Bachelor of Science (B.S.) 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.
- Twelve hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation, which can be completed by courses in the major, minor, or general education core curriculum (not including ENG 1310, ENG 1320).
- Students must select a minor from the following list of lab-based science minors: biology, chemistry, physics, geology, geography, computer science, or mathematics.
- All students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
- This major consists of 35 semester credit hours of Anthropology courses, 18 of which must be advanced. Students may not receive more than six hours of credit for ANTH 4630 to satisfy Anthropology major requirements. Students must complete one of the following Anthropology theory-based 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 must complete 6 hours of Anthropology techniques courses to be selected from:
Course List Code Title Hours ANTH 3317 Rock Art Field Methods 3 ANTH 3330 Archaeological Curation and Collections Management 3 ANTH 3361 Archaeological Field Methodology 3 ANTH 4326 Field Methods in Forensic Anthropology 3 ANTH 4361 Field Methods in Cultural Anthropology 3 ANTH 4363 Field Methods in Primate Behavior 3 ANTH 4382 Methods in Skeletal Biology 3 ANTH 4390 Internship in Anthropology 3 ANTH 4630 Archaeological Field School 6 - Students must complete one of the following statistics courses: CJ 3347, GEO 3301, PSY 2301, or SOCI 3307.
- 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 |
| ANTH 1312 (TCCN 2351) | 3 | ENG 1320 (Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1302]) | 3 |
| ENG 1310 (Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1301]) | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 |
| POSI 2310 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2306]) | 3 | BIO 1320 or 1330 (Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 [TCCN BIOL BIOL 1308 or 1306]) | 3 |
| US 1100 | 1 | Modern Language 14202 | 4 |
| Modern Language 14102 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 13 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ANTH 2301 (TCCN ANTH 2301) | 3 | ANTH 2302 (TCCN ANTH 2302) | 3 |
| ANTH 2101 (TCCN ANTH 2101) | 1 | ANTH 2102 (TCCN ANTH 2102) | 1 |
| ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094) [TCCN ENGL 2322, ENGL 2323, ENGL 2332, ENGL 2333, ENGL 2327, ENGL 2328] | 3 | ANTH 3101 | 1 |
| Mathematics Component Code 020 selected from one of the following: | 3-4 | ANTH 3201 | 2 |
MATH 1315 (TCCN MATH 1314) | COMM 1310 (Component Area Option Code 090/091 [TCCN SPCH 1311]) | 3 | |
MATH 1317 (TCCN MATH 1316) | PHIL 1305 or 1320 (Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 [TCCN PHIL 1301 or 2306]) | 3 | |
MATH 1329 (TCCN MATH 1325) | POSI 2320 (Government/Political Science Component Code 070 [TCCN GOVT 2305]) | 3 | |
MATH 2321 (TCCN MATH 2313) | |||
MATH 2417 (TCCN MATH 2412) | |||
MATH 2471 (TCCN MATH 2413) | |||
| BIO 1321 or 1331 (Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 [TCCN BIOL 1309 or 1307]) | 3 | ||
| American History Component Code 060 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ANTH Advanced Elective | 3 | ANTH Advanced Elective | 3 |
| CJ 3347, GEO 3301, PSY 2301, or SOCI 3307 | 3 | Select one of the following: | 3 |
| Minor | 3 | ||
| PHIL 4355 or ENG 3303 | 3 | ||
| ECO 2301, 2314, GEO 1310, PFW 1301, PSY 1300, or SOCI 1310 (Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 [TCCN ECON 1301, ECON 2302, GEOG 1303, PSYC 2301, SOCI 1301] ) | 3 | ||
| ART 2313, DAN 2313, MU 2313, or TH 2313 (Creative Arts Component Code 050) | 3 | ||
| Minor | 6 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ANTH Advanced Elective | 3 | ANTH Advanced Elective | 3 |
| Select one of the folllowing: | 3 | Minor | 3 |
| Free Electives (as needed) | 10 | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | ||
| Minor | 6 | ||
| 15 | 16 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
| 1 | Students must take ANTH 2301 and ANTH 2101 in the same semester. Students must take ANTH 2302 and ANTH 2102 in the same semester. |
| 2 | Students must complete 8 hours of the same foreign language (1410 and 1420) at the college level. |
