The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern University offers a combined major in sociology and cultural anthropology that offers students various opportunities for community engagement, experiential learning, and development of research skills using quantitative and qualitative methods. Students study the disciplinary histories, practices, and methods of sociology and sociocultural anthropology; identify foundational and contemporary debates within and across these two disciplines; and evaluate their contributions to our understanding of local and global societies and 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.
Sociology Major Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Required Sociology | ||
SOCL 1101 | Introduction to Sociology | 4 |
SOCL 2321 | Research Methods in Sociology | 4 |
SOCL 3300 | Social Theory | 4 |
or ANTH 3421 | Foundations of Anthropological Theory | |
Sociology Electives | ||
Introductory Electives | ||
Complete two courses in the following range: | 8 | |
SOCL 1110 to SOCL 1999 | ||
Intermediate Elective | ||
Complete two courses in the following range: | 8 | |
SOCL 2000 to SOCL 3999 | ||
Advanced Elective | ||
Complete one course in the following range: | 4 | |
SOCL 4000 to SOCL 4999 |
Cultural Anthropology Major Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Cultural Anthropology | ||
ANTH 1101 | Peoples and Cultures | 4 |
ANTH 3410 | Ethnographic Field Experience | 4 |
Advanced Area Courses | ||
Complete two of 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 five ANTH courses. One study-abroad course may also count toward this requirement with prior permission from the department. | 20 |
Integrative Requirement
Students must choose between a one-semester senior project, which they would complete in the context of Senior Seminar (ANTH 4600) or Senior Seminar (SOCL 4600), or a two-semester senior thesis, which would require them to also enroll in a fall-semester directed study.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Required Course | ||
ANTH 2305 | Global Markets and Local Culture | 4 |
Capstone | ||
SOCL 4600 | Senior Seminar | 4 |
or ANTH 4600 | Senior Seminar |
Sociology and Cultural Anthropology Major Grade Requirement
A GPA of 2.000 across all major courses is required.
Sociology and Cultural Anthropology Combined-Major Credit Requirement
Complete 76 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
Year 1 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
ANTH 1000 | 1 | ANTH 3410 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
ANTH 1101 (one anthropology elective) | 4 | Anthropology elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
Anthropology elective | 4 | SOCL 2321 | 4 | ||||
Sociology elective | 4 | Sociology elective | 4 | ||||
Elective | 4 | ||||||
17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
Sociology elective | 4 | SOCL 3300 | 4 | Anthropology area course (4000 level) | 4 | Co-op | |
Anthropology area course (4000 level) | 4 | Sociology elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
Anthropology elective | 4 | ANTH 2305 | 4 | ||||
Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
Co-op | Anthropology elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | ||
Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
Elective | 4 | ||||||
Elective | 4 | ||||||
0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
Co-op | ANTH 4600 | 4 | |||||
SOCL 4600 (students may take ANTH 4600 or SOCL 4600) | |||||||
Elective | 4 | ||||||
Elective | 4 | ||||||
Elective | 4 | ||||||
0 | 16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 129 |