Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Major in Anthropology
Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours
General Requirements
- The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses. Life and Physical Sciences component courses may not include ANTH 2101 or ANTH 2301.
- In addition to the general education core curriculum requirements, the Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) requires three additional hours of English literature; three hours of mathematics, science, logic, or computer science courses (not to include ANTH 2301); a minor; and six hours of 2000-level modern language courses. Most students will have to complete the 1410 and 1420 language courses as prerequisites before attempting the 2310 course.
- Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation.
- Students must select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors.
- Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
- This major requires 32 semester credit hours of Anthropology courses which 18 hours must be advanced courses. Students may not receive more than six hours of credit in ANTH 4630 to satisfy Anthropology major requirements. Students must complete one of the following theory-based Anthropology courses:
Course List Code Title Hours ANTH 3301 Principles of Cultural Anthropology 3 ANTH 3307 History of Evolutionary Thought 3 ANTH 4310 Theories and Issues in Anthropology 3 ANTH 4337 Theory in Linguistic Anthropology 3 ANTH 4339 Theoretical Concepts in Archaeology 3 - Students are required to achieve a major GPA 2.50 for graduation.
- The minimum number of hours required for this degree program is 120. The number of free elective hours a student will complete depends on the number of hours a student may need to achieve the required 120 total or 36 advanced hours.
Course Requirements
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Communication Component Code 010 | 3 | Communication Component Code 010 | 3 |
| Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 |
| Modern Language 1410 | 4 | Modern Language 1420 | 4 |
| ANTH 1312 (TCCN ANTH 2351) | 3 | ANTH 2301 & ANTH 2101 (TCCN ANTH 2301 & 2101) | 4 |
| US 1100 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 14 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Mathematics Component Code 020 | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 (not to include ANTH 2301 or ANTH 2101) | 3 |
| American History Component Code 060 | 3 | Creative Arts Component Code 050 | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 (not to include ANTH 1312) | 3 | Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 |
| Modern Language 2310 | 3 | Modern Language 2320 | 3 |
| ANTH 2302 & ANTH 2102 (TCCN ANTH 2302 & 2102) | 4 | ANTH 3201 | 2 |
| ANTH 3101 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 (not to include ANTH 2301 or ANTH 2101) | 3 |
| ENG 2310, 2320, 2330, 2340, 2359, 2360, or 2371 (Component Area Option Code 090/094 [TCCN ENGL 2322, 2323, 2332, 2333, 2327, or 2328]) | 3 | Component Area Option Code 090/091 | 3 |
| ANTH Advanced Electives | 6 | ANTH Advanced Elective | 3 |
| Minor | 3 | Minor | 6 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| BA English Literature | 3 | ANTH Advanced Elective | 3 |
| BA Science, Math, Computer Science, or Logic (not to include ANTH 2301 or ANTH 2101) | 3 | Anthropology Techniques | 3 |
| ANTH 3301, 3307, 4310, 4337, or 4339 | 3 | Minor | 6 |
| ANTH Advanced Elective | 3 | Electives (as needed) | 4 |
| Minor | 3 | ||
| 15 | 16 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropology Techniques | ||
| Choose 3 hours from the following: | ||
| ANTH 3317 | Rock Art Field Methods | 3 |
| ANTH 3330 | Archaeological Curation and Collections Management | 3 |
| ANTH 3336 | Locally Engaged Research | 3 |
| ANTH 3338 | Geoarchaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 3361 | Archaeological Field Methodology | 3 |
| ANTH 4303 | Human Speech Sounds | 3 |
| ANTH 4315 | Archaeological Artifact Identification and Analysis | 3 |
| ANTH 4326 | Field Methods in Forensic Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 4361 | Qualitative Research Methods | 3 |
| ANTH 4363 | Field Methods in Primate Behavior | 3 |
| ANTH 4382 | Methods in Skeletal Biology | 3 |
| ANTH 4390 | Internship in Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 4600 | Bioarchaeology Field and Laboratory Methods | 6 |
| ANTH 4630 | Archaeological Field School | 6 |
