Minor and Cluster Requirements
The Department of Anthropology offers two minors as well as four clusters in anthropology.
Minors
Students may minor in anthropology or in medical anthropology.
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Anthropology Minor Requirements
Six courses are required:
ANTH 101: Cultural Anthropology
Two of the following courses:
ANTH 200 - 210
Three additional courses in anthropology, two of which must be at the 200-level or above
Medical Anthropology Minor Requirements
Six courses are required:
Either ANTH 102: Introduction to Medical Anthropology OR ANTH 216: Medical Anthropology
Two of the following courses:
ANTH 200 - 210
Two of the following courses:
- ANTH 212: Emotion as Social Life
- ANTH 214: Aging and Global Health in the Contemporary World
- ANTH 220: Personhood
- ANTH 225: Religion and Healing
- ANTH:227:Anthropology of Mental Illness
- ANTH 230: War, Genocide and Justice
- ANTH 235: Blackness and Embodiment
- ANTH 236: Health, Society, and the Environment
- ANTH 246: Anthropological Approach to Gender and Sexuality
- ANTH 249: Global Masculinities
- ANTH 254: Feminine Science Studies
- ANTH 263: Chronic (Medical) Conditions
- ANTH 265: Global Health
- ANTH 268: Science, Culture and Expertise
One additional anthropology course. No more than two 100-level courses can count toward the minor.
Clusters
The Department of Anthropology offers five clusters, all of them in the social sciences academic division.
** Please note these clusters are new and not yet linked to the cluster search engine. **
Culture, Language, and Media (S1ANT001)
This cluster examines the role of culture, language and media in shaping social life in societies around the world.
Political and Economic Anthropology (S1ANT002)
The study of diverse economic and political systems in societies around the world from a holistic anthropological perspective. Topics include nation, states, capitalism, the economies of non-industrialized societies, economic inequality, development, empire, and migration.
Race, Gender, and Inequality (S1ANTxxx)
Examines how forms of identity and difference intersect with systems of inequality in societies around the world.
Environmental Anthropology (S1ANTxxx)
Examines how societies around the world adapt to their changing environments. Topics include the global politics of climate change and energy transition; the uneven distribution of environmental harm, and the potentials and obstacles to solving environmental problems.
Medical Anthropology (S1ANT009)
A cross-cultural, critical examination of health, illness, and medical systems.