The Sociology/Anthropology major is 72 credits.
It is recommended but not required that majors and students considering a major take both 110 and 111, preferably by the end of their sophomore year.
Before students can enroll in the major’s research methods course Sociology/Anthropology 240, students must fulfill the statistics requirement.
Students should plan on taking the research methods course Sociology/Anthropology 240 and the theory courses, 330 and 331, no later than their junior year.
Students will work on their comprehensive exercise during their senior year, completing the comps writing course Sociology/Anthropology 396 in the fall and the comps independent work Sociology/Anthropology 400 in the winter.
A maximum of 12 credits can be applied toward the major from relevant courses in off-campus programs. The following courses may also be applied toward the major:
- AFST 215: Contemporary Theory in Black Studies
- AFST 330: Black Europe
- ARCN 111: Archaeology of the Americas
- ARCN 211: Coercion and Exploitation: Material Histories of Labor · not offered in 2023-24
- ARCN 246: Archaeological Methods & Lab
- ARCN 395: Archaeology: Science, Ethics, Nationalism and Cultural Property
- ENTS 250: Food, Forests & Resilience · not offered in 2023-24
- GWSS 200: Gender, Sexuality & the Pursuit of Knowledge
- GWSS 398: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Popular Culture · not offered in 2023-24
- LTAM 220: Eating the Americas: 5,000 Years of Food
- SOAN 312: How Rude: (Im)politeness and (Dis)respect in Language
- WGST 140: Politics of Women’s Health · not offered in 2023-24
- WGST 200: Gender, Power and the Pursuit of Knowledge · not offered in 2023-24
In keeping with our philosophy of comparative studies and commitment to understanding human societies other than the one we live in, majors are strongly urged to develop an in-depth study of a culture other than their own. This may be done through regular courses, independent study, or an off-campus program. Early in their junior year, students should discuss ways of integrating such an in-depth study into their work in the major with their advisers.