Sample Double Major Pathway
AIS and ANTH
Created by
Robert Keith Collins, PhD
Associate Professor
American Indian Studies
College of Ethnic Studies
5/1/15
Minimum Units Required for Graduation: 120 units
With no double/triple counting:
GE
48 units
AIS Major
39 units
ANTH Major
39 units
126 units needed for double major and GE
With double counting from the sample double major program in AIS and CHEM (see below):
Double Count for GE Non-GE Units Required Total Major Units
AIS Major
15 units
+ 24 units
= 39 total
ANTH Major
0 units
+ 39 units
= 39 total
63 units
78 units for 2 majors
with no GE
double-counting
Results:
30
18
39
87
double counted units for GE and 2 majors
additional GE units to fulfill required 48 units
additional units to fulfill 2 majors
total units (instead of 126) to finish 2 majors and GE requirements
Note: Some of the 18 additional GE units may be fulfilled within the AIS major. ANTH courses
that fulfill other GE requirements are not factored in this sample pathway. Please consult with
ANTH for their list of GE certified courses that double count for their major.
College of Ethnic Studies
American Indian Studies Department – 39 units
The following sample is based on the Law, Politics, and Society emphasis, with a UD Topical Perspective on
Human Diversity or Social Sciences.
33 units (highlighted) can double count for GE and AIS major, fulfilling D2, D3, LLD, AERM, GP, SJ, AI, UD
Human Diversity or Social Sciences.
Core Requirements (21 units)
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AIS 100
AIS 150
AIS 160
AIS 205
AIS 300
AIS 694
AIS 680
Introduction to American Indian Studies (AERM, SJ)
American Indian History in the United States (AI, D2, AERM, SJ)
Survey of Native California (AERM, ES)
American Indians and U.S. Laws (AI, D3, AERM, SJ)
American Indian Studies Research Methodologies (AERM, GP, SJ, UD-D: Human Diversity)
Community Service Learning (1 - 3 unit options for a total of 3 in any combination)
American Indian Studies Senior Seminar
Law, Politics, and Society (18 units – Note: 15 Units must be complete at the Upper Division level.)
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AIS 230 Urban Indians
AIS 330 American Indian Law
AIS 350 Black Indians in the Americas
AIS 400 American Indian Education
AIS 420 American Indian Women
AIS 430 American Indian Soveriegnity
AIS 460 Power and Politics in American Indian History
AIS 470 American Indian Identity: Problems in Ethnicity
AIS 480 American Indian Social Movements
AIS 490 Ancestors or Data? The Politics of NAGPRA
AIS 540/840 Advanced Topics in American Indian Law
AIS 550 American Indians in Contemporary U.S. History
AIS 600 Contemporary Issues in the American Indian Community
College of Liberal and Creative Arts
Anthropology (BA) – 39 units
Excerpted from :
To complete the BA in Anthropology, students must complete 39 units from the following three course types:
1. Foundation Core
2. Area Specialization
3. Electives
15 units (highlighted) can double count for GE and HIST major, fulfilling GP, UD Human Diversity. (NOTE: DR.
DOUG, PLEASE MODIFY AS NECESSARY.)
Note: ANTH courses that fulfill other GE requirements are not factored in.
Anthropology (B.A.) — 39 units
All students must take 15 units from the following Foundation Core classes.
Required Foundation Core Courses (15 units)
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ANTH 100
ANTH 110
ANTH 120
ANTH 300
ANTH 305W
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Introduction to Archaeology
Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
Foundation of Anthropology: History
Writing Anthropology
Area Specializations
Area I: Theory and Foundations
Note: All students must take a minimum of three units from the following classes.
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ANTH 301
ANTH 302
ANTH 420
Foundations of Archaeology
Foundations of Human Variation
Indigenous Media and Social Change
Area II: Methods and Practicum
Note: All students must take a minimum of three units from the following classes.
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ANTH 333
ANTH 530
ANTH 532
ANTH 557
ANTH 592
ANTH 593
ANTH 594
ANTH 795
ANTH 596
ANTH 651
ANTH 652
Primate Behavior
Human Osteology Practicum
Fossil Human Practicum
Ethnography in the Inner City
Archaeological Field Methods
Archaeological Excavation & Data Analysis
Field Methods in Archaeological Technology
Visual Anthropology I
Visual Anthropology II
Ethnographic Field Methods
Anthropological Statistics
Electives in Anthropology (9-12 units)
Note: All students must take 9-12 upper division elective units, depending on units completed in Area II
Methods.
University- Electives (6 units)
Note: University-wide electives may be taken in anthropology or in a related field. Courses without an
ANTH prefix must be pre-approved by an adviser to qualify as credits towards the major. Please consult
an anthropology advisor to be sure that you meet the requirements of one upper division course (Area
1, Area 2, or electives) in each of the three subfields: biological, cultural/visual, and archaeology.