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UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

General Anthropology

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The General Concentration within the B.A. in Anthropology emphasizes exposure to ethnography and topical courses at the upper division.  It focuses on the interrelationships among the cultural, social, and biological bases of human behavior  in evolutionary and/or contemporary contexts.

~ Applied Anthropology
~ Bioarchaeology
~ General Anthropology

Degree Requirements:
30 credit hours are required in the major concentration including 9 hours of 200-level anthropology courses (ANT 251, 252, and either ANT 253 or 254); ANT 411, Anthropological Theory; ANT 416, Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology; 3 hours of elective credit at the 300-level; 3 hours of elective credit at the 400-level, and 9 hours of elective credit at either the 300 or 400-level. Completion of foreign language courses through the 202-level is strongly recommended.

Curriculum Requirements:
Curriculum: Anthropology
Concentration: General
Degree earned: Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology
Effective: 08/2003
Updated: 06/2003

Typical Four Year Curriculum Plan for the General Anthropology Track

FRESHMAN YEAR

Fall Semester
Credits
Spring Semester
Credits
ENG 101 Acad Writing & Research
4
Physical Education
1
FL 201 Foreign Language
3
ANT 252 Cultural Anthro
3
ANT 251
3
Social Science
3
History
3
Mathematics
3
Mathematics
3
History
3
Physical Education Elective
1
1
17
13

SOPHOMORE YEAR

Fall Semester
Credits
Spring Semester
Credits
ANT 253 or 254
3
ANT Elective (3xx)
3
Literature
3
Literature
3
Social Science
3
Natural Science
4
Free Elective
3
Philosophy
3
Free Elective
3
Free Elective
3
15
16

JUNIOR YEAR

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

SENIOR YEAR

Fall Semester
Credits
Spring Semester
Credits
ANT 416
3
ANT Elective (3xx or 4xx)
3
ANT Elective (3xx or 4xx)
3
Science, Tech & Soc (STS)
3
Natural Science
3
Free Elective
3
Free Elective
3
Free Elective
3
Free Elective
3
Free Elective
3
15
15

Hours Required for Graduation: 122

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Department of Sociology & Anthropology
North Carolina State University
Harrelson Hall, Room 161
Campus Box 8107
Raleigh NC, 27695-8107
Telephone: (919) 515-2491
Fax Number: (919) 515-2610