Anthropology Major

Four core courses:

• ANTH 102 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 301 - Seminar in Anthropological Theory

• This course must be taken prior to senior year and is offered in the Spring of each year.  There are very few study abroad courses that serve as an equivalent. If you plan to study abroad during the Spring Semester of your Junior year, you must take this course in the Spring of your Sophomore year unless your study abroad program offers an approved equivalent.

• ANTH 302 - Research Methods

• This course must be taken prior to senior year and is offered in the Fall of each year.  Some study abroad programs may offer a course that would fulfill this requirement, though it is highly desirable that you take this course at Wheaton.  Consult your advisor if you plan to be abroad during your Junior year in the Fall semester.

• ANTH 401 - Senior Seminar

One specific world culture area:

• ANTH 225 - Peoples and Cultures of Africa
• ANTH 235 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
• ANTH 245 - Indigenous Movements of Latin America
• ANTH 255 - Women in Africa
• ANTH 275 - Peoples and Cultures of the Himalaya
• ANTH 295 - Peoples and Cultures of South Asia
• Or an approved course in a study abroad program

One 300-level elective:

This is in addition to ANTH 301   and ANTH 302  

• ANTH 333 - Economic Anthropology
• ANTH 340 - Seminar on Religion in Anthropological Perspective
• ANTH 350 - Gender and Social Organization
• ANTH 357 - Indigenous Religions

Five additional Anthropology courses

• ANTH 101 - Human Evolution
• ANTH 199 - Independent Study
• ANTH 210 - Feast or Famine: The Ecology and Politics of Food
• ANTH 215 - Tanzania: Education and Development
• ANTH 220 - Archaeology: Practice and Prehistory
• ANTH 225 - Peoples and Cultures of Africa
• ANTH 226 - Anthropology of Art
• ANTH 230 - Language and Culture
• ANTH 235 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
• ANTH 240 - Urban Anthropology
• ANTH 245 - Indigenous Movements of Latin America
• ANTH 250 - Political Anthropology
• ANTH 255 - Women in Africa
• ANTH 260 - Women and Development
• ANTH 265 - Medical Anthropology
• ANTH 266 - Global Health: Power, Sex, and Gender
• ANTH 270 - Psychological Anthropology
• ANTH 275 - Peoples and Cultures of the Himalaya
• ANTH 280 - Archaeology of the Southwest
• ANTH 295 - Peoples and Cultures of South Asia
• ANTH 299 - Independent Study
• ANTH 311 - Violence against Women
• ANTH 333 - Economic Anthropology
• ANTH 340 - Seminar on Religion in Anthropological Perspective
• ANTH 350 - Gender and Social Organization
• ANTH 357 - Indigenous Religions
• ANTH 399 - Independent Study
• ANTH 499 - Independent Research
• ANTH 500 - Individual Research

Notes

ANTH 101  is highly recommended. Majors who have taken a first-year seminar with a member of the Anthropology Department faculty may petition to count the FYS towards credit for the major.