Anthropology, B.A.
Overall Requirements
- 120 credit hours, to include at least 36 credits at or above the 300 course level.
- All anthropology majors must complete a minimum of 37 credits in anthropology with an overall GPA in the major of at least a 2.0, including the courses as listed below.
- Although not a requirement beyond the 37 credit minimum, majors may choose to take additional courses in any of the subdisciplines: Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, or Biological Anthropology. Students may select appropriate courses in consultation with a faculty member in one of the subdisciplines.
Degree Program Requirements
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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University Requirements | ||
General Education Requirements (MAC) | ||
College of Arts and Sciences Additional Requirements (CIC) |
Major Requirements
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Core Courses | 16 | |
Engaging Culture | ||
The Human Species and The Human Species: Laboratory | ||
Adventures in Time-Travel through Archaeology | ||
History of Anthropological Theory | ||
Contemporary Issues in Anthropology | ||
Methods | 3 | |
Select one of the following: | ||
Methods in Archaeology | ||
Methods in Biological Anthropology | ||
Methods in Cultural Anthropology | ||
Data Interpretation | 3 | |
Select one of the following: | ||
Qualitative Data & Anthropological Knowledge | ||
Statistics for Anthropology | ||
Seminars | 6 | |
Select two of the following: | ||
Economic Anthropology | ||
Applying Archaeology in the Real World | ||
Applying Anthropology in the Real World | ||
Food and Culture in a Global Context | ||
Colliding Worlds: Forming America | ||
Archaeology of Power/Politics | ||
Gender Archaeology | ||
Environmental Anthropology | ||
Primate Behavior | ||
Anthropology of Global Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) | ||
Archaeology of the Southeastern United States | ||
Medical Anthropology | ||
Anthropology of Infectious Disease | ||
Electives | 9 | |
Select three additional ATY courses. * |
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Only one of these courses can be at the 200 level. Only one of the following courses can be applied to this requirement: ATY 497, ATY 498, or ATY 499.
Optional Concentration
The optional concentration as detailed following the major requirements may be added, but is not required.
- Anthropology Licensure in Social Studies High School Teaching
Electives
Electives sufficient to complete the 120 credit hours required for the degree.
Anthropology Licensure in Social Studies High School Teaching
Teacher Licensure Requirements
Students majoring in anthropology may seek Standard Professional I teacher licensure in comprehensive social studies with an endorsement in anthropology. Completion of licensure requirements will allow majors to teach Social Studies as well as anthropology in secondary school. Many of the requirements for licensure satisfy liberal education requirements in the college as well as for the major and the Social Studies requirements. Majors who wish to pursue the Standard Professional I License in social studies should consult with the departmental Social Studies committee representative.
The courses listed below satisfy competencies for the Standard Professional I License in Secondary Social Studies.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Additional Requirements for Teacher Licensure | 45 | |
Principles of Microeconomics | ||
or ECO 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | |
Navigating World History | ||
Interpreting American History | ||
Historical Methods for Social Studies Teachers | ||
Principles and Practices for Teaching History | ||
Choose one additional 300-level history course | ||
The following courses must be taken in a specified sequence, terminating in student teaching in the spring semester of the senior year. See the online Secondary Education Handbook for more information. | ||
Literacy in the Content Area | ||
Measurement and Assessment in Teaching | ||
Educational Psychology for the Secondary Grades | ||
Human Diversity, Teaching, and Learning | ||
Teaching Practices and Curriculum in Social Studies | ||
Student Teaching: Secondary School | ||
Student Teaching Seminar |
Disciplinary Honors in Anthropology
Requirements
- A minimum of 15 credit hours as defined below.
- UNC Greensboro cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better or, for transfer students, cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better from all prior institutions.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Required | 6-9 | |
Honors Work ** | ||
Senior Honors Project 1 | ||
6 credits of Honors course work in the major * | 6 | |
3 credits of other Honors course work in the major or another area | 3 |
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ATY 495 cannot be used as an Honors course.
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Working with a faculty mentor, a senior honors project HSS 490 needs to consist of a 10,000 – 15,000 word thesis (or higher depending on the topic and size of the dataset) or a publishable paper (excluding title page and bibliography).
Recognition
Receive a Certificate of Disciplinary Honors in Anthropology; have that accomplishment, along with the title of the Senior Honors Project, noted on the official transcript; and be recognized at a banquet held at the end of the spring semester.
Honors Advisor
Contact Charles Egeland at cpegeland@uncg.edu for further information and guidance about Honors in Anthropology. To apply: http://honorscollege.uncg.edu/forms/disc-application.pdf