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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
Students completing the undergraduate degree program in anthropology should be able to:
- Recognize characteristics of human diversity across space and time from an anthropological perspective
- Explain the evolutionary process particularly as it relates to primate and specifically hominin evolution
- Describe biological and behavioral variation among human and non-human primates in context
- Discuss the concept of culture as a fundamental principle in anthropology
- Identify the causes and consequences of cultural diversity, social inequalities and change in human societies
- Discuss anthropological theories and paradigms, how they have changed over time and how they are applied to explain fundamental aspects of the human condition such as cultural diversity and social change
- Demonstrate the ability to conceptualize, collect, describe, analyze and interpret anthropological evidence according to generally accepted professional practice
- Discuss ethics as they pertain to 21st century anthropology
- Explain how anthropology may be used to engage in contemporary issues
- Develop effective communication using anthropological standards