42 required credit hours
27 general education credit hours
59 elective credit hours
Courses in anthropology and sociology (ANSO) are designed to help students develop a multicultural understanding of the human experience and the analytical skills necessary for critically evaluating the diversity of human belief systems.
A minimum of 42 credit hours must be selected from within anthropology/sociology. At least 15 credit hours must be in 3000-4000 level courses.
Upon completion of the program, students should:
- Understand the interrelationship of the subfields of anthropology (cultural, biological, linguistic and archaeological) as well as an understanding of the ways applied anthropology functions in each.
- Be able to evaluate the assumptions, purposes and methods of anthropological fieldwork and research.
- Grasp the centrality of culture in the human experience and be able to apply this understanding to a range of social problems such as class and stratification, ethnicity and nationalism and the unequal access to social resources that emerge from these systems.
- Be able to distinguish individual, social and cultural frames of analysis through the use of social and anthropological theory.
- Have developed a multicultural and cross-cultural perspective of our world, including an awareness of the factors contributing to diversity and inequality within and among nations.
Students are required to complete the following courses:
- ANSO 1070 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3 hours
- ANSO 1080 Human Evolution 3 hours
- ANSO 2825 Introduction to Research Methods 3 hours
- ANSO 3550 Theories of Social Science 3 hours
- ANSO 4900 Senior Seminar 3 hours
The following course is recommended:
- ANSO 2750 Introduction to Measurement and Statistics 3 hours
Two courses from the following:
- ANSO 3250 Applied Social Science 3 hours
- ANSO 3900 Family and Kinship 3 hours
- ANSO 4275 Gender and Sex Roles 3 hours
Electives in Anthropology/Sociology 18-21 hours
Students must complete a minimum of 15 credit hours in 3000 and 4000 level courses.
No more than 6 credit hours obtained in practica, independent learning experiences, reading courses, and assessment of prior learning may be applied toward the 42 credit hours required for a major.
Transfer students must complete a minimum of 24 approved credit hours of academic work at Webster within the major.
Courses completed with a grade below a C- do not count toward fulfilling the specific course requirements of the major.
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