Anthropology, B.A. Four-Year Degree Map for Bulletin Year 2020-2021

First Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
ENGL 1010: English Composition I
Pathways Required Core
3 ENGL 1012: English Composition II
Pathways Required Core
3
Math & Quantitative Reasoning
Pathways Required Core
3 Life & Physical Sciences
Pathways Required Core (ANTH 1200 recommended)
3
U.S. Experience in Its Diversity
Pathways Flexible Core (ANTH 3135 recommended)
3 World Cultures & Global Issues
Pathways Flexible Core (ANTH 1105 recommended)
3
ANTH 1100 or ANTH 1200 or ANTH 1300 or ANTH 1400
Major
3 ANTH 1100 or ANTH 1200 or ANTH 1300 or ANTH 1400
Major
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3

Second Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
Individual & Society
Pathways Flexible Core
3 Scientific World
Pathways Flexible Core (ANTH 1205 or 2205 recommended)
3
Creative Expression
Pathways Flexible Core
3 Creative Expression
Pathways Flexible Core
3
ANTH 1100 or ANTH 1200 or ANTH 1300 or ANTH 1400
Major
3 ANTH 2000 or 3000-level course
Major
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3

Third Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
College Option
Pathways College Option
3 College Option
Pathways College Option
3
College Option
Pathways College Option
3 College Option
Pathways College Option
3
ANTH Field or Lab course*
Major
3 ANTH 3000-level or higher course
Major
3
ANTH 3000-level or higher course
Major
3 ANTH 4601: Anthropological Theory
Major
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3

Fourth Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
ANTH 3120W Ethnography or 3245 Research Methods in Anthropology
Major (ANTH 3120W or ANTH 3245 recommended)
3 ANTH 4000: Senior Seminar in Anthropology
Major
3
ANTH 3000-level or higher course
Major
3 ANTH 1008: Mini-Course in Selected Topics in Anthropology
Major
1
General Elective
General Elective
3 ANTH 3000-level or higher course
Major
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
    General Elective
General Elective
2

Degree Details

42 Pathways Credits

37 Major Credits

41 General Elective Credits

Students may apply a second major, or a minor, towards their general elective credits.

120 Total Credits

*The four-year degree map is designed to help you take the right courses in the right order so you can graduate in four years. It also helps you distinguish what courses qualify as Pathways courses, or Major courses, or General Elective courses. Ideally, you should follow the four-year degree map as closely as possible, but you are free to make some adjustments so long as the prerequisite requirements are satisfied.

There is a lot of choice in the Anthropology major, and therefore a lot of flexibility. There are various course-sequences students can follow to complete the major, plus various subfields of anthropology (cultural, linguistic, biological anthropology, or archaeology) within the major students may pursue. Thus it is strongly recommended that students meet with an advisor from CAASS and from the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology early on in order to customize their degree map according to their interests.

*Students must complete a field or lab course chosen from the following: ANTH 3015, ANTH 3016, ANTH 3120W, ANTH 3156, ANTH 3240, ANTH 3245, ANTH 3301, ANTH 3440, ANTH 3470, ANTH 3475, ANTH 3480, ANTH 4110. These field or lab courses are available (locally, nationally, and internationally) during fall and spring, as well as winter and summer sessions (6 credits), and should be completed after the 2nd year and before the 4th year.

In conjunction with the four-year degree map, you should review Degree Works, and the Brooklyn College website, for an approved list of courses in your major. You are strongly encouraged to visit the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology for advisement before registering for classes every semester.

Contact Information

Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
3307 James Hall
Patricia Antoniello, Chairperson
PatA@brooklyn.cuny.edu

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