MINOR IN ANTHROPOLOGY
Office:
Craven Hall, Sixth Floor
Telephone:
(760) 750-4104
Faculty:
Bonnie Bade, Ph.D.
Program Offered:
• Minor in Anthropology
The Anthropology Minor at
California State University San Marcos provides students with opportunities to
engage in interdisciplinary and integrated studies of human nature, society and
culture. Employing the comparative, holistic, and evolutionary frameworks that
are the hallmark of the anthropological perspective, the minor aims to provide
students with theoretical and methodological perspectives that enable
integrated understanding of human cultural achievements such as medicine,
religion, mythology, migration, environmental adaptation, and technology.
Rather than duplicating anthropology programs offered at other regional
institutions that emphasize the four traditional subfields of anthropology –
social/cultural anthropology, archeology, biological anthropology, and
linguistic anthropology – the Anthropology Minor at CSUSM is unique in that it
draws upon areas of specialization, such as medical anthropology, cultural
ecology, Latin-American Studies, women's studies, art, ethnic studies, and
border studies, that reflect the strengths of CSUSM scholars. Emphasis is
placed on achieving an understanding of human behavior as influenced by the
social, political, economic, and cultural contexts in which it occurs. A
fundamental goal of the minor is to provide students with opportunities to
engage in active, community- based ethnographic research that stimulates
self-reflection and critical analysis of their own world view assumptions and
cultural belief systems.
The minor prepares students
for careers that require multicultural and culturesensitive
perspectives such as social services, health and medical services, education,
and civil services, and provides a balanced foundation in anthropological
concepts for students wishing to attend graduate school.
Completion of
twenty-one (21) units of credit, eighteen (18) of which must be at the
upper-division level. Twelve (12)
units must be completed at CSUSM, three (3) of which must be at the 400 level.
Each course counted toward the minor must be completed with a grade of C (2.0)
or better.
Preparation
High school graduates or
equivalent are encouraged to seek diverse and broad exposure to all natural and
behavioral sciences, social sciences, humanities, and interdisciplinary
courses.
Transfer Students
Transfer students may
transfer a maximum of nine (9) units, three (3) of which may be at the
lower-division level.
Lower-division (3) Units
ANTH 200 3 units
Upper-division (15)
Units
Twelve (12) units selected
from:
ANTH 301 3 units
ANTH 310 3 units
ANTH 315 3 units
ANTH 325 3 units
ANTH 330 3 units
ANTH 370 3 units
Three (3) units selected
from:
ANTH 498 1-3 units
ANTH 499 1-3 units
Three (3)
units of electives that examine health, culture, gender, ethnicity, mythology,
religion, art, community, environment, or
Total Units 21