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Pre-Fall 2007 Requirements for a General Major in Anthropology (No Emphasis)

Be sure to consult a departmental advisor to clarify your graduation requirements. This page is not an official university document and is provided for your convenience only.

   
Core

All Anthropology Majors at SJSU are required to take a set of five Core anthropology courses (15 units).  These classes are integral to the students' understanding of anthropology.  Anthropology 011, Anthropology 012, and Antropology 013 lay the foundation for all other anthropology courses.  Anthropology131 provides a theoretical framework will be complemented by the research methods course taken in the emphasis.  Anthropology 191 is the capstone course that allows students to integrate their anthropological understanding and prepares them for a career or further graduate work.
   

 

Anth 011
Anth 012

Anth 013

Anth 131

Anth 191
   

Statistics

All Anthropology Majors are required to take a statistics class in support of the major (3 units).  Although the Department of Anthropology does not offer its own class in statistics you may select one of these courses offered by other departments.
   

 

Stat095

Soci015

Soci102

Soci 103

 
   

Research Methods

General Anthropology Majors may take any one of the five research methods classes offered (3 units).
   

 

Anth 149

Anth 155 

Anth 168A

Anth 168B

Anth 169
   

Foundation Electives

General Anthropology Majors must take four Foundation courses to deepen their understanding anthropology (12 units). Note: Elective courses may not be offered every semester, see the Projected Course Rotation schedule for the availability of individual classes.
      Anth 105 Anth 108 Anth 125 Anth 133 Anth 135
      Anth 141 Anth 142 Anth 143 Anth 147 Anth 148
      Anth 149 Anth 152 Anth 153 Anth 154 Anth 155
      Anth 156 Anth 157 Anth 161 Anth 162 Anth 164
      Anth 168A Anth 168B Anth 169 Anth 170 Anth 172
      Anth 175 Anth 176 Anth 180 Anth 184 Anth 187
      Anth 195
* ANTH 180, ANTH 184, ANTH 187, and ANTH 195 are special courses
and may only be taken as appropriate and with the approval of your advisor.

Breadth Electives

Student must take three breadth electives to expand their understanding of anthropology (9 units). To complete the major, you must take a total of seven elective courses, four foundational and three breadth courses (a total of 21 units). To make this degree flexible and responsive to the needs and interests of the students any three currently offered upper division anthropology courses may be taken.
Note:Only six units of advanced GE courses may be used to fulfill this requirement.

Completing Your Bachelor's Degree

In addition to the 42 units for the major listed here, you must also complete 42 general education units, 2 physical education units and 34 more elective units (120 total units) to complete the requirements for a BA degree.
Note: Of the 51 general education units required by the university 9 may be satisfied by specific major and support requirements.  Double counting of transfer units may also change the number of elective units needed. Consult your major advisor for details.

Writing

Area Z of the General Education requirements is a Writing course (e.g. Anth100W).  The Department of Anthropology strongly recommends that students majoring in anthropology take Anth 100W to fulfill this requirement.  The 100W courses offered by the different departments are tailored to provide students with writing experiences in that particular discipline's writing style.

 
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