BA Anthropology

Academic Program Guide for New First-Year Students (Effective Fall 2018) Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Students who entered Rowan University prior to Fall 2018 should follow the guide for their program and start year in consultation with their advisor.

Rowan University Graduation Requirements for all Majors / Degrees Students must complete at least 120 semester hours (sh) of coursework that apply to their Rowan University degree.

Students must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in Rowan University coursework. (Transfer courses/credit do not count toward the RU GPA.)

A minimum of 30 sh of coursework must be completed at/through Rowan University.

Only grades of “D-” or above may apply to graduation/degree requirements. (Some programs may set higher minimums.)

Students must meet the Rowan Core and Rowan Experience Requirements. o An individual course can potentially satisfy one Rowan Core literacy and/or multiple Rowan Experience attributes. o Rowan Core & Rowan Experience designations are listed in course details in Section Tally (www.rowan.edu/registrar) and may also be searched on

that site under “Attributes.” A list of Rowan Core courses is here: https://confluence.rowan.edu/display/AS/Rowan+Core+Course+List.

Students must apply for graduation and should do so for the term in which they will complete all program requirements.

Program-Specific Graduation Requirements for this Major / Degree

Students must earn a minimum 2.0 G.P.A. in major courses

Letter grades only in Anthropology courses; up to 10% of overall credits may be P/NC

Only grades of “C”- or above may apply to graduation requirements

Students must earn 30 credits in upper level (300, 400, 500 level) courses, including 19 upper-level anthropology credits

No more than two courses can be repeated and each of these two can be repeated no more than twice.

Rowan Core Requirements1 Students must satisfy all six Rowan Core Literacies. A minimum total of 3 sh of coursework is required to satisfy each Literacy.

With the exception of the 9 sh counted here for Communicative Literacy, credits attached to the courses in this section will apply elsewhere.

⃝ (COML) Communicative Literacy: Must be met by the following three courses or their official equivalents:

⃝ COMP 01111 College Composition I (3 sh) ⃝ COMP 01112 College Composition II (3 sh) ⃝ CMS 04205 Public Speaking (3 sh)

⃝ (ARTL) Artistic Literacy Recommendation from major: any

⃝ (GLBL) Global Literacy Recommendation from major: GEOG 16.110 or 16.140 (3 sh counted under Non-Program Courses)

⃝ (HUML) Humanistic Literacy Recommendation from major: any

⃝ (QNTL) Quantitative Literacy Recommendation from major: STAT02.100 Elementary Statistics, or STAT02.260 Statistics I, or STAT 02101

Statistical Literacy, or STAT 00280 Biometry

⃝ (SCIL) Scientific Literacy Recommendation from major: ANTH 02.301 Human Evolution

Subtotal of credits counted in this section: 21 sh

Rowan Experience Requirements Students must satisfy all three Rowan Experience attributes. Credits attached to the courses in this section will apply elsewhere.

⃝ (LIT) Broad-Based Literature Attribute Recommendation from major: any

⃝ (WI) Writing Intensive Attribute Recommendation from major: any

⃝ (RS) Rowan Seminar Attribute2 Recommendation from major: any A course taken for a Rowan Experience can also fulfill other programmatic needs, and one course can satisfy more than one Rowan Experience

Non-Program Courses (minimum 18 sh) Courses in this section cannot be in the major department.

Course # Course Name Course Attributes / Notes Sem/Yr Grade Credits

Any Foreign Language 3 sh

Same Foreign Language (Students may fulfill the lan-guage requirement by completing one 2nd semester or higher level foreign language course)

3 sh

GEOG 16.110 or 16.140

Cultural Geography or World Regional Geography

Fulfills Global Literacy

3 sh

1 The Rowan Core requirements are waived for transfer students with an earned A.A. or A.S. degree from a NJ community/county college. 2 The Rowan Seminar requirement is waived for all students transferring 24 or more approved credits into Rowan University at the time of initial entry.

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PHIL 09.250 or 09.251, PHIL 09.341, PHIL 09.322, 09.346, or 09.323

Biomedical Ethics, Introduction to Eth-ics, Business Ethics, Feminist Ethics; or Environmental Ethics

May fulfill Humanistic Literacy

3 sh

Any Humanistic or Global history course 3 sh

Any Rowan Core course 3 sh

Subtotal: 18 sh

Major Requirements (37 sh) SUMMARY OF MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

15 sh Foundational Courses 10 sh Required Upper Level and Capstone Courses 12 sh Anthropology Electives

37 sh total

Foundational Courses (15 s.h.)

Course # Course Name Course Designations / Notes Sem/Yr Grade Credits ANTH 02.202 Cultural Anthropology 3 sh

ANTH 02.203 Introduction to Archaeology 3 sh

ANTH 02.221 Human Variation 3 sh

ANTH 02.250 Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics 3 sh

ANTH 02.295 Introduction to Qualitative Research 3 sh

Subtotal: 15sh Required Upper Level and Capstone Courses (10 s.h.) Courses chosen here may not be used in other banks.

Course # Course Name Course Attributes / Notes Sem/Yr Grade Credits

ANTH 02.395 Anthropological Theory 3 sh

ANTH 02.450 Anthropology Senior Seminar (WI) Satisfies WI requirement 3 sh

ANTH 02.315 or ANTH 02.320

Forensic Anthropology (lab) or Archaeological Field Methods (lab)

4 sh

Subtotal:10 sh Anthropology Electives (12 s.h.) Choose 4 courses from the following bank of Anthropology Electives; at least three must be upper level.

ANTHROPOLOGY ELECTIVES BANK

Lower Level Anthropology Electives Upper Level Anthropology Electives

ANTH 2.144 /INTR 01.144

Human Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach ANTH 02.301

Human Evolution (Scientific Literacy)

ANTH02.200 Introduction to Bioarchaeology ANTH 02.305

Primatology

ANTH 02.205 Mummies and Burial Practices of Ancient Cul-tures

ANTH 02.310

Indians of North America (Global Literacy)

ANTH 02.210 Natives of South America (Global Literacy) ANTH 02.311

Peoples and Cultures of Africa (Humanistic Literacy)

ANTH 02.215 Medical Anthropology (Global Literacy)

ANTH 02.321 Cultural Ecology

ANTH 02.225 Arts and Medicine (Artistic Literacy) ANTH 02.322

Sex/ Sex Roles in a Cultural Perspective

Course # Course Name Course Attributes / Notes Sem/Yr Grade Credits

Choice 3 sh

Must be Upper level 3 sh

Must be upper level 3 sh

Must be upper level 3 sh

Subtotal: 12 sh

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ANTH 02.240 Food and Culture ANTH 02.323

Anthropology of Magic & Religion

ANTH 02.245 Sports and Culture ANTH 02.326

The Maya

ANTH 02.270 New World Archaeology ANTH 02.335

Archaeology of Ancient Egypt

ANTH 02.275 Anthropology of Race and Ethnicity (Global Lit-eracy)

ANTH 02.336

Visual Culture of Ancient Egypt

ANTH 02.280 Old World Archaeology ANTH 02.350

Comparative Cultures

ANTH 02.290 Museum Studies ANTH 02.355

Global Health

ANTH 02.371

Anth. Approaches to Global Development

ANTH 02.375

Anthropology of Media

ANTH 02.376

Anthropology Through Film

ANTH 02.378

Public Archaeology

ANTH 02.400 Field Methods in Egyptology

ANTH 02.420

Psychological Anthropology

B.A. in Anthropology Subfield Tracks

A subfield track is a recommended selection of courses within a degree program or minor that represents a focused area of study and also completes defined requirements for degree completion for advising purposes. We encourage majors interested in pursuing a career and/or graduate studies in one of these fields to take at least three of the courses listed below as either major electives or free electives.

Cultural Resource Management/ Archaeology Subfield track

Mentors: Dr. J. Hill Prof. D. Cushman

Forensic/Physical Anthropology Subfield track

Mentor: Dr. M. Rosado

Medical Anthropology Subfield track

Mentor: Dr. S. Schug

Public Culture/Museum Studies Subfield track

Mentor: Dr. J. Hill

ANTH 02.270 New World Archaeology

ANTH 02.301 Human Evolution ANTH 02.215 Medical Anthropology

ANTH 02.280 Museum Studies

ANTH 02.280 Museum Studies ANTH 02.305 Primatology

ANTH 02.225 Arts and Medicine

ANTH 02.336 Visual Culture of Ancient Egypt

ANTH 02.320 Archaeological Field Methods

ANTH 02.315 Forensic Anthropology

ANTH 02.312 Anthropological Perspectives on Physical Growth

and Development

ANTH 02.375 Anthropology of Media

ANTH 02.378 Public Archaeology

ANTH 02.355 Global Health

ANTH 02.376 Anthropology Through Film

ANTH 02.420 Psychological An-thropology

INTR 20.399 Museum Internship through

CHSS Match Internship Program

Free Electives (44 sh) Students should choose Free Electives that satisfy any Rowan Core or Rowan Experience requirements that are not fulfilled by Major or Non-Program courses.

Course # Course Name Course Attributes/Notes Sem/Yr Grade S.H.

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Total Program Credits Required for this Major / Degree: 120 SH

Rowan Core and Rowan Experience…………………………………………………………………………..….21 s.h.

Major Requirements in Anthropology.…………………………………………………………………………..37 s.h.

Other Required Courses…………………………………………………………………………………………………18 s.h.

Free Electives………………………………………………………………………………………………………...........44 s.h.

Total Credits in Program………………………………………………………………………………………………120 S.H.

Subtotal: 44 sh