Anthropology Minor

University General Education Requirements 

The Department of Geography, Sociology, History, African American Studies, and Anthropology offers an 18-hour minor in anthropology. Anthropology brings a uniquely bio-cultural approach to the study of the human condition. It considers people both as biological and as cultural organisms. It is the “science of culture.”

Anthropology’s comparative, cross-cultural perspective and its focus on non-Western and traditional cultures are directly relevant to the student planning a future in the multicultural modern world. Through biological anthropology, students gain an insight into the origins and significance of human biological diversity and human evolutionary heritage, while archaeology investigates the origins of culture and the rise and fall of the great civilizations of the ancient world.