Program Requirements
- Total Units Required: 33 credit units
- Grade Requirement: C– or better; Pass/No Pass grades do not count for the major.
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ANTHRO 1510 | Introduction to Human Evolution | 3 |
| ANTHRO 1520 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTHRO 1530 | Introduction to Archaeology | 3 |
| Total Units | 9 | |
Elective Courses
Students must complete 24 advanced credit units (3000 level or higher) of elective courses, of which 9 credit units must be at the 4000 level.
Courses with anthropological themes and content can be counted toward the Anthropology major and minor. Examples of such courses include the following:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AFAS 3062 | Islam, Culture and Society in West Africa | 3 |
| AFAS 3105 | Transnational Black Feminisms | 3 |
| AFAS 3113 | Culture, Politics, and Society in Francophone Africa | 3 |
| AFAS 3201 | Race, Education & Inequality: From Segregation to Reform | 3 |
| AFAS 3304 | Race and Global Health Inequities: Social determinants and Intersectionality | 3 |
| AFAS 3601 | Beyond Sea, Sunshine and Soca: A History of the Caribbean | 3 |
| AFAS 4010 | Who's Afraid of Black Marxism? The Crises of Capitalism and Futures of Solidarity | 3 |
| AFAS 4040 | Gender, Sexuality, and Change in Africa | 3 |
| AFAS 4104 | Black Decolonial Thought: Conceptualizing Epistemic Violence From Frantz Fanon to Achille Mbembe | 3 |
| AFAS 4236 | Blackness in Brazil | 3 |
| AFAS 4350 | Theorizing Blackness: A Genealogy of Radical Thought in the Black World | 3 |
| AMCS 2270 | Topics in Native American Culture | 3 |
| COMPLITTHT 4052 | Citizenship: Historical, Cross-Cultural, and Interdisciplinary Perspectives | 3 |
| ENST 3710 | Introduction in GIS | 3 |
| GLOBAL 3006 | Global Health and Language | 3 |
| JIMES 3184 | A Rainbow Thread: A History of Queer Identities in Judaism and Islam | 3 |
| JIMES 3540 | Anthropological and Sociological Study of Muslim Societies | 3 |
| LATAM 3160 | Cultures of Health in Latin America | 3 |
| PUBHLTHSOC 2000 | Introduction to Global Health | 3 |
| PUBHLTHSOC 4011 | Water and Health in the Colonial and Postcolonial World | 3 |
| PUBHLTHSOC 4020 | Topics in Public Health & Society | 3 |
| RELPOL 3070 | Islam, Gender, Sexuality | 3 |
Students should consult with the program coordinator or Director of Undergraduate Studies to make sure a course offered outside of Anthropology will count toward their major/minor.
Additional Information
- Students should register for any courses listed under Anthropology (ANTHRO) in the Bulletin to have the credit units count toward the Anthropology major. Courses that are housed in other departments can be counted towards the Anthropology major/minor. Note: Advanced courses used to satisfy the requirements of one program cannot also be counted toward another major/minor per Arts & Sciences policy.
- Courses taken Pass/No Pass and courses in which a student earns less than a C– do not fulfill the major/minor requirements.
- A maximum of 12 credit units of nontraditional courses — including WashU Continuing & Professional Studies, study abroad, transfer (non-study abroad), honors, and directed-research courses — may be counted toward the advanced electives in the major. Please find more detailed information below.
WashU Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS)
Anthropology courses taken in person through WashU Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) may be counted toward the Anthropology major/minor. A maximum of 6 credit units from CAPS courses may be counted toward the electives. Required introductory courses taken through CAPS do not count toward the maximum number of credit units that can be counted toward the major/minor. Enrollment in CAPS courses requires approval from the Program Coordinator or the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Study Abroad
The Anthropology department recognizes and accepts courses from a number of semester- and year-abroad programs. Specific information about study abroad policies is available on the Anthropology Department website or by consultation with the department study abroad coordinator. Students may petition to count up to 6 credit units of study abroad elective credit toward the general Anthropology major. Students should contact the Anthropology study abroad coordinator to discuss the requirements for study abroad credit and to gain approval for the transfer of credit.
Transfer Credit
Students who wish to transfer credits from other institutions (non-study abroad units) for use toward the major in Anthropology must have approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies. With approval, students may transfer a total of 9 credit units from other U.S. institutions. Students who completed the Anthropology subject test for the International Baccalaureate with a score of 5 or higher can count the corresponding credit hours toward their general degree credit hours but not toward the Anthropology major.
Senior Honors
Anthropology majors in the College of Arts & Sciences who wish to conduct a research project for Latin Honors, who have a minimum grade point average of 3.65, and who have received the approval of a faculty advisor and the department honors coordinator may be enrolled in the honors program. Latin Honors involves both the demonstration of acquired knowledge (based in part on GPA) and a report on an original research project. Two courses, ANTHRO 4960 Senior Honors Research (fall semester) and ANTHRO 4961 Senior Honors Thesis (spring semester), are available to allow students to receive credit for the extra research involved in the honors thesis. Students may count one of these courses toward their 4000-level course credit requirement for the major.
Research
Many Anthropology courses include research components and final projects. Majors can also take part in research at the beginning, intermediate, or advanced level in any subdiscipline and gain credit through approved directed research with faculty who have ongoing research projects. Other options include research in an anthropology lab or field research in archaeology, paleoethnobotany, geoarchaeology, zooarchaeology, genetic studies, geographic information systems, human ecology, paleoanthropology, stable isotopic analyses, and primate studies. Students may count a maximum of 3 credit units of directed research (ANTHRO 2900 Introduction to Directed Research, ANTHRO 3900 Intermediate Directed Research, ANTHRO 4988 Advanced Directed Anthropological Research I, ANTHRO 4989 Advanced Directed Anthropological Research II) with any individual faculty member toward the major.
Internships
Anthropology majors may gain pre-professional experience by taking part in supervised internships in businesses, cultural institutions, and community agencies. Students must have department approval for an internship and must work with an anthropology faculty sponsor during the fall or spring semester. Internships (ANTHRO 3000 Internships in Anthropology) may only be taken for Pass/No Pass credit and do not count toward the major credit requirements.
Contact Info
| Contact: | Erin Coleman |
| Phone: | 314-935-5309 |
| Email: | colemane@wustl.edu |
| Website: | http://anthropology.wustl.edu |