Anthropology- Bachelor of Arts

For information, contact the Department of Anthropology, 120 Upham Hall, 513-529-8399.

Anthropology is a holistic, interdisciplinary science of humanity and is the perfect complement to any major or pre-professional degree allowing you to complete most of your Miami Plan requirements while completing the major.  Anthropology prepares students for a variety of professional futures, careers, and lifelong learning.  We do this by building concrete, transferable skills and awareness of the evolution of human biological, behavioral, cultural, and communicative differences; strategies to examine and improve global health and social equity; appreciation of inclusive and sustainable communities;  and innovative uses of technology and design in human endeavors and interactions.

Anthropology prepares students for professional futures including careers in non-profits, business, law, and government; education, medicine, and global public health; UX design, museums, and media work; and conservation, climate change, and sustainability.

 

Program Requirements

(36 semester hours distributed as follows, A through C)

A. Introductions
Complete the following core courses:
ATH 212Introduction to Archaeological Theory and Methods4
ATH 231Investigating Culture: Theories and Methods in Cultural Anthropology3
ATH 255Introduction to Biological Anthropology3
ATH 248Medical Anthropology3
or ATH 265 Language and Culture
B. Investigations: 3-1-1 Cluster Requirement
Take at least three courses in a single Investigations Cluster, plus at least one course in each remaining Investigations Cluster (3-1-1) to equal at least 20 credit hours. One of your Investigations Cluster courses must be a designated *Practicum course.20
C. Applications
Complete the following career-focused courses:
ATH 3211
ATH 421Public Anthropology Seminar3
Total Credit Hours37

Investigations: 3-1-1 Cluster Requirement

Cluster 1: Evolution, Behavior, & Bio-Behavioral Change

BIO 121Environmental Biology3
ATH 145Lost Cities & Ancient Civilizations3
ATH 155What Does It Mean To Be Human?3
ATH 248Medical Anthropology 13
ATH 312North American Archaeology3
ATH 314Old World Archaeology3
ATH 355Paleoanthropology3
ATH/BIO 395Primate Biology and Behavior3
ATH 416Applying Archaeology (*Practicum)3
ATH 448Developing Solutions in Global Health (*Practicum)3
ATH 496Observing Primate Behavior (*Practicum)4
ATH/BIO 498Evolution of Human Behavior3
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Courses not applied to the Introductions component (e.g. ATH 248ATH 265) will be counted in the Investigations Clusters.

Cluster 2: Sustainable Worlds

ATH 175Global Cultural Diversity3
ATH 185Cultural Diversity in the U.S.3
ATH/ITS 301Intercultural Relations3
ATH 307The Middle East: Anthropological Perspectives3
ATH 313Latin American Archaeology3
ATH 325Identity, Race, Gender, Class3
ATH 358Travelers, Migrants, and Refugees: Transnational Migration and Diasporic Communities3
ATH 403Anthropology of Religion3
ATH 405Food, Taste, and Desire3
ATH 425Ethnographic Field Methods (*Practicum)3
ATH/HST/RUS 436Havighurst Colloquium3
ATH 471Ecological Anthropology3
GHS 101Gateway to Global Health3

Cluster 3: Technology, Design, & Communication

ATH 113Investigating the Paranormal3
LIN 201Introduction to Linguistics3
LIN 202American Dialects, Culture, and Identity3
ATH 265Language and Culture 13
ATH 327Pokemon and J-Pop in Global and Local Contexts3
ATH 337Play, Game & Design: The Anthropology of Creativity and Innovation3
ATH 345Global Media Ethnography3
ATH 361Language and Power3
ATH 364Language and Culture in Native North America3
ATH 378Doctors, Clinics, and Epidemics3
ATH 388Culture, Art, and Artifacts3
ATH 411Applied Anthropology (*Practicum)3
1

Courses not applied to the Introductions component (e.g. ATH 248ATH 265) will be counted in the Investigations Clusters.

Note: Students may count up to 6 credit hours of 100-level courses towards the major. Only 4 credit hours of field study (e.g. ATH 491) may count towards the major. The LDA will apply variable content courses (e.g. ATH 190ATH 390ATH 491, Independent Studies, Honors) to the appropriate Investigations Cluster, topic dependent.