Department of Anthropology

Pre-Fall 2007 Requirements for a Major in Anthropology with a Physical Anthropology 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	Anthropology Majors with a physical anthropology emphasis must take the physical anthropology research methods class, Human Osteology (3 units).
			Anth 155
		Foundation Electives	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.