology of Animals
- ANTH 365 - Bones, Bodies and Trauma: Forensic Studies in Anthropology
- ANTH 400C - Native Americans of the Southwest
- ANTH 403 - Anthropology of Women and Men
- ANTH 409 - Economic Anthropology
- ANTH 411 - Buddhism and Culture
- ANTH 420 - Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
- ANTH 422 - Psychological Anthropology
- ANTH 426 - Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 427 - Cultures and Cognition
- ANTH 434 - Ethnohistory
- ANTH 440A - Archaeology of North America
- ANTH 440B - Archaeology of the Great Basin
- ANTH 440C - Archaeology of the Southwest
- ANTH 441B - Near Eastern and Mediterranean Prehistory
- ANTH 441C - Peoples and Cultures of Ancient Near East
- ANTH 443 - Environmental Archaeology
- ANTH 444 - Bioarchaeology
- ANTH 456 - Archaeology of Technology
- ANTH 457 - Archaeology of Complex Societies and Archaic States
- ANTH 458 - Origins of Inequality: A Cross-cultural Perspective
- ANTH 460 - Primate Evolution
- ANTH 466 - Nutritional Anthropology
- ANTH 471 - Evolution of Human Sexuality
- ANTH 472 - Hormones and Behavior
- ANTH 473 - Anthropology of Violence
- ANTH 475 - Evolutionary Medicine
- ANTH 490 - Study in Anthropology Abroad
- ANTH 491 - Internship in Anthropology
- ANTH 497A - Senior Thesis I
- ANTH 497B - Senior Thesis II
- ANTH 499 - Independent Research
Other Anthropology Requirements - Subtotal: 18 Credits
Social Science - Credits: 9
Fine Arts - Credits: 3
Foreign Language/Foreign Culture - Credits: 6
Electives - Credits: 25-29
(see note 1 and 2)
Notes
- Selection of remaining credit hours for the major, college, and university requirements, and electives are left to the student. Students interested in graduate study should select these carefully and in consultation with their advisor.
- A total of at least 42 credits in upper-division course work (300-400 level) is required of all majors.
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