Program: Anthropology, B.A. - Middle Tennessee State University

Apr 04, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Sociology and Anthropology
615-494-7681
Shannon Chappell Hodge, program coordinator
Shannon.Hodge@mtsu.edu

The Anthropology program emphasizes the practical aspects of anthropology to help solve human problems. Sub-disciplines are introduced in archaeology, ethnology, biological anthropology, and linguistics with a special emphasis on fieldwork.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Anthropology, B.A., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	43 hours
Foreign Language	6 hours
Minor	15-18 hours
Electives	12-21
TOTAL	120 hours

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:

ANTH 2010 (HSSR)
ANTH 2210 (CCE)
3 credit hours from foreign language 1010, 1020, 2010, or 2020 (NWC)

Major Requirements (43 hours)

ANTH 2800 - Professions in Anthropology 1 credit hour
ANTH 3000 - Anthropological Theory 3 credit hours
ANTH 3010 - Ethnology 3 credit hours
ANTH 3210 - Archaeology 3 credit hours
ANTH 3310 - Biological Anthropology 3 credit hours
ANTH 3410 - Linguistic Anthropology 3 credit hours
ANTH 3530 - Anthropology Research Methods 3 credit hours
ANTH electives 12 credit hours

Area Studies

Choose 6 credit hours from the following:

ANTH 3509 - Peoples and Cultures of China and Japan 3 credit hours
ANTH 3510 - Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia 3 credit hours
ANTH 3514 - Peoples and Cultures of Africa 3 credit hours
ANTH 3515 - Peoples and Cultures of Native North America 3 credit hours
ANTH 3516 - Peoples and Cultures of Europe 3 credit hours
ANTH 3517 - Peoples and Cultures of Brazil 3 credit hours
ANTH 3518 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America 3 credit hours
ANTH 3520 - North American Prehistoric Archaeology 3 credit hours
ANTH 3521 - The Archaeology of Mexico and Central America 3 credit hours
ANTH 4520 - Archaeology of the Southeastern United States 3 credit hours

Archaeology/Biological Anthropology

Choose 3 credit hours from the following:

ANTH 3240 - Ancient Civilizations 3 credit hours
ANTH 3520 - North American Prehistoric Archaeology 3 credit hours
ANTH 3521 - The Archaeology of Mexico and Central America 3 credit hours
ANTH 3610 - Archaeological Methods 3 credit hours
ANTH 3650 - Forensic Anthropology 3 credit hours
ANTH 4300 - Human Osteology 3 credit hours
ANTH 4310 - Bioarchaeology 3 credit hours
ANTH 4520 - Archaeology of the Southeastern United States 3 credit hours
ANTH 4620 - Environmental Archaeology 3 credit hours
ANTH 4860 - Historical Archaeology 3 credit hours
ANTH 4950 - Archaeological Field School 3 to 6 credit hours

Cultural Anthropology/Linguistics

Choose 3 credit hours from the following:

ANTH 3120 - Popular Culture in Global Perspective 3 credit hours
ANTH 3130 - Anthropology of Music 3 credit hours
ANTH 3640 - Visual Anthropology 3 credit hours
ANTH 3720 - Environmental Anthropology 3 credit hours
ANTH 3730 - Medical Anthropology 3 credit hours
ANTH 3750 - Race, Class, and Gender 3 credit hours
ANTH 3752 - Cultural Images of Gender 3 credit hours
ANTH 4120 - Practicing Anthropology 3 credit hours
ANTH 4130 - Anthropology of Globalization 3 credit hours
ANTH 4140 - Immigrants and Globalization in the American South 3 credit hours
ANTH 4620 - Environmental Archaeology 3 credit hours
ANTH 4730 - Economic Anthropology 3 credit hours
ANTH 4750 - Anthropology of Religion 3 credit hours

Foreign Language Requirement (6 hours)

B.A. students must successfully complete 2010 and 2020 or any courses numbered above the 2000 level in a single foreign language.

Minor (15-18 hours)

Electives (12-21 hours)

Curriculum: Anthropology, B.A.

Freshman

ANTH 2010 - Cultural Anthropology 3 credit hours (HSSR)
ANTH 2210 - Introduction to World Prehistory 3 credit hours (CCE)
Written Communication 3 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
Quantitative Literacy (MATH 1530 recommended) 3 credit hours
Foreign language 1010 and 1020/Electives 6 credit hours
ANTH elective (2000 level or above) 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Sophomore

ANTH 2800 - Professions in Anthropology 1 credit hour *
ANTH 3010 - Ethnology 3 credit hours *
ANTH 3210 - Archaeology 3 credit hours *
ANTH 3310 - Biological Anthropology 3 credit hours *
Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships (SOC 1010 recommended) 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
Foreign language 2010 and 2020 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 32 Hours

Junior

ANTH 3000 - Anthropological Theory 3 credit hours *
ANTH 3410 - Linguistic Anthropology 3 credit hours *
ANTH area studies 6 credit hours
ANTH Cultural Anthropology/Linguistics elective 3 credit hours
ANTH Archaeology/Biological Anthropology elective 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
Minor courses 9 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

ANTH 3530 - Anthropology Research Methods 3 credit hours *
Minor courses 6 credit hours
Minor course/Elective 3 credit hours
ANTH electives (2000 level or above) 9 credit hours
Electives 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 27 Hours

NOTE:

*Required courses