The Catholic University of America

Minoring in Anthropology

For a minor, you'd normally pick courses to complement or extend your major concentration.  While it takes only six courses to satisfy requirements for a minor, you should consult your own major advisor and the undergraduate coordinator in the Anthropology Department.  You can also construct a minor around a theme or topic or special interest you have, such as... 

... example minor tracks in Anthropology:

I. ARCHAEOLOGY

105 - Human Evolution
108 - Introduction to Archaeology

Plus 4 courses selected from:
215 - Archaeology of Bible Lands
254 - Ancient Cultures of South America
259 - Ancient Art & Architecture
322 - Lost Cities & Ancient Empires
334 - The Incas
354 - Settlements & Landscapes
506 - Applied Archaeology
590 - Ethnohistory

II. GREAT CIVILIZATIONS

101 - Cultural Anthropology
108 - Introduction to Archaeology

Plus 2 area courses chosen from:
215 - Archaeology of Bible Lands
254 - Ancient Cultures of South America
371 - Latin America in the New Millennium
390 - Politics & Religion in the Middle East
374 - Spain & Portugal

Plus 2 courses chosen from:
259 - Ancient Art & Architecture
310 - Islam in the Modern World
322 - Lost Cities & Ancient Empires

III. DEVELOPMENT AND ECOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

101 - Cultural Anthropology
315 - Globalization & the Culture of Capitalism

Plus 3 courses chosen from:
214 - The Anthropology of Food
218 - The End of Nature?
220 - Technology & Society

313 - Environment & Society
505 - Applied Anthropology

Plus one area course:
371 - Latin America in the New Millennium
372 - Contemporary Change in Latin America
355 - Immigrants & Refugees

 

IV. MYTH, MIND AND SYMBOL

101 - Cultural Anthropology
110 - Speech & Experience: The Anthropology of Language

Plus 2 courses chosen from:
200 - Anthropological Perspectives

202 - Sex & Culture in the Modern World
240 - Ethnicity
250 - The New Political Anthropology
260 - Religion, Thought & Moral Imagination
270 - The Information Society
259 - Ancient Art & Architecture

Plus 2 area courses chosen from:
254 - Ancient Cultures of South America

310 - Islam in the Modern World
334 - The Incas
336 - Identity & Community in America
371 - Latin America in the New Millennium
390 - Politics & Religion in the Middle East

V. CULTURE & COMMUNICATION

101 - Cultural Anthropology
110 - Speech & Experience: The Anthropology of Language

Plus 2 courses chosen from:
200 - Anthropological Perspectives

202 - Sex & Culture in the Modern World
250 - The New Political Anthropology
259 - Ancient Art & Architecture
260 - Religion, Thought & Moral Imagination
270 - The Information Society
315 - Globalization and the Culture of Capitalism

Plus 2 area courses chosen from:
310 - Islam in the Modern World
336 - Identity & Community in America
355 - Latinos/Latinas in the USA

371 - Latin America in the New Millennium

VI. MIGRANTS & REFUGEES

101 - Cultural Anthropology
217 - Migrants, Refugees and the Homeless

Plus 2 courses chosen from:
214 - Anthropology of Food
240 - Ethnicity
250 - The New Political Anthropology
270 - The Information Society
315 - Globalization & the Culture of Capitalism
505 - Applied Anthropology
541 - Health, Society & Culture


Plus 2 area courses chosen from:
355 - Latinos/Latinas in the USA
336 - Identity & Community in America
371 - Latin America in the New Millennium
372 - Contemporary Change in Latin America
390 - Politics & Religion in the Middle East