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Program Minimum Units
30 Units
University Minimum Units
18 Units
Interests
Community Engagement & Organizing, Government, Politics & Current Events, Literature & Culture, Studying the Past, Languages
Academic Areas
Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts

Overview

To declare a minor in Anthropology, contact the Undergraduate Student Services Officer (SSO) to discuss the requirements and prepare the Minor Form found on the department website opens in a new tab. After meeting with the SSO, apply in Axess for the minor in Anthropology. Request a faculty advisor assignment from the SSO. Once confirmed, meet with the assigned faculty advisor to receive approval of the minor form. Submit completed form to SSO.

Requirements

Program Requirements

Department Emphasis Coursework

Students should complete a minimum of 10 units from the courses listed below. Departmental courses may fulfill the requirements for more than one emphasis. You will work with your faculty advisor to select emphasis courses related to a plan of study with a specific focus on a theoretical and/or geographical area.

Complete any of the following requirements:
Cultural & Social Anthropology Emphasis

Departmental courses outside of this list may be counted toward emphasis but will need faculty advisor approval. For non-departmental courses, faculty advisor approval is needed along with a petition to the Undergraduate Committee via the Undergraduate Exception Form found on the department website opens in a new tab.

Complete any of the following course(s):
ANTHRO 1

Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology

3-5 Units
ANTHRO 39

Sense of Place

3 Units
ANTHRO 126

The Urban Century: The City in Global Perspective

3-5 Units
ANTHRO 132

Anthropology of Islam

5 Units
ANTHRO 133

Masculinity: Technologies and Cultures of Gender in the Age of AI

3 Units
ANTHRO 157

Japanese Anthropology

5 Units
or
Environmental Anthropology Emphasis

Departmental courses outside of this list may be counted toward emphasis but will need faculty advisor approval. For non-departmental courses, faculty advisor approval is needed along with a petition to the Undergraduate Committee via the Undergraduate Exception Form found on the department website opens in a new tab.

Complete any of the following course(s):
ANTHRO 103

The Archaeology of Climate

3-5 Units
ANTHRO 167

Body and Environment

5 Units
ANTHRO 198A

Archaeological Geographic Information Systems

5 Units
or
Medical Anthropology Emphasis

Departmental courses outside of this list may be counted toward emphasis but will need faculty advisor approval. For non-departmental courses, faculty advisor approval is needed along with a petition to the Undergraduate Committee via the undergraduate Exception Form found on the department website.

Complete any of the following course(s):
ANTHRO 82

Medical Anthropology

3-5 Units
ANTHRO 151

Medical Anthropology, a Global View

5 Units
ANTHRO 153

Asylum: Knowledge, Politics, and Population

5 Units
ANTHRO 186

Culture and Madness: Anthropological and Psychiatric Approaches to Mental Illness

3-5 Units
or
Self-Designed Emphasis

Undergraduates may also request an exception from the undergraduate committee for a self-designed emphasis in the Anthropology minor by submitting the Undergraduate Course Exception Form found on the department website opens in a new tab.

Anthropology Elective Coursework

The remainder of the 30 required units may be fulfilled with any Anthropology courses, or a combination of Anthropology courses and up to successfully petitioned 10 units from related areas of study, overseas studies, and/or transfer units.

No more than 5 units of directed reading-style/ research coursework listed may be counted toward the minor.