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GENERAL STUDIES PRIOR TO FALL 2012
Requirements for Major (B.A.) in Anthropology at
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Department Phone (303)556-3167
Department FAX (303)556-5360
REQUIRED COURSES FOR MAJOR (15 hours required plus 21 additional hours - total 36; 12
upper-division semester hours at Metropolitan State University of Denver required)
ANT 1010
ANT 1310
ANT 2100
ANT 2330
ANT 2640
Physical Anthropology and Prehistory (Spring/Summer/Fall)
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Spring/Summer/Fall)
Human Evolution (Spring/Fall)
Cross-Cultural Communication* (Spring/Fall)
Archaeology (Spring/Fall)
Electives within major:
ARCHAEOLOGY COURSES
ANT 2710
Archaeological Field Research
ANT 3600
World Prehistory
ANT 3610
Archaeology of North America
ANT 3620
South American Archaeology
ANT 3660
Ancient American Civilizations
ANT 3680
Practical Archaeology
ANT 4710
Advanced Archaeological Field Research
CULTURAL & LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY COURSES
ANT 2500
Anthropology of Language
ANT 3250
Doing Fieldwork: Qualitative Observation
ANT 3300
Exploring World Cultures: Variable Topics
ANT 3310
Ethnography of North American Indians*
ANT 3340
Native Americans in Historical Perspective
ANT 3350
Vanishing Cultures and Peoples
ANT 3390
Understanding Cultures
ANT 3460
Social Organization and Evolution
ANT 3480
Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness*
ANT 4420
Applied Anthropology
ANT 499I
Advanced Field Experience: Ute Mountain Reservation
PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY COURSES
ANT 3110
Human Variation
ANT 3120
Mummies of the World
ANT 3150
Primate Studies
ANT 3122
Neanderthal Enigma
ANT 3800
Forensic Anthropology
ANT 3810
Forensic Anthropology Field and Laboratory Experience
ANT 4410
Paleopathology: The Archaeology of Disease
ANT 499J
Bioarchaeology Field School in Peru
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CROSS-LISTED COURSES
ANT 2350
African Peoples and Cultures (AAS 2300)
ANT 2360
Living Culture and Language of the Mexican and Chicano (CHS 2000)
ANT 3360
Peoples and Cultures of the American Southwest, 1500-1848 (CHS 3860)
ANT 3370
South American Peoples and Cultures (CHS 3870)
ANT 3380
Exploring Folklore (CHS 3880)
ANT 3540
Women in the Developing World (WMS 3540/PSC 3540)
Multicultural Courses marked with an asterisk (*).
SPECIAL COURSES
ANT 2900
Courses offered under various areas of Anthropology (Cultural, Physical,
Linguistics, Archaeology) as opportunity arises
ANT 3900
Courses offered under various areas of Anthropology (Cultural, Physical,
Linguistics, Archaeology) as opportunity arises
ANT 3980
Co-op Education courses offered as opportunity arises
ANT 4400
Recent Issues in Anthropology: Variable Topics
(May be offered in Cultural, Physical, Linguistics, Archaeology)
SENIOR EXPERIENCE COURSES
ANT 4410
Paleopathology: The Archaeology of Disease
ANT 4420
Applied Anthropology
ANT 4710
Advanced Archaeological Field Research
ANT 499I
Advanced Field Experience: Ute Mountain Reservation
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REQUIRED COURSES FOR MINOR (6 hours required plus 15 additional hours - total 21; 6 upperdivision semester hours at Metropolitan State University of Denver required)
ANT 1010
Physical Anthropology and Prehistory (Spring/Fall)
ANT 1310
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Spring/Summer/Fall)
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You must complete a minimum of 120 semester hours to obtain a degree at Metropolitan State University of Denver;
40 of these must be upper-division (3000 or 4000-level). General Studies requirements include: Freshman
Composition (6 hrs); Mathematics (3 hrs); Communications (3 hrs); Historical (3 hrs.); Arts and Letters (6 hrs.);
Social Sciences (6 hrs.); Natural Science (6 hrs.); a Multicultural requirement (3 hrs.) and a Senior Experience.
Consult your Metropolitan State University of Denver Course Catalog for specific college and General Studies
requirements. You do not want to waste your time and money by taking unnecessary courses. It is important to
make an appointment with an advisor in the Advising Center (556-3680) and with an advisor in your minor and your
major. Anthropology professors’ names, office hours and phone numbers are posted on the Anthropology bulletin
board or you may look on the Anthropology homepage.
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