Courses Offered/Program Requirements
B.A. in Anthropology
Foundation (15 units)
Anth 151 Physical Anthropology
Anth 152 Culture and Human Behavior
Anth 303 Anthropological Thought
Anth 319 Prehistoric Archaeology
Anth 475 Anthropological Research Methods
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 MediterraneanSeminar (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 EvolutionBreadth Electives (9 units) In consultation wit 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 Cultural Ecology
Anth 450 Historical Anthropology
Anth 451 Economic Anthropology
Anth 462 Anthropology of the ArtsBiological Anthropology
Anth 311 Human Variation
Anth 421 Primatology: Morphology, Behavior, and Social Organization
Anth 423 Human Behavior: Evolutionary Perspectives
Anth 453 Human PaleontologyArchaeology
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 WorldAdditional 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 222 as an additional course elective.
4) No more then one of the four additional elective courses may be from the following General Education courses: Anth 222, 300, 305, 308, 315
5) Seminar prerequisite: prior or concurrent enrollment in Anth 475 or Anth 375/LPlease check the 2006-2008 CSUN Catalog for a list of course prerequisites and descriptions. Click here to go to CSUN's online class schedule. Click here to go to the College Source website to view CSUN's online catalog with course descriptions.
Minor in Anthropology
Requirements For a Minor in Anthropology (18 Units)
Foundations (3 units)
Choose one of the following: Anth 151 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 anthropologyAnth 222 will be permitted as one of the four electives