Anthropology Minor

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The primary mission of Anthropology is to make the world safe for cultural diversity. The Anthropology minor prepares students for work and for graduate programs that require a high degree of cultural competence and a capacity for intercultural translation of concepts and customs. The minor introduces students to the discipline’s four subfields: sociocultural anthropology, biological anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics, ensuing their broad exposure to various aspects of human history, cultures, biology, and behavior.

Minor Requirements (18 units)

General Introduction

Take the following 3 units:

ANTH 100 - Introduction to Anthropology Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-D1-2

Introductory Core Course

Choose one (1) course for 3 units from the following:

ANTH 110 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-B2
ANTH 120 - Introduction to Archaeology Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-B1
ANTH 130 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-D1-2
ANTH 140 - Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-D1-2
ANTH 300 - Anthropology of Global Change Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D

Upper-Division Core Courses

Choose two (2) courses for 6 units from the following:

ANTH 310 - Evolutionary Biology of Humans Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UDB
ANTH 320 - Archaeological Science and Indigenous Knowledge Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UDB; Diversity
ANTH 330 - Political Ecology Units: 3; Breadth Area: Sustainability Overlay
ANTH 340 - Language and Culture Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D

Upper-Division Electives

Choose two (2) elective courses for 6 units from the following:

ANTH 311 - Human Fossil Record Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UDB
ANTH 312 - Primate Behavioral Ecology Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D
ANTH 321 - Archaeology of the Americas Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D
ANTH 333 - Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Social Justice
ANTH 334 - Human Sexuality: Anthropological Perspectives Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D
ANTH 341 - Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Social Justice
ANTH 342 - Language and Sexuality Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Diversity
ANTH 350 - Indigenous Peoples of California Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D
ANTH 354 - China Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D
ANTH 370 - Anthropology in Action Units: 3
ANTH 372 - Medical Anthropology Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Diversity
ANTH 377 - Museum Studies Anthropology Units: 3
ANTH 411 - Human Forensic Osteology Units: 3
ANTH 421 - Field Archaeology Units: 3
ANTH 430 - Field Course in Ethnography Units: 3
ANTH 431 - Advanced Anthropological Theory Units: 3