No requirement other than good academic standing in the College of Arts and Sciences or First College and completion of the pre-major survey. The Handbook for Anthropology Majors and Minors, available from the Anthropology Department, Chester Building 119, contains comprehensive information regarding program requirements.
Archaeology looks at the physical records of past cultures.
Physical anthropology studies human evolution and modern human biological variation. Cultural anthropology is concerned with the customs, traditions, and rituals of contemporary human societies. Linguistic anthropology explores the relationship between language and culture in past and present human societies. Anthropologists study the cultures of contemporary and past societies as well as the evolution of humans. They usually specialize in one or more geographic areas of the world, such as Mesoamerica, Oceania, or Africa.