Level I Program Form revised 7/08
I Summary of Proposed Changes
Department/program Anthropology
This is a proposal for a new option (Medical Anthropology) within an
Summary
existing undergraduate degree program.
II Endorsements and Approvals
Please obtain the Program Chair/Director’s approval, the Dean and the Associate Provost.
Requestor: Gilbert Quintero
Phone: 5825
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Signature
Date
Program Chair/Director: John Douglas
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Signature
Date
Other affected programs:
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Signature
Date
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Dean’s Signature
Date
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Initial Review in Provost’s Office
date
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Faculty Senate Review
date
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Signature
Date
Provost
date
III Type of Level I Proposal (please check the appropriate space)
(a) Re-titling existing majors, minors, or options
(b) Eliminating existing majors, minors, or options via a program termination checklist
(c) Adding new minors or certificates where there is a major
(d) Adding new minors or certificates where there is an option in a major
(e) Departmental mergers and name changes
(f) Program revisions –for minor modifications use the program modification form
(g) Distance delivery of previously authorized degree program.
(h) Adding option within an existing major or degree *
X
(i) Eliminating organizational units such as departments, divisions and colleges or
schools *
(j) Consolidating existing program and/or degree *
*Requires level II BOR documentation submitted to the Provost’s Office (refer to
http://www.umt.edu/provost/curriculum.htm)
IV Catalog Language
If you are proposing a change to an existing
Please provide the proposed copy as you wish it
program or major, please cut and paste the
to appear in the catalog. 
requirements as they appear in the current catalog
below. www.umt.edu/catalog 
Medical Anthropology Option
For a degree in anthropology with an
option in medical anthropology, the
student must meet all the general
requirements for the major and complete
an additional 12 credits.
The student must take:
ANTH 444
Healing
Culture, Health and
And any three classes from the
following:
ANTH 326 Religious Belief Systems
ANTH 343 Culture and Population
ANTH 388X Native American Health
and Healing
ANTH 418 Ecology and Genetic
Variation in Human Populations
ANTH 422 Psychological
Anthropology
ANTH 445 Drugs, Society and Culture
Please explain/justify the new proposal or change. 
There is currently no option in medical anthropology offered in the State of Montana for
students interested in anthropological studies of health and disease. This is true even though
medical anthropology is one of the fastest growing and practically relevant fields within the
discipline.
What other programs are affected by your
None.
proposal? Obtain signatures as requested below.
V Department Summary Required if several proposals are submitted. In a separate document
list program title and proposed change for all proposals.
VI Copies and Electronic Submission After all signatures have been obtained submit the
original, a paper copy and electronic file to the Faculty Senate Office, UH 221.