School:
College of Business
Department:
International Business, Economics and Anthropology
Student Type:
Undergraduate
Program:
Anthropology Minor
Administrators:
Dr. Jack Thornburg
Objectives:
Having completed the minor, students should have acquired the following knowlege and skills:
1. Students shall have an integrated knowledge, awareness and understanding of a culturally and biologically diverse world.
2. Students shall demonstrate an understanding of culture and society.
3. Students shall demonstrate the ability to understand complex research problems, and articulate appropriate methods and theory.
4. Students shall demonstrate an understanding of basic methods, concepts, alternative theories and approaches, and modes of explanation appropriate to each of the subfields of the discipline.
5. Students shall demonstrate an understanding of anthropological theory at an appropriate level.
6. Students shall demonstrate technical writing skills appropriate to education level.
Student Learning Outcomes: Students in the Anthropology minor will demonstrate the following competencies based on the above objectives:
1. The social, economic, historical, cultural and intellectual traditions that inform various regions of the globe
2. How to live, work, and participate in a diverse world
3. How to apply methodologies of analysis and research in anthropology in their quantitative and qualitative dimensions at a basic level
4. How to communicate within and across academic disciplines and cultures
5. How to confront moral and ethical issues facing societies and to develop a clear understanding of and commitment to personal values and beneficial change
6. How to think critically about the tension between globalizing forces and cultural identity.
Requirements - Minor:
An Anthropology minor consists of a program of courses totaling at least 21 hours, submitted to and approved by the program director, including at least 12 hours at the 200-level or above, of which at least three hours must be at the 300-level and must be completed with a "C" or better. Students must complete ANTH 200(3), 291(3), 208(3), 210(3),and 309(3). Two elective courses (six hours): Other anthropology courses or area studies.
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