Anthropology B.A.

Anthropology is an interconnected discipline and majors are urged to acquire a broad background especially in the natural and social sciences and the humanities. Recommended areas of study are biology, economics, English, geography, geology, history, communication studies, linguistics, Native American studies, philosophy, political science, psychology, religious studies, and sociology.

Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology

College of Humanities & Sciences

Degree Specific Credits: 39

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2021-22

Note: There are no prerequisites to the undergraduate major. The major requires 36 credits in Anthropology, Linguistics, or Native American Studies, 12 of which must be the core offerings. In addition to the core courses, students are required to have a course in statistics. Students must complete the core courses and the statistics course with a letter grade of C- or better.

General Education Requirements

Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.

Summary

Lower-Division Core Courses		12
Statistics Requirement		3
Subarea I - Theory and Methods		6
Anthropological Theory
Anthropological Methods
Subarea II, III, IV		6
Subarea II: Human Adaptation and Diversity
Subarea III: World Societies and Cultures
Subarea IV: Concepts and Issues
Anthropology or Linguistics Electives		12
Total Hours		39

Lower-Division Core Courses

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
ANTY 210N	Intro to Physical Anthropology	3
ANTY 220S	Culture & Society	3
ANTY 250S	Intro to Archaeology	3
LING 270S	Intro to Linguistics	3
Total Hours		12

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Statistics Requirement

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
ANTY 401	Anthropological Data Analysis
ECNS 403	Introduction to Econometrics
PSYX 222	Psychological Statistics
SOCI 202	Social Statistics
STAT 216	Introduction to Statistics
FORS 201	Forest Biometrics

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Subarea I - Theory and Methods

Rule: Complete 3 credits in Theory and 3 credits in Methods: 6 total credits required.

Anthropological Theory

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 3 credits of the following courses:		3
ANTY 312	Human Evolution
ANTY 400	History of Anthropology
ANTY 403	Public Anthropology
ANTY 404	Anthropological Museology
ANTY 415	Emergence Modern Humans
ANTY 430	Social Anthropology
ANTY 450	Archaeological Theory
ANTY 456	Historical Archaeology
ANTY 458	Arch of Hunter-Gatherers
LING 470	Linguistic Analysis
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Anthropological Methods

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 3 credits of the following courses:		3
ANTY 402	Quan Ethnographic Field Methds
ANTY 408	Advanced Anthro Statistics
ANTY 412	Osteology
ANTY 413	Forensic and Mortuary Arch
ANTY 416	Dental Anthropology
ANTY 418	Evolution and Genetic Variation in Human Populations
ANTY 431	Ethnographic Field Methods
ANTY 451	Cultural Resource Management
ANTY 454	Lithic Technology
ANTY 455	Artifact Analysis
ANTY 466	Archaeological Survey
ANTY 467	Archaeological Field School
ANTY 476	Methods for Native Languages
ANTY 495	Field Experience:
LING 474	Historical Linguistics
LING 475	Linguistic Field Methods
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Subareas II, III, IV

Rule: Complete 6 credits from 2 of 3 subareas: 6 total credits required.

Subarea II: Human Adaptation and Diversity

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 3 credits of the following courses:		3
ANTY 104	Ancient Migrations
ANTY 122S	Race and Minorities
ANTY 133X	Food and Culture
ANTY 211N	Anthropological Genetics
ANTY 310	Human Variation
ANTY 333	Culture and Population
ANTY 418	Evolution and Genetic Variation in Human Populations
ANTY 426	Culture, Health and Healing
LING 375X	Linguistic Ecology and Language Endangerment
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Subarea III: World Societies and Cultures

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 3 credits of the following courses:		3
ANTY 102H	Intro to South & S. East Asia
ANTY 141H	The Silk Road
ANTY 150X	Archaeology of Yellowstone: 11,000 Years of Native Americans in Yellowstone National Park
ANTY 241H	Central Asian Culture and Civ
ANTY 251	Foundations of Civilization
ANTY 254X	Arch Wonders of the World
ANTY 323X	Native Peoples of Montana
ANTY 330X	Peoples and Cultures of World
ANTY 351H	Archaeology of North America
ANTY 352X	Archaeology of Montana
ANTY 353	PaleoIndian Archaeology
ANTY 354H	Mesoamerican Prehistory
ANTY 442	Cities/Landscapes Central Asia
ANTY 444	Artistic Tradtns Central Asia
ANTY 457	Arch of the Pacific Northwest
ANTY 459	Archof the Arctic/Subarctic
ANTY 465	Arch of the SW United States
ANTY 494	Seminar/Workshop
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Subarea IV: Concepts and Issues

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 3 credits of the following courses:		3
ANTY 126	Anthropology and Global Health
ANTY 216	Primates in Peril
ANTY 314	Principles of Forensic Anthro
ANTY 326E	Indigenous Peoples & the Ethics of Development
ANTY 336	Myth, Ritual and Religion
ANTY 349	Social Change
ANTY 422	Mind, Culture and Society
ANTY 423	Culture and Identity
ANTY 427	Anthropology of Gender
ANTY 435	Drugs, Culture and Society
ANTY 440	Cont. Issues of SSEA
LING 473	Language and Culture
LING 477	Bilingualism
LING 484	NA Indigenous Lang & Ling
LING 489	Morphology
NASX 306X	Contemp Global Iss Indg People
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Anthropology or Linguistics Electives

Rule: Complete 12 credits in Anthropology and Linguistics electives not completing core or subarea requirements. 12 total credits required.

Minimum Required Grade: C-