Anthropology Minor

A minor in Anthropology is available for students majoring in other fields. A total of 30 units in anthropology, of which 12 are in lower division courses and 18 units are in upper division courses, is required.

Requirements for the Minor (30 units)

Lower Division Required Courses (12 units)

Upper Division Electives (18 units)

Select one from following area courses (4 units):

ANTH 401 - Comparative Cultures (4)
ANTH 404 - Peoples of South America (4)
ANTH 406 - Indians of North America (4)
ANTH 407 - Indians of California (4)
ANTH 408 - Peasant Cultures of Middle America (4)
ANTH 413 - Peoples of Africa (4)
ANTH 414 - Peoples of Asia (4)
ANTH 415 - Asian American Communities in Southern California (4) also listed as
AAAS 415 - Asian American Communities in Southern California (4)

Select one from the following methods courses (6 units):

Select two from following (8 units):

ANTH 361 - Race, Racism, and Human Variation (4)
ANTH 421 - Archaeology of North America (4)
ANTH 423 - Material Culture (4)
ANTH 425 - Archaeology of the Old World (4)
ANTH 427 - Cultural Resources Management (4)
ANTH 428 - Civilizations of Western Mesoamerica (4)
ANTH 429 - Maya Civilization (4)
ANTH 430 - Social Organization (4)
ANTH 432 - Anthropology of Wealth and Power (4)
ANTH 433 - Urban Anthropology (4)
ANTH 434 - Globalization and Cultural Change (4)
ANTH 435 - Culture and the Individual (4)
ANTH 436 - Ethnicity and Nationalism (4)
ANTH 437 - Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion (4)
ANTH 444 - Medical Anthropology (4)
ANTH 445 - Myth and Folklore (4)
ANTH 447 - Anthropology of Media (4)
ANTH 459 - Human Osteology (4)
ANTH 462 - Human Ecology and Adaptation (4)
ANTH 463 - Forensic Anthropology (4)
ANTH 466 - Paleopathology (4)
ANTH 470 - Language and Culture (4) also listed as
ENGL 403 - Language and Culture (4)
ANTH 471 - Introduction to Linguistics (4) also listed as
ENGL 400 - Introduction to Linguistics (4)
ANTH 497 - History of Ethnological Theory (4)

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