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Dec 04, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Anthropology, BS
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Program Description
The Anthropology BS major prepares students for a variety of professional careers related to museum and park service interpretation, forensic science, health services, and other scientifically-oriented positions in the public and private sectors. In addition, the Bachelor’s degree provides excellent preparation for graduate training in anthropology, medicine, and human factors engineering. The degree requires a total of 120 semester hours, including 38 credit hours in anthropology as identified below. In addition, students take 15 hours of math and/or science courses (from a department-approved list). These additional courses provide students with a greater depth and broader diversity of interdisciplinary knowledge useful for the direct application of an anthropological perspective to potential career paths. Courses used to fulfill General Education Requirements and Departmental Science and Math courses may be used to fulfill minor requirements. Courses that fulfill subfield and anthropology requirements may not double count with minor requirements.
First Semester
- Anthropology Requirement 6 Credits 5
- Departmental Mathematics or Science Requirement 3 Credits 3
- Elective 6 Credits
Second Semester
- Anthropology Requirement 6 Credits 5
- Departmental Mathematics or Science Requirement 3 Credits 3
- Minor Requirement 6 Credits 4
First Semester
- Anthropology Requirement 6 Credits 5
- Minor Requirement 3 Credits 4
- Elective 6 Credits
Footnotes
1 See General Education Requirements . The Social Science Requirement and the Global Challenges Requirement must be satisfied by courses in an area other than anthropology.
2 See the South Carolina REACH Act Requirement in the Academic Regulations section.
3 Select from any courses in ASTR, BIOL, CH, ENR, GEN, GEOL, HLTH, MATH, MICR, NUTR, PHYS, and STAT.
4 See Minors .
5 Select 21 credits from any ANTH course (excluding ANTH 2010 , ANTH 2050 , ANTH 3010 , ANTH 3310 , ANTH 3510 , and ANTH 4040 ) or BIOL 3530 , BIOL 4510 , BIOL 4660 , BIOL 4740 , CHIN 4180 , JAPN 4170 , LANG 3000 , LANG 3710 , LANG 3910 , MGT 3810 , or WS 4230 . At least three credits must be at the 4000 level, and no more than six credits of ANTH 4960 may be counted toward the major.
NOTE: Courses that fulfill subfield and anthropology requirements (ANTH 3010, 3310, and 3510 and those in Footnote 5) may not double count with minor requirements.
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