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Effective Winter 2015

Exclusions:

Not open to students electing the Science, Technology, and Society minor in the Residential College or any other minor in the Department of Anthropology.

Advising

All anthropology faculty members are available for informal discussion with students during scheduled office hours (check the Department office for times).

Department advisors are available to explain program objectives and requirements and to help with the planning of your program.

Students wishing to pursue a minor in the Department of Anthropology should contact the undergraduate advisor with any questions.

Appointments are scheduled in the Department office or online.

Prerequisites

None, but ANTHRCUL 101 or 222 are recommended.

Requirements

Minimum Credits: 16

At least five courses (no fewer than 16 credits), to be chosen from the following categories as stated.  The minor must include at least two courses at the 300-level or above.

  1. Core: ANTHRCUL 344, Medical Anthropology
  2. Area and topical courses. Choose four courses from the following list:
    • ANTHRBIO 297: Topics in Biological Anthropology, section titled, "The Ghost in Your Genes: Epigenetics" (F18)
    • ANTHRBIO 342 / ANTHRCUL 342: Nature/Culture Now!
    • ANTHRCUL 254: The Anthropology of Food (only if elected FA21 or later)
    • ANTHRCUL 341: The Globalization of Biomedicine (only if elected FA20 or later)
    • ANTHRBIO 363: Genes, Disease, Culture
    • ANTHRBIO 364: Nutrition & Evolution
    • ANTHRBIO 462: Human Growth and Development across the Life Cycle
    • ANTHRCUL 232: Genes, Genealogies, Identities: Anthropological Perspectives
    • ANTHRCUL 256: Culture, Adaptation and Environment
    • ANTHRCUL 258: Honors Seminar in Anthropology. section subtitled "Culture & Medicine"
    • ANTHRCUL 325 / WGS 324 (WOMENSTD 324): Childbirth & Culture
    • ANTHRCUL / RCSSCI 327: Critical Theory in Medicine and Health
    • ANTHRCUL 341: The Globalization of Biomedicine (F18)
    • ANTHRCUL / ANTHRBIO 342: Nature/Culture Now!
    • ANTHRCUL 352: Anthropology of the Body
    • ANTHRCUL / HISTART 354. Art: Science, and Technology
    • ANTHRCUL / HISTORY / AAS 355: Health & Illness in African Worlds
    • ANTHRCUL 408 / AAS 409: Maternal/Child Health & Environmental Pollution in Africa
    • ANTHRCUL 337 (437): The Anthropology of Death, Dying, and the Afterlife 
    • ANTHRCUL 458: Topics in Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology, sections titled "Contested Illness&Anthro Theories of the Body"  or "Environmental Health & Inequality in Mexico City" (F18)
    • AAS / HISTORY / ANTHRCUL 355: Health & Illness in African Worlds
    • AAS / WGS 365 (WOMENSTD 365): Global Perspectives on Gender, Health, & Reproduction
    • AAS 409 / ANTHRCUL 408: Maternal/Child Health & Environmental Pollution in Africa
    • HISTART / ANTHRCUL 354: Art, Science, and Technology
    • HISTORY / AAS / ANTHRCUL 355: Health & Illness in African Worlds
    • NURSING 225 / WGS (WOMENSTD) 212: The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic (only if elected before FA21)
    • RCSSCI / ANTHRCUL 327: Critical Theory in Medicine and Health
    • WGS (WOMENSTD) / ANTHRCUL / NURSING 225: The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic
    • WGS 324 (WOMENSTD 324) / ANTHRCUL 325: Childbirth & Culture
    • WGS (WOMENSTD) / AAS 365: Global Perspectives on Gender, Health, & Reproduction
  3. or a course(s) approved by the Undergraduate Advisor.
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