The University of Vermont

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Anthropology

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Anthropology

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Requirements for students entering UVM on or before spring 2007

You must do thirty (30) hours of course work in anthropology. There are five (5) required courses or course options, along with five (5) other elective courses, for our major. We recommend that the following four (4) required courses be taken first during the freshman or sophomore years:

  • Human Cultures (21)
  • Prehistoric Archaeology (24)
  • Biological Anthropology (26)
  • Linguistic Anthropology (28)

We suggest that one of the following three required courses be taken during the senior year (you must take one of the three):

  • Anthropological Theory (225)
  • Social Organization (228)
  • Archaeological Theory (Anth 210)

Additional courses: Each major must take at least (5) additional courses. Four (4) of these must be advanced (100- or 200-level) courses, with at least one at the 200-level).

Total credits: A total of 45 anthropology credits are allowable out of a required minimum of 122 credits for a B.A at UVM.

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Requirements for students entering UVM after fall 2007

Total credits: Thirty-three (33) hours in Anthropology:

1. Four "core" courses (12 credits):

  • ANTH 21
  • ANTH 24
  • ANTH 26
  • ANTH 28

2. Fifteen (15) credits at the 100-level or above, including 3 credits at the 100-level in each of two different areas of anthropology (6 credits total), chosen from the following four subfields:

  • Archaeology
  • Biological Anthropology
  • Cultural Anthropology
  • Linguistic Anthropology

Each semester, the department indicates which subfield requirements ANTH 195/196 offerings fulfill.

You must choose one class from two of the following sub-categories (6 credits total):

  • Archaeology: ANTH 130, ANTH 133, ANTH 160, ANTH 161, ANTH 167, ANTH 188
  • Biological Anthropology: ANTH 140, ANTH 172, ANTH 174, ANTH 187, ANTH 189
  • Cultural Anthropology: ANTH 123, ANTH 151, ANTH 152, ANTH 160, ANTH 161, ANTH 162, ANTH 163, ANTH 165, ANTH 166, ANTH 167, ANTH 169, ANTH 172, ANTH 174, ANTH 179, ANTH 180, ANTH 181, ANTH 187, ANTH 189
  • Linguistic Anthropology: ANTH 176 (may repeat for credit with different content), ANTH 178

3. Six (6) credits at the 200-level. Only 3 credits from ANTH 200 will count toward this requirement.

4. Only 3 credits from ANTH 197/198 and ANTH 297/298 may count toward the major. ISSP thesis (ANTH 190) and internship (ANTH 201) courses will not count toward the 33 hours required for the anthropology major.

5. Students planning to pursue a graduate degree are encouraged to take an appropriate mixture of methods and theory courses at the 200-level.

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