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Jun 23, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Anthropology, B.A.
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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.
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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)
Area Studies
Choose 6 credit hours from the following:
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology
Choose 3 credit hours from the following:
Cultural Anthropology/Linguistics
Choose 3 credit hours from the following:
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.
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
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