莱斯大学

Program Learning Outcomes for the BA Degree with a Major in Anthropology

Upon completing the BA degree with a major in Anthropology, students will be able to:

1. Understand how the history of anthropological debates, concepts, and goals is relevant to the discipline’s changing understanding of the dynamics of cultures past and present.
2. Think historically and comparatively, based on a solid understanding of anthropological perspectives on culture, experience, and social practice with regard to particular dimensions of culture, for example gender, health, law, ethics, ritual, materiality, heritage, and the environment.
3. Apply disciplinary tools for responsibly researching and describing culture and critically conceptualizing the relationship between culture and factors such as historical change, power and social difference, and human diversity. These tools are based on an understanding of anthropological theory and method.
4. Apply research and analytical tools to individual research questions and case studies in order to become effective producers and critical evaluators of anthropological knowledge.

Students pursuing the BA degree with a major in Anthropology must complete:

• A minimum of 10 courses (30 credit hours) to satisfy major requirements.
• A minimum of 120 credit hours to satisfy degree requirements.
• A minimum of 60 credit hours outside of major requirements.
• A minimum of 6 courses (18 credit hours) taken at the 300-level or above.
• A maximum of 4 courses (12 credit hours) from study abroad or transfer credit. For additional departmental guidelines regarding transfer credit, see the Policies tab.
• A minimum of 8 courses (24 credit hours) from departmental (ANTH) course offerings.
• The requirements for one area of specialization (see below for areas of specialization). The BA degree with a major in Anthropology offers two areas of specialization: ​​​
  • Anthropological Archaeology, or
  • Social-Cultural Anthropology