The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern University offers a combined major in sociology and cultural anthropology. Students learn 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. The combined major offers students various opportunities for community engagement, experiential learning, and for gaining research skills using quantitative and qualitative methods.
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.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Sociology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Sociology | ||
| SOCL 1101 | Introduction to Sociology | 4 |
| SOCL 2321 | Research Methods in Sociology | 4 |
| SOCL 3300 | Social Theory | 4 |
| Sociology Electives | ||
| Introductory Electives | ||
| Complete two courses in the following range: | 8 | |
SOCL 1110 to SOCL 1999 | ||
| Intermediate Elective | ||
| Complete one course in the following range: | 4 | |
SOCL 2000 to SOCL 3999 | ||
| Advanced Elective | ||
| Complete one course in the following range: | 4 | |
SOCL 4000 to SOCL 4999 | ||
| Experiential Learning | ||
| Complete one of the following courses, or complete a study abroad or a dialogue of civilizations: | 4 | |
| Co-op Work Experience | ||
| Applied Sociology: Practice and Theory | ||
| Junior/Senior Honors Project 2 | ||
Cultural Anthropology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural Anthropology Core Courses | ||
| ANTH 1101 | Peoples and Cultures | 4 |
| ANTH 3410 | Ethnographic Field Experience | 4 |
| ANTH 3421 | Foundations of Anthropological Theory | 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 four ANTH courses. One study-abroad course may also count toward this requirement with prior permission from the department. | 16 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Sample Plan of Study
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ANTH 1101 | 4 | ANTH 3410 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| SOCL 1000 | 1 | SOCL 2321 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| SOCL 1101 | 4 | Anthropology elective | 4 | ||||
| Sociology elective | 4 | Sociology elective | 4 | ||||
| Writing | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Anthropology area course | 4 | ANTH 2305 | 4 | Anthropology area course | 4 | Co-op | |
| Anthropology elective | 4 | SOCL 3300 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| Sociology elective | 4 | Sociology elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | ANTH 3421 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | ||
| Anthropology elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Sociology elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | ANTH 4600 or SOCL 4600 | 4 | |||||
| CSSH ELA requirement | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 129 | |||||||