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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Anthropology (BA)


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The Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Anthropology is the study of the complete human experience- past, present, and future. Success in the 21st century requires an understanding of cultural diversity and evolutionary foundations of human behavior and biology within an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world. Anthropology is especially well suited to provide this perspective through its holistic approach to understanding humanity across time and space. The UNLV Department of Anthropology is committed to academic research and scholarship, the public interest, and graduate and undergraduate education in pursuit of this goal. With a comprehensive and well-integrated curriculum, we are committed to teaching and training students in a way that balances methodological and theoretical approaches in anthropology. Our department also significantly contributes to the mission of the university by offering courses and research programs that are relevant both locally and globally, and by providing an understanding of our shared humanity while acknowledging the remarkable diversity of human cultures around the world.

Please see the UNLV College of Liberal Arts, Anthropology web page at www.unlv.edu/anthro/ for information about department programs, faculty and facilities. Degree worksheets and 4/5 year plan for the major are available at www.unlv.edu/degree/ba-anthropology.

Learning Objectives

  1. Learn the basic tenets of anthropology and evolution (Encyclopedic knowledge).
  2. Study the different models of the social sciences to analyze individual and group behavior (Relativistic/pluralistic stance).
  3. Acquire knowledge about and understanding of the basic components of social and cultural living (Individual/collective reasoning).
  4. 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.

Career Possibilities

The following job titles are related to the field of Anthropology. Some may require  study beyond the Bachelor of Arts level. This is not a complete list of possible careers for Anthropology  graduates, but simply provides some suggestions of potential career options.

  • Archaeologist
  • Archaeologist Surveyor
  • Author
  • Criminologist
  • Cultural Affairs Director
  • Resource Management Analyst
  • Epidemiologist
  • Foreign Service Officer
  • Forensic Scientist
  • Service Conservation Officer
  • Geographer
  • International Development Specialist
  • Lawyer
  • Librarian
  • Linguist
  • Management Consultant
  • Military Officer Cultural
  • Museum Curator Diplomat
  • Paleontologist
  • Peace Corps Volunteer
  • Policy Research & Evaluation Analyst
  • Regional Planner Forest
  • Social Impact Assessor
  • Social Worker
  • Urban Planner Journalist
  • Teacher

Advising


Please see advising information at the UNLV College of Liberal Arts Wilson Advising Center.

Modality: In-Person or Fully Online


This program is available Fully In-Person or Fully Online. A fully online student is one who has committed to pursue their entire degree, minor, certificate, or microcredential exclusively through online education. A fully in-person student is one who has committed to pursuing their entire degree, minor, certificate, or microcredential exclusively through in-person education.

Modality change process: Programs may be offered in more than one modality (instructional mode). If programs offer a fully online option, students may opt for a fully online offering at the time of admission. They will be tagged as a fully online student. A student desiring to change the modality from fully online to fully in-person or vice versa, should visit the appropriate advising centers.

Accreditation


For information regarding accreditation at UNLV, please head over to Academic Program Accreditations.

University Graduation Requirements


Please see Graduation Policies  for complete information.

Anthropology (BA) Degree Requirements - Total Credits: 120


 See note 1 and 2 

General Education Requirements - Credits: 35-46


First-Year Seminar - Credits: 2-3


English Composition - Credits: 6


Second-Year Seminar - Credits: 3


Constitutions - Credits: 4-6


Mathematics - Credits: 3


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 credit course 

Multicultural and International - Credits: 0-6


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: www.unlv.edu/provost/multicultural-requirements.

Major Requirements - BA in Anthropology- Credits: 39-40


Lab or Field Course - Credits: 3


A minimum of one lab or field course from the following:

Theory Course - Credits: 3


A minimum of one theory course from the following:

Additional ANTH Courses - Credits: 15


Selection of remaining credit hours from the above listed and/or from the following:

Other Anthropology Requirements - Credits: 18


  • Social Science - Credits: 9
  • Fine Arts - Credits: 3
  • Foreign Language/Foreign Culture - Credits: 6 

General Electives - Credits: 16-28


See notes 1 and 2

Total Credits: 120


Notes


  1. 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.
  2. A total of at least 42 credits in upper-division course work (300-400 level) is required of all majors.
  3. Any one of the following lab or filed courses: ANTH 438 , ANTH 447 , ANTH 448B , ANTH 449A , ANTH 449B , ANTH 449D , ANTH 462 , or ANTH 464  are Milestone Experience courses for Anthropology B.A.
  4. ANTH 492   is a Culminating Experience course for Anthropology B.A.

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