2023-2024 Catalog

Biological Anthropology Minor

The minor in biological anthropology consists of a minimum of 20 credit hours (five courses), as follows:

Course Requirements

Courses

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ANTH 103Introduction to Biological Anthropology

4

Spring.

ONE COURSE from:

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ANTH 101Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

4

Fall, Spring.
ANTH 102Introduction to Archaeology

4

Fall, Spring.
ANTH 104Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

4

Fall.

THREE ADDITIONAL COURSES from the following list (TWO must be from ANTH):

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ANTH 237Measuring Inequality, Analyzing Injustice

4

Annually.
ANTH 301/ENST 301Ethnobotany

4

Alternate years.
ANTH 304Human Paleontology

4

Alternate years.
ANTH 306Primate Ecology and Social Behavior

4

Fall, Spring.
ANTH 307Human Nature: Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

4

Fall, Spring.
ANTH 309Medical Anthropology

4

Alternate years.
ANTH 402Evolution of the Capacity for Culture

4

Alternate years.
ANTH 483Anthropology Field School: Biological Anthropology

4-8

As needed.
BIOL 231Human Anatomy

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 314Genetics

4

Fall.
BIOL 329Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

4

As needed.
ENST 200WEnvironmental Studies

4

Spring.
GEOG 100Introduction to Environmental Geography

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHIL 333Philosophy of Mind

3

Fall (odd years).
Note: BIOL 314, BIOL 231, BIOL 329, PHIL 333: May require additional prerequisite course.

Total Credit Hours: 20-28