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UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

Applied Anthropology

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Applied Anthropology integrates anthropological perspectives and methods to help solve human problems. Students develop anthropological and application skills through an internship in their senior year.

~ Applied Anthropology
~ Bioarchaeology
~ General Anthropology

Degree Requirements:
36 credit hours are required in the major concentration including 6 hours of 200-level anthropology courses (ANT 251 and 252); ANT 412, Applied Anthropology; ANT 411, Anthropological Theory; ANT 416, Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology; 3 hours of credit at the 300-level (must be chosen from ANT 310, ANT 325, ANT 330 or ANT 346); 3 hours of elective credit at the 400-level; 6 hours of elective credit at the 300 or 400-level; 3 hours of elective credit at the 200, 300, or 400-level; ANT 490 (6 hours internship credit). Students are required to take a quantitative research methods course (SOC 300 or PS 371 or COM 486). Students are also required to complete fifteen hours in a non-anthropology professional core area, the courses for which are to be determined in consultation with the student’s advisor.

Curriculum Requirements:
Curriculum: Anthropology
Concentration: Applied
Degree earned: Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology
Effective: 06/2003
Updated: 06/2003

Typical Four Year Curriculum Plan for the Applied Track

FRESHMAN YEAR

Fall Semester Credits Spring Semester
Credits
ANT 252 Cultural Anthropology
3
ANT 251, Physical Anthro
3
ENG 101 Acad Writing & Research
4
Physical Education
1
FL 201 Foreign Language
3
History
3
History
3
Statistics
3
Mathematics
3
Social Science
3
Any 100-PE in Fitness/Wellness
1
13
17

SOPHOMORE YEAR

Fall Semester Credits Spring Semester
Credits
ANT Elective (3xx)
3
ANT Elective
3
Literature
3
Literature
3
Natural Science
4
Natural Science
4
Quantitative Methods Elective
3
Philosophy
3
Free Elective
3
Free Elective
3
16
16

JUNIOR YEAR

Fall Semester
Credits
Spring Semester
Credits
 ANT 416 Research Methods
3
ANT 411, Anthro Theory 3
ANT Elective (3xx/4xx)
3
Arts and Letters Elective 3
Natural Science
3
Science, Tech and Soc 3
Social Science
3
Social Science 3
Free Elective (Minor)
3
Free Elective 3
15
15

SENIOR YEAR

Fall Semester
Credits
Spring Semester
Credits
ANT 412 Applied Anthropology
3
ANT Elective 496 Appl Anth Int 6
ANT Elective (3xx or 4xx)
3
ANT Elective (4xx) 3
Social Science
3
Free Elective 3
Free Elective (Minor)
3
Free Elective 3
Free Elective (Minor)
3
15
15

Hours Required for Graduation: 122

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Department of Sociology & Anthropology
North Carolina State University
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Campus Box 8107
Raleigh NC, 27695-8107
Telephone: (919) 515-2491
Fax Number: (919) 515-2610