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Behavioral Science /
Anthropology
Double Major
This is a major for students who are interested in careers in research, scientific or creative writing, community service, government, international business and administration, transportation, public relations, law, education, library or museum work, journalism, working with immigrants, or health care. Students may focus their studies on anthropology to pursue a behavioral science / anthropology double major. The Behavioral Science Program is designed for students who wish to develop an interdisciplinary perspective on human behavior. This major allows students to integrate courses from anthropology, psychology, and sociology to better understand human behavior. Three departments cooperatively offer the Behavioral Science Program—Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology—although the Department of Anthropology administers and provides the advising for all four of behavioral science majors.

Skills Developed in this Degree

The behavioral science/anthropology double major provides students with a flexible and broad foundational knowledge of human behavior. In addition to the breadth of knowledge provided by the behavioral science major, the Anthropology major will assist the students in learning a variety of basic skills for collecting and analyzing data, communicating it in different ways, and applying it to real world situations. Students are provided opportunities to work on a research team and to make technology work for them. The ability to find out information, think critically about it, and to communicate that information through writing and speaking are the necessary skills for many careers in today’s culturally diverse world.


Requirements
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. Click here to view the official Catalog entry.
Research
Methods
Behavioral Science/Anthropology Double Majors must take one of the five anthropology research methods classes offered for this major (3 units).
Note:  Whichever research methods class you select will fulfill one course requirement for the anthropology area.
Anth 149
 Anth 155
 Anth 168A
 Anth 168B
 Anth 169
 
Statistics
Behavioral Science/Anthropology Double Majors must take a statistics class in support of the major (3 units).
  Stat 095 Soci 015 Soci 102    
 
Anthro-
      pology

Behavioral Science/Anthropology Double Majors are required to take a sequenced set of four Core anthropology courses (12 units), in addition to the research methods course above.  These classes are integral to the students' understanding of anthropology.  Anth_011, Cultural Anthropology, and Anth_012 or Anth_013, Introduction to Human Evolution or Archaeology, lay the foundation for all other anthropology courses.  Anth_131, Theories of Culture, provides a theoretical framework will be complemented by the research methods course taken in this emphasis.  And Anth_191, Frontiers of Anthropology, is the capstone course that allows students to integrate their anthropological understanding and prepares them for a career or further graduate work.  In addition to these foundational courses an additional five upper division anthropology courses (15 units) complete the total of 30 units required for anthropology.
Note: A three unit maximum of Individual Studies, Anth_180, may be applied to this requirement.

  Anth 011 Anth 012 or Anth 013 Anth 131 Anth 191
  Anth 102 to Anth 198       
    ANTH 180, ANTH 184, ANTH 187, ANTH 195 and ANTH 198 are special courses and may only be taken as appropriate and with the approval of your advisor.
 
Psychology
Behavioral Science/Anthropology Double Majors are required to take Psyc_001 (3 units), two upper division psychology courses (6 units), and one additional upper or lower division psychology course (3 units) for a total of 12 units in psychology.
  Psyc 001 Psyc 030- Psyc 196H
 
Sociology
Behavioral Science/Anthropology Double Majors are required to take Soci_001 and Soci_101 (6 units) and two additional upper division sociology courses (6 units) for a total of 12 units in sociology.
  Soci 001 Soci 101 Soci 102 - Soci 199H
 
Completing
Your
Bachelor's
Degree
In addition to the 57 units for the double major listed here, you must also complete 36 general education units, 2 physical education units and 25 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 15 may be satisfied by specific major and support requirements. Double counting of transfer units may also change the number of elective units needed. A maximum of 6 units of advanced GE can be taken within the major.
Consult your major advisor for details.
 
Writing
Area Z of the General Education requirements is a Writing course (e.g. Anth_100W).  The Department of Anthropology strongly recommends that students double majoring in behavioral science and 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.
  Anth100W Psyc 100W Soci 100W    

Resources

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