Minor in Cultural Anthropology
The Minor in Cultural Anthropology provides a basic understanding of social and cultural dynamics of human societies, cultural anthropological theory, and ethnographic research methods. Coursework introduces students to foundational concepts, which may include anthropological approaches to culture, social organization, power structures, media, religion, ritual, health, kinship, sexuality, gender, race, class, and other aspects of human experience and social life.
Advisor: Senior Lecturer Cathy Stanton
Program Requirements and Policies
Five courses are required for the Minor in Cultural Anthropology (at least 15 credits).
Course Requirements
Gateway Course
One gateway course in cultural anthropology (designated by the department in range of ANTH 10-ANTH 39):
- ANTH 10 Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
- ANTH 12 Gender in World Cultures
- ANTH 15 Indigenous Movements in the Americas and Beyond
- ANTH 16 Introduction to Latinx Cultures
- ANTH 18 Growing up Latino/a
- ANTH 20 Global Cities
- ANTH 22 Anthropology of Global Racisms
- ANTH 24 Anthropology of the Environment
- ANTH 25 Anthropology and Armed Conflict
- ANTH 26 Anthropology of Socialism & Postsocialism
- ANTH 27 Human Rights and Justice in Cultural Context
- ANTH 28 Anthropology of Capitalism
- ANTH 29 Kinship: Living in Relation
- ANTH 32 Introduction to the Anthropology of Science and Technology
- ANTH 39 Gateway Course in Sociocultural Anthropology (Varies by semester - refer to course guide)
Required Theory Course
One required anthropological theory course that all students must take (ANTH 130):
- ANTH 130 Anthropological Thought
Methods Intensive Course
One methods intensive course (ANTH 161 or other methods courses designated by the department. Refer to course guide for semester specific designations.):
- ANTH 20 Global Cities
- ANTH 27 Human Rights and Justice in Cultural Context
- ANTH 123 Technologies of Enchantment (formerly 149-10 Trap Theory)
- ANTH 154/MUS 203 Studies in Fieldwork: Ethnographic Methods
- ANTH 161 Fieldwork Lab
- ANTH 185-09 Language, Power, and Identity
Related Courses
Two additional courses related to cultural anthropology (may include additional gateway courses):
- ANTH 102 Children and Youth in War Zones
- ANTH 117 Coming of Age in Contemporary Africa
- ANTH 118 Culture and Power in Africa
- ANTH 120 Culture, Personhood and Subjectivity in South Asia
- ANTH 121 The Politics of Knowledge in the Middle East
- ANTH 122 Gender & Sexuality in South Asia
- ANTH 123 Technologies of Enchantment
- ANTH 131 Anthropology of Religion
- ANTH 132 Myth, Ritual, and Symbol
- ANTH 133 Anthropology of Journalism
- ANTH 134 Consuming Cultures: Travel, Tourism, and Display
- ANTH 135 Visual Anthropology
- ANTH 136 Cultures of Computing
- ANTH 137 Language and Culture
- ANTH 138 The Anthropocene and the End of Nature
- ANTH 140 Food Justice
- ANTH 142 American Meat
- ANTH 143 Palestinians & Israelis: Ethnographies of Justice
- ANTH 144 Media of the Middle East
- ANTH 146 Global Feminisms
- ANTH 147 Sex and Money: Anthropology of Sex Work
- ANTH 148 Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 149 Selected Topics (Varies by semester - refer to course guide.)
- ANTH 151 Experimental Cultures
- ANTH 152 Biopolitics & the Body: Life, Power, Knowledge
- ANTH 153 Medicine, Bodies, and Minds in South Asia
- ANTH 155 (ENV 150) Environment, Communication and Culture
- ANTH 156 (MUS 159) Music, Trance, & Consciousness
- ANTH 157 Cities and Food
- ANTH 159 (ENV 190) Practicing in Food Systems
- ANTH 160 Ethnographic Writing
- ANTH 161 Fieldwork Lab
- ANTH 162 Art & Aesthetics
- ANTH 164 Media, The State, and the Senses
- ANTH 165 After Violence: The Politics of Memory
- ANTH 166 Historical Anthropology
- ANTH 168 Anthropology of Colonialism / Decolonizing Anthropology
- ANTH 169 Anthropology of the State: Subject, Citizen, Sovereignty
- ANTH 170 Colonizing Time
- ANTH 174 Thinking with Plants: Plants, People, and Society
- ANTH 176 Advanced Topics in Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 178 Animals and Posthuman Thought
- ANTH 181 Anthropology and Feminism
- ANTH 183 Urban Borderlands
- ANTH 185 Current Topics in Anthropology (varies by semester - refer to course guide)
- ANTH 186 Place and Placemaking
- ANTH 188 Culture, Psychiatry, and the Politics of Madness
- ANTH 189 How to Pay Attention