Program: Anthropology, B.A. - Middle Tennessee State University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 04, 2025

2015-16 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of Sociology and Anthropology
615-898-5958
Kevin Smtih, program coordinator
Kevin.Smith@mtsu.edu

The major in Anthropology leading to a B.A. requires a minimum of 43 semester hours in the department. Required hours include ANTH 2800 , ANTH 3010 , ANTH 3210 , ANTH 3310 , ANTH 3410 , ANTH 3530 , and ANTH 4890 ; 6 hours of anthropology area studies; 3 hours of archaeology/biological anthropology; 3 hours of cultural anthropology/linguistics; and 12 additional hours of anthropology electives. One 15-18 hour minor and successful completion of 2010 and 2020 or any 6 hours numbered above the 2000 level in a single foreign language is required.

Recommended Curriculum: Anthropology, B.A.

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Social/Behavioral Sciences (ANTH 2010 recommended) 3 credits hours
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
Mathematics (MATH 1530 recommended) 3 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts (ANTH 2210 recommended) 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours
Lower-division elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 32 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
ANTH 2800 - Professions in Anthropology 1 credit hour *
ANTH 3210 - Archaeology 3 credit hours *
ANTH 3310 - Human Origins 3 credit hours *
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences (SOC 1010 recommended) 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours
Minor course 3 credit hours
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 28 Hours

Junior

ANTH 3010 - Ethnology 3 credit hours *
ANTH 3410 - Linguistic Anthropology 3 credit hours *
ANTH 3530 - Anthropology Research Methods 3 credit hours *
ANTH area studies 6 credit hours
ANTH electives (2000 level or above) 9 credit hours
Minor courses 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

ANTH 4890 - Seminar in Anthropological Theory 3 credit hours *
ANTH area studies 6 credit hours
Minor upper-division courses 6 credit hours
Minor course 3 credit hours
ANTH elective (2000 level or above) 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours
Foreign language (2010 and 2020 or above) 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

NOTE:

*Required courses

Academic Map

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Anthropology, B.A., Academic Map