THE ANTHROPOLOGY MINOR

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This page describes the requirements for the minor in Anthropology. Note that at UWGB there is no major in anthropology and that we mean the minor to be combined with other programs in interesting ways. A major in an interdisciplinary program combined with a minor in anthropology can provide a rich educational experience that can lead in one of several interesting intellectual and vocational directions. See the other sub-pages of the anthropology web page that explain combinations with the programs in Social Change and Development, Humanistic Studies, Human Development, and Human Biology. Also advisors in those programs would be happy to talk to you about the combination.

WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?

Anthropology has the broadest scope of all the social sciences. All societies at all points in prehistory and history, in all parts of the world, may be studied by anthropologists. Anthropology is the holistic study of humans. It includes both the biology of human populations, and the study of human culture and society. Further all human institutions are meat for the anthropological stew. Anthropologists study: gender, ethnicity, power, politics, social stratification, art, music, dance, myth, ritual, religion, work, tools, warfare, farming, hunting, ecological relationships, law and legal systems, crime, folklore, language, family, the life-span, kinship, and human thought processes. The aim is to understand human social groups as wholes and to understand the institutions found within them as systems. Developing this broad kind of understanding is beneficial to you for anything you choose to do in the future. It also means that you will know what humans are in the broadest sense. You will discover the wonder of the variety of cultures they bear and have borne in the past.

MINORING IN ANTHROPOLOGY.

 Click here to see UWGB's official Anthropology minor catalog page. Follow the text below for our program rationale.

Supporting courses:

We ask you to take two courses at the lower level in preparation for your upper level course work in the minor. Anthro-100, Varieties of World Culture, our introduction to the field of cultural anthropology, lays out basic ideas and knowledge you will need to undertake upper level work. Introduction to Human Biology (Human Biology 102) is prerequisite to upper level course work in physical anthropology. Choose either HumStud 160, Introduction to Language or Anthro-215, Introduction to Prehistoric Archeology. You will complete other important supporting courses as you fullfil the background requirements demanded of you in your interdisciplinary major. (If you are contemplating going on to graduate work in anthropology, however, you will want to consult with the chair of the program about likely areas such as foreign language and statistics that will eventually be necessary for you to study. These may or may not be part of the tool subject requirement of your major.)

Other Requirements:

The program consists of a choice of three courses in cultural anthropology (from a list of five), and Biol-309 Evolutionary Biology, In addition, we recommend that you add one or more electives beyond the 21 credits required, to round out your program. The Cultural Anthropology courses consist of: Anthro-302 Family, Kin, and Community, Anthro-303 Political Economic and Environmental Anthropology, Anthro-340 Medical Anthropology, Anthro-320 Myth, Ritual, Symbol and Religion, and HumDev-342 Cross-Cultural Human Development.