May 09, 2024

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Anthropology Major, BA – Forensic Concentration

College Requirements

Arts and Sciences

Major Requirements:

The major consists of at least 30 hours.

Prerequisites for Progression

Complete with a grade of C or better:

ANTH 105 - Scene of the Crime: Demystifying Forensic Science 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 110 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology 3 Credit Hours * or
ANTH 117 - Honors: Introduction to Biological Anthropology 3 Credit Hours *
ANTH 120 - Introduction to Archaeology 3 Credit Hours * or
ANTH 127 - Honors: Introduction to Archaeology 3 Credit Hours *
ANTH 130 - Cultural Anthropology 3 Credit Hours * or
ANTH 137 - Honors: Cultural Anthropology 3 Credit Hours *
ANTH 229 - Skeletal Processing 1 Credit Hours

Concentration Requirements

Complete:

ANTH 480 - Human Osteology 4 Credit Hours
ANTH 486 - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology 4 Credit Hours

Select one course:

ANTH 306 - Dental Anthropology 4 Credit Hours
ANTH 430 - Fieldwork in Archaeology 3-9 Credit Hours
ANTH 470 - Anthropology and the Genome 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 472 - Paleopathology 4 Credit Hours
ANTH 474 - DNA Lab Methods 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 483 - Evolutionary Biology for Anthropologists 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 486 - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology 4 Credit Hours

Complete 3 hours using a minimum of two different courses:

ANTH 329 - Skeletal Collections and Curation 1 Credit Hours
ANTH 339 - Advanced Skeletal Processing 1 Credit Hours
ANTH 409 - Advanced Collections/Curation 1 Credit Hours
ANTH 429 - Anthropological Field Recovery 1 Credit Hours
ANTH 439 - Variable Topics in Forensic Center Experience and Research 1 Credit Hours

Select one course:

ANTH 357 - Junior Honors in Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 450 - Current Trends in Anthropology 3 Credit Hours

Select at least one upper-division anthropology course from each of the following four lists.

Archaeology method and theory:

ANTH 361 - Historical Archaeology 3 Credit Hours *
ANTH 362 - Principles of Archaeology 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 369 - Selected Topics in Archaeology Method and Theory 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 431 - Isotope Ecology 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 435 - Historical Archaeology Laboratory 4 Credit Hours
ANTH 446 - Archaeological Statistics 3 Credit Hours *
ANTH 451 - Hunter-Gatherers 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 455 - Archaeological Foodways 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 460 - Paleoethnobotany 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 461 - Archaeological Resource Management 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 464 - Principles of Zooarchaeology 3 Credit Hours

Archaeology area

ANTH 360 - The Archaeology of Indigenous North America 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 364 - African Archaeology 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 406 - Taphonomy 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 452 - Paleoindian Archaeology 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 454 - Archaeology of the African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 462 - Archaeology of Europe 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 463 - Rise of Complex Civilizations 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 465 - Archaeology of the Trojan War 3 Credit Hours *
ANTH 466 - Archaeology of Southeastern United States 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 469 - Selected Topics in Archaeological Area 3 Credit Hours

Cultural Area

ANTH 313 - Cultures of Mexico and Central America 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 314 - Latinos in the United States 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 315 - The African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 319 - Caribbean Cultures and Societies 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 320 - American Cultures 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 325 - Migration and Transnationalism 3 Credit Hours

Cultural Method and Theory

ANTH 412 - Ethnographies of Trauma 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 413 - Dynamics of Health and Illness 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 414 - Political Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 415 - Environmental Anthropology 3 Credit Hours *
ANTH 416 - Engaged Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 419 - Anthropology of Human Rights 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 421 - Refugees and Displaced People 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 422 - Anthropology of Global Inequality 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 423 - Feminist Anthropology 3 Credit Hours *
ANTH 425 - Humanitarianism 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 426 - Decolonization 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 432 - Anthropology of Warfare, Violence, and Peace 3 Credit Hours
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .