Anthropology Minor

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Please note - As of April 24, 2015, this program is not currently accepting new students.

This minor is administered by the Department of Philosophy .

Consists of a minimum of 18 credits.

The Anthropology Minor satisfies the Interdisciplinary Studies GEP requirement. For more information, see the GEP section of the Catalog.

Required

ANTH 105 - Biological Anthropology 3 cr.
ANTH 110 - Cultural Anthropology 3 cr.
ANTH 311 - Human Evolution 3 cr. or
ANTH 325 - Culture and Language 3 cr.

Tier 1 electives, 6 credits

Choose 6 additional credits of Anthropology courses at the 300-level or above.

Tier 2 electives, 3 credits

3 credits from one of the following:

Any ANTH course not included above
ART 270 - Survey of Asian Art I 3 cr.
ART 370 - Early Chinese Art and Archaeology 3 cr.
ART 380 - Cultural History of Crafts 3 cr.
ART 382 - History of Ancient Greek Art 3 cr.
BIOL 101 - General Biology 5 cr.
BIOL 210 - Principles of Genetics 3 cr.
BIOL 305 - General Ecology 3 cr.
BIOL 322 - Museum Methods 3 cr.
BIOL 311 - General Principles of Organic Evolution 3 cr.
BUS 339 - International Marketing 3 cr.
CIS 300 - America in the Age of Information 3 cr.
AMST 300 - America in the Age of Information 3 cr.
EDUC 205 - Pluralism for Educators 2 cr.
EDUC 305 - Wisconsin Indians: Cultural Perspectives on Educational Issues 3 cr.
ENGL 284 - Introduction to Ethnic Literature in the United States 3 cr.
ENGL 348 - Advanced Environmental and Science Writing 3 cr.
ENGL 354 - Advanced Scientific and Technical Writing 3 cr.
ENGL 374 - Postcolonial Literature in English 3 cr.
ENGL 382 - Ethnic Literature of the United States 3 cr.
FREN 481 - French Culture and Civilization (formerly 381) 3 cr.
GERM 481 - German Culture and Civilization (formerly 381) 3 cr.
HMNG 101 - First Year Hmong 4 cr.
HMNG 102 - First Year Hmong 4 cr.
SPAN 481 - Spanish Culture and Civilization (formerly 381) 3 cr.
SPAN 483 - Spanish American Culture and Civilization (formerly 383) 3 cr.
GEOG 115 - World Regional Geography 3 cr.
GEOG 120 - Human Geography 3 cr.
GEOG 317 - Africa 3 cr.
GEOG 303 - Processes of Environmental Degradation 3 cr.
GEOG 496 - Community Development Practices 3 cr.
HIST 101 - World History to 1500 3 cr.
HIST 102 - World History Since 1500 3 cr.
HIST 216 - East Asia to 1600 3 cr.
HIST 217 - East Asia Since 1600 3 cr.
HIST 232 - Middle East to 1798 3 cr.
HIST 233 - Middle East Since 1798 3 cr.
HIST 248 - Colonial Latin America 2 or 3 cr.
HIST 280 - American Environmental History 3 cr.
HIST 310 - Slavery in the Americas 3 cr.
HIST 314 - Islam in the Modern World 3 cr.
HIST 342 - Environmental History of Africa 3 cr.
HIST 382 - U.S. Immigration and Migration History 3 cr.
HIST 389 - Food and Environment 3 cr.
POLI 389 - Food and Environment 3 cr.
HIST 392 - Native American Forestry 3 cr.
FOR 392 - Native American Forestry 3 cr.
HIST 393 - Wisconsin Indians 3 cr.
INTL 381 - Culture and Civilization 2-3 cr.
IA 150 - Cross Cultural Survey of Applied Design 3 cr.
IA 160 - Survey of Creative Expression: U.S. Diversity, Identity and Material Culture 3 cr.
IA 310 - History of Architecture and Design: Non-European Influences 3 cr.
MUS 220 - Introduction to Music Literature 3 cr.
MUS 307 - Survey of World Music 3 cr.
NRES 150 - People, Resources and the Biosphere 3 cr.
NRES 323 - International Resource Management 3 cr.
PHIL 380 - Environmental Ethics 3 cr.
PHIL 381 - American Indian Environmental Philosophies 3 cr.
REL 100 - Religions of Asia 3 cr.
REL 302 - Religion and Cultural Conflict 3 cr.
REL 311 - American Religious History 3 cr.
REL 330 - Women and Religion 3 cr.
REL 333 - Women and Goddesses in India 3 cr.
REL 340 - Buddhism 3 cr.
REL 341 - Religions of India 3 cr.
POLI 315 - Minority Group Politics 3 cr.
POLI 371 - Chinese Politics 3 cr.
POLI 374 - Political Development 3 cr.
POLI 385 - International Organizations and Law 3 cr.
POLI 387 - International Simulation 1-3 cr.
POLI 414 - Politics of Race, Class and Gender in the U.S. 3 cr.
PSYC 322 - Psychology and Culture 3 cr.
SOC 270 - Minority Groups 3 cr.
SOC 343 - Cultural Perspectives of Family 3 cr.
SOC 364 - Social Services in Native American Communities 3 cr.
SW 364 - Social Services in Native American Communities 3 cr.

Note

Other courses not listed here may count with approval from the anthropology coordinator.