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For undergraduate students,California State University Northridge offers a B.A. program in Anthropology. The Major is designed to contribute to a student's liberal arts education and to prepare the student for graduate work, teaching or other professional pursuits. However, students interested in focusing on a more specialized area of interest, such as Archaeology, have the choice to pursue the Optional Major Program. Click here for complete undergraduate program requirements.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN ANTHROPOLOGY
- Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of the concept of culture as a fundamental organizing idea for the discipline of Anthropology (Theoretical Appreciation of the Culture Concept)
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of human diversity (Diversity)
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the common origins of human societies (Origins of Humans)
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the processes of social change that produce and reproduce human cultures over time (Social Change Over Time)
- Demonstrate an understanding of the politics of inclusion and exclusion in their own and others’ societies (Social Inequalities)
- Demonstrate an understanding of how Anthropology can be used to solve contemporary social problems (Applied Anthropology)
- Demonstrate the ability to collect, describe, analyze and interpret anthropological data according to generally accepted professional anthropological practice (Research Skills)