The Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology is available for those who seek a liberal arts education or who wish to prepare for advanced study and research. The Department of Anthropology offers an honors program for students who have completed at least 16 upper division units in anthropology, who have a minimum 3.25 grade point average in all anthropology courses, and who possess a minimum 3.0 grade point average in all college work. Application to the program is made by written petition. The program is designed to introduce superior students to intensive research experience in anthropology and related fields, as well as to more sophisticated and thorough study of anthropological theory in relevant sub-areas of the discipline. Honors students are permitted to depart from the normal major program in various ways to broaden and enrich their curriculum.
Honors students plan their programs in consultation with an honors adviser.
Students enroll during each of their final three quarters in ANTH 396, and submit a written thesis to the departmental honors committee. The major requires 66 units in anthropology, of which 8 are in lower division and 58 are in upper division courses. In addition to the 66 units, students must include 12 units of a modern foreign language in their lower division program or offer proof of successful completion of three years of modern language study in high school as an acceptable equivalent. To satisfy this university requirement, students must take ANTH 481. Beyond this minimum, students are encouraged to add elective courses from other disciplines, in consultation with major advisers.