B.A. in Anthropology
Foundation (12 units)
Anth 151 Physical Anthropology
Anth 152 Culture and Human Behavior
Anth 153 Temples, Tombs & Treasures? Intro to Archeology
Anth 303 Anthropological Thought
Peoples and Places (3 units)
Choose one of the following:
Anth 306 Indians of North America
Anth 307 Indians of California and the Southwest
Anth 338 Peoples of Africa
Anth 351 Peoples of Middle America
Anth 352 Peoples of South America
Anth 356 Peoples and Cultures of the Mediterranean
Method & Theory (3 units)
Choose one of the following:
Anth 473 Theory & Method in Archeology
Anth 475 Anthropological Research Methods
Seminar (3 units)
Choose one of the following:
Anth 490A-D Seminar in Anthropology (A-Archaeology, B-Biological, C-Cultural, D-Linguistics)
Anth 516 Seminar on Ethnography as Narrative
Anth 521 California Archaeology
Anth 560 Social Evolution
Breadth Electives (9 units)
In consultation with the undergraduate advisor for the Anthropology Department, choose one course from each of the following sub-disciplines:
Cultural Anthropology
Anth 222 Visions of the Sacred
Anth 300 Anthropology and the Modern World
Anth 310 Language in Culture
Anth 326 Introduction to Folklore
Anth 345 Ethnicity in the U.S.
Anth 346 Urban Anthropology
Anth 404 Comparative Social Organization
Anth 405 Cognitive Anthropology
Anth 424 Supernatural in the Modern World
Anth 425 Culture, Health, and Healing
Anth 430 Ecological Anthropology
Anth 450 Historical Anthropology
Anth 451 Economic Anthropology
Anth 462 Anthropology of the Arts
Anth 465 Museum Anthropology
Anth 470 Anthropological Film Study
Anth 486 Globalization: Ethnography of Global Problems
Biological Anthropology
Anth 212 Anthropology of Sex
Anth 311 Human Variation
Anth 341 Bones: Intro to the Study of Human Remains
Anth 421 Primatology: Morphology, Behavior, and Social Organization
Anth 423 Human Behavior: Evolutionary Perspectives
Anth 441 Human Osteology
Anth 453 Human Paleontology
Archaeology
Anth 426 Old World Archaeology
Anth 427 Archaeology of North America
Anth 428 Archaeology of Mesoamerica
Anth 429 Archaeology of South America
Anth 460 Women in the Ancient World
Additional Electives (12 units)
In consultation with the undergraduate advisor for the Anthropology Department, choose four additional three-unit upper division coursed in Anthropology.
*1) Students who took Anth 375/L prior to Fall 2006 will be permitted to count it towards the Anth 475 requirement.
2) Anthropology 360 does not count as credit for the Anthropology major.
3) Students may count Anth 212 or Anth 222 (but not both!) as an additional course elective.
4) No more than one of the four additional elective courses may be from the following General Education courses: Anth 212, 222, 300, 305, 308, 315
5) Seminar prerequisite: prior or concurrent enrollment in Anth 473 or Anth 475
Please check the 2010-2012 CSUN Catalog for a list of course prerequisites and descriptions.
Minor in Anthropology
Requirements for a Minor in Anthropology (18 Units)
Foundations (3 units)
Choose one of the following: Anth 150 or 152Peoples and Places (3 units)
Choose one from the following: Anth 306, 307, 338, 351, 352, 356Electives (12 Units)
In consultation with the undergraduate advisor for the anthropology department, choose four additional three-unit upper division courses in anthropologyEither Anth 212 or Anth 222 can be permitted as one of the four electives.

