• Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality. 
  • Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality. 

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.

Cultural Anthropology Major Requirements

Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 1101Peoples and Cultures4
ANTH 2305Global Markets and Local Culture4
ANTH 3421Foundations of Anthropological Theory4
ANTH 3410Ethnographic Field Experience4
ANTH 4600Senior Seminar4
SOCL 1101Introduction to Sociology4
Advanced Area Courses
Complete two area courses in the range ANTH 4101 and ANTH 4520 not used to satisfy another requirement8
Anthropology Electives
Complete six ANTH courses not used to fulfill other requirements. Two study-abroad courses may count toward this requirement with prior permission from the department.24

Cultural Anthropology Major Grade Requirement

A GPA of 2.000 across all major courses is required.

Cultural Anthropology Major Credit Requirement

Complete 56 semester hours in the major.

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

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ANTH 10001ANTH 23054Elective4Elective4
ANTH 11014SOCL 11014Elective4Elective4
ENGW 11114ANTH Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
Elective4   
 17 16 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ANTH 34104EESH 20001Elective4Co-op0
ANTH 34214ANTH elective4Elective4 
ANTH elective4ANTH area course4  
Elective4Elective4  
 Elective4  
 16 17 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0Anth area course4Elective4Co-op0
 ANTH elective4Elective4 
 ANTH elective4  
 Elective4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0ANTH 46004  
 ANTH elective4  
 ANTH elective4  
 Elective4  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 130

Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ANTH 10001SOCL 11014Vacation0Vacation0
ANTH 11014Anthropology elective4  
Social science elective4ENGW 11114  
Elective4MATH 12154  
Elective4   
 17 16 0 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ANTH 23004Social science elective4Vacation0Co-op0
Foreign language core course4Foreign language core course4  
Social science elective4Elective4  
Elective4Anthropology elective4  
 EESH 20001  
 16 17 0 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0Advanced area ANTH 4500–ANTH 45154ANTH 23054Co-op0
 Anthropology elective4Elective4 
 ENGW 33154  
 Foreign language core course4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0Advanced area ANTH 4500–ANTH 45154Elective4Co-op0
 Anthropology elective4Elective4 
 Elective4  
 Elective4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 5
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0ANTH 46004  
 Elective4  
 Anthropology elective4  
 Elective4  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 130