Department of Anthropology

Barbara L. Stark
Chair
(ANTH A124) 602/965–6213
www.asu.edu/clas/anthropology

REGENTS’ PROFESSOR
TURNER

PROFESSORS
BAHR, BRANDT, CARR, CHANCE, CLARK, COWGILL, EDER, HUDAK, JOHANSON, KINTIGH, KOSS, MARTIN, MERBS, NASH, REDMAN, SCHOENWETTER, STARK, WILLIAMS

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
AGUILAR, ALVAREZ, BARTON, FALCONER, HEDLUND, HEGMON, KIMBEL, MARZKE, B. NELSON, M. NELSON, RICE, SPIELMANN

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
REED, STEADMAN, WELSH

SENIOR LECTURER
WINKELMAN

ANTHROPOLOGY—B.A.

The program consists of 45 semester hours, of which 36 must be in anthropology and nine in related fields to be approved by the advisor in consultation with the student. Course requirements are distributed as follows:

  1. ASB 102 and ASM 101;

  2. six hours, including at least one course at the 300 level or above, in each of the following subfields: archaeology, physical anthropology, and social-cultural anthropology; and

  3. three hours each in linguistics, an ethnographic area course, and an archaeology or physical anthropology area course.

Three of the nine hours in related fields must be in statistics. Each student’s program of study must be approved by the advisor in consultation with the student. At least 18 semester hours must be in upper-division courses. For details see the departmental brochure. See “Foreign Language Placement.”

Latin American Studies Certificate or Emphasis. Students majoring in Anthropology may elect to pursue a Latin American Studies Certificate or emphasis, combining courses from the major with selected outside courses of wholly Latin American content. See “Latin American Studies” for more information.

Certificate in Museum Studies. See the Graduate Catalog or contact the Department of Anthropology for more information.

MINOR IN ANTHROPOLOGY

The Anthropology minor requires 18 semester hours. Two courses, ASB 102 and ASM 101, are required. The other 12 hours must be in the upper division and represent at least two of the three subfields of anthropology. For more information, consult the department office.

SECONDARY EDUCATION—B.A.E.

Social Studies. The major teaching field consists of 63 semester hours, of which 30 hours must be in the anthropology courses required for the B.A. degree. Of the remaining hours, two groups of 15 hours are to be taken in related social sciences. Psychology or a single natural science may be used as one of the 15-hour fields. SED 480 is taken to provide the remaining three hours.

SED 480Special Methods of Teaching Social Studies (3)
Anthropology (30)
Social sciences (15)
Social sciences, natural sciences, or psychology (15)
Total: 63

The minor teaching field consists of 24 semester hours in anthropology. Courses ASB 102 and ASM 101 and two upper-division courses in each subfield (archaeology, physical anthropology, and social-cultural anthropology) are required.

Graduate Program

The faculty in the Department of Anthropology offer programs leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. Consult the Graduate Catalog for requirements.

Anthropology (ASB) Courses
Anthropology (ASM) Courses

Omnibus Courses: See omnibus courses that may be offered.

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