Honors Concentration – Anthropology
The Department of Anthropology offers introductory honors courses (ANTH 117 *, ANTH 127 *, ANTH 137 *), an honors course for juniors (ANTH 357 ), and a Senior Honors Thesis (ANTH 457 ), leading to an honors concentration. The honors concentration consists of at least 12 hours of anthropology honors courses, generally distributed as follows: at least 2 of the 3 introductory honors courses should be taken (during the freshman and/or sophomore years), ANTH 357 (generally during the Fall semester of the junior year), and at least three hours of ANTH 457 (generally taken during the senior year). To provide access to the honors concentration for transfer students and for students who have already completed the basic prerequisite courses, at least six hours of anthropology Honors-by-Contract courses may be completed in addition to ANTH 357 and ANTH 457 . To satisfy the remaining requirements for the major, 24 additional hours of upper-division coursework in anthropology must be completed as specified above.
Permission of the instructor is required to enroll in any of the introductory honors courses. To progress into ANTH 357 , grades of B or better in the introductory honors courses are required or permission of instructor if the student did not complete the introductory honors sequence. A grade of B or better and a thesis proposal approved by the instructor of ANTH 357 and by the faculty member agreeing to direct the thesis are required in order to enroll in ANTH 457 . The Senior Honors Thesis (ANTH 457 ) is expected to be either original research or an in-depth literature review of a relevant anthropological topic. To graduate with honors the student must pass ANTH 457 with a grade of B or better.
Upon completion of the above requirements, and the earning of a final cumulative university GPA of at least 3.25, the student will graduate with Honors in Anthropology.
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .
