History and cultural anthropology offer an interdisciplinary combined major. Students interested in the combined major in history and cultural anthropology integrate the exploration of human history with the rigorous study of human cultures.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
BA Language Requirements
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
History Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| History Colloquium | ||
| HIST 1000 | History at Northeastern | 1 |
| HIST 1200 | Historical Research and Writing | 1 |
| HIST 1201 | First-Year Seminar | 4 |
| History Seminar and Historical Writing | ||
| HIST 2301 | The History Seminar | 4 |
| HIST 2302 | Historical Writing | 1 |
| Pre-1800 History Elective | ||
| Complete one course from the following: | 4 | |
| Law and History | ||
| African History | ||
| Introduction to Middle Eastern History | ||
| Introduction to Latin American History | ||
| Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804 | ||
| Japanese Literature and Culture | ||
| Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500 | ||
| Introduction to Russian Civilization | ||
| History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II | ||
| Colonial and Revolutionary America | ||
| Renaissance to Enlightenment | ||
| The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain | ||
| Africa and the World in Early Times | ||
| Assassinations in World History | ||
| History Elective | ||
| Complete two HIST courses at any level in any field. | 8 | |
| Introductory Level Elective | ||
| Complete one history course from the 1000 level. | 4 | |
| Intermediate/Advanced History Elective | ||
| Complete minimum of one HIST course numbered 2000 to 2999 (excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302). | 4 | |
| Advanced History Elective | ||
| Complete minimum of one HIST course numbered 3000 to 4999 (excluding HIST 4701). | 4 | |
Cultural Anthropology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Courses | ||
| ANTH 1101 | Peoples and Cultures | 4 |
| ANTH 2305 | Global Markets and Local Culture | 4 |
| ANTH 3410 | Ethnographic Field Experience | 4 |
| ANTH 3421 | Foundations of Anthropological Theory | 4 |
| Area Courses | ||
| Complete two courses from the following: | 8 | |
| Ethnography of Southeast Asia | ||
| Latin American Society and Development | ||
| Native North Americans | ||
| Anthropology of Africa | ||
| Culture and Politics in Modern India | ||
| Anthropology Electives | ||
| Complete three courses in the following range. One study-abroad course may count toward this requirement. | 12 | |
ANTH 2001 to ANTH 4599 | ||
Capstone Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Senior Seminar 1 | ||
| Capstone Seminar | ||
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Students taking Senior Seminar (ANTH 4600) must complete either a one-semester senior project, which they would do in the context of ANTH 4600, or a two-semester senior thesis, which would require them to also enroll in a fall-semester directed study.
Integrative Requirements
ANTH courses below will double count as area courses.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 4350 | Ethnography of Southeast Asia | 4 |
| ANTH 4510 | Anthropology of Africa | 4 |
| HIST 2360 | History of Capitalism in East Asia | 4 |
Cultural Anthropology Major Grade Requirement
A GPA of 2.000 for major courses is required.
Experiential Liberal Arts
All students in this College of Social Sciences and Humanities program are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ANTH 1101 | 4 | ANTH 2305 | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | HIST elective or integrative 1 | 4 | ||||
| HIST 1000 | 1 | HIST elective or integrative 2 | 4 | ||||
| HIST 1200 | 1 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| HIST 1201 | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ANTH 3410 | 4 | ANTH 3421 | 4 | Vacation | Co-op | ||
| HIST 2301 | 4 | HIST elective or integrative 3 | 4 | ||||
| HIST 2302 | 1 | HIST elective or integrative 4 | 4 | ||||
| ANTH area course 1 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | ANTH area course 2 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | ||
| ANTH elective 1 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| HIST elective or integrative 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | ANTH elective 2 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | ||
| ANTH elective 3 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| HIST elective or integrative 6 | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 5 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | HIST capstone or HIST senior project or ANTH capstone | 4 | |||||
| HIST elective or integrative 7 | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 131 | |||||||