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.
- 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 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 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 |
| 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 |
| MATH 1315, 1317, 1319, 2321, 2417, or 2471 (Mathematics Component Code 020 [TCCN MATH 1314, 1316, 1324, 2313, 2412, or 2413]) | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 0301 | 3-4 |
| Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 0301 | 3-4 | BIO 1321 (TCCN BIOL 1309) | |
BIO 1320 (TCCN BIOL 1308) | |||
| Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 | 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 |
| ANTH 2302 & ANTH 2102 (TCCN ANTH 2302 & 2102) | 4 | ANTH 3201 | 2 |
| ANTH 3101 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| 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 | ENG 3303 or PHIL 4355 | 3 |
| CJ 3347, GEO 3301, PSY 2301, or SOCI 3307 | 3 | ANTH 3317, 3330, 3361, 4326, 4363, 4361, 4382, 4390, or 4630 | 3 |
| Minor | 3 | Minor | 6 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ANTH Advanced Elective | 3 | ANTH Advanced Elective | 3 |
| ANTH 3317, 3330, 3361, 4326, 4363, 4361, 4382, 4390, or 4630 | 3 | Minor | 3 |
| ANTH 3301, 3307, 4310, 4337, or 4339 | 3 | Electives (as needed) | 7 |
| Minor | 6 | Anthropology Techniques | 3 |
| 15 | 16 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||
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Students minoring in Biology are required to complete BIO 1330 & BIO 1130 and BIO 1331 & BIO 1131.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropology Techniques | ||
| Choose 3 hours from the following: | ||
| ANTH 3336 | Locally Engaged Research | 3 |
| ANTH 3338 | Geoarchaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 4303 | Human Speech Sounds | 3 |
| ANTH 4315 | Archaeological Artifact Identification and Analysis | 3 |
| ANTH 4600 | Bioarchaeology Field and Laboratory Methods | 6 |
