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)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| A. Introductions | ||
| Complete the following core courses: | ||
| ATH 212 | Introduction to Archaeological Theory and Methods | 4 |
| ATH 231 | Investigating Culture: Theories and Methods in Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ATH 255 | Introduction to Biological Anthropology | 3 |
| ATH 248 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| or ATH 265 | Language and Culture | |
| B. Applications | ||
| Complete the following career-focused courses: | ||
| ATH 321 | Career Paths with Anthropology | 1 |
| ATH 421 | Public Anthropology Seminar | 3 |
| C. 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). One of your Investigations Cluster courses must be a designated *Practicum course. Take remaining hours from any cluster to equal 36 credit hours. | 19 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 36 | |
Investigations: 3-1-1 Cluster Requirement
Cluster 1: Evolution, Behavior, & Bio-Behavioral Change
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BIO 121 | Environmental Biology | 3 |
| ATH 145 | Lost Cities & Ancient Civilizations | 3 |
| ATH 155 | What Does It Mean To Be Human? | 3 |
| PSY 210 | Psychology Across Cultures | 3 |
| ATH 248 | Medical Anthropology 1 | 3 |
| ATH 312 | North American Archaeology | 3 |
| ATH 314 | Old World Archaeology | 3 |
| ATH 355 | Paleoanthropology | 3 |
| ATH/BIO 395 | Primate Biology and Behavior | 3 |
| ATH 416 | Applying Archaeology (*Practicum) | 3 |
| ATH 448 | Developing Solutions in Global Health (*Practicum) | 3 |
| ATH 496 | Observing Primate Behavior (*Practicum) | 4 |
| ATH/BIO 498 | Evolution of Human Behavior | 3 |
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Courses not applied to the Introductions component (e.g. ATH 248, ATH 265) will be counted in the Investigations Clusters.
Cluster 2: Sustainable Worlds
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GHS 101 | Gateway to Global Health | 3 |
| ATH 175 | Global Cultural Diversity | 3 |
| ATH 185 | Cultural Diversity in the U.S. | 3 |
| WST 201 | Self and Place: Shaping the Narrative of Identity | 3 |
| CLS 216 | Greek and Roman Cities | 3 |
| GEO 222 | Sustainable Systems & Society | 3 |
| ATH/ITS 301 | Intercultural Relations | 3 |
| ITS 302 | Issues in the Global South | 3 |
| ATH 307 | The Middle East: Anthropological Perspectives | 3 |
| ATH 313 | Latin American Archaeology | 3 |
| CLS 323 | Discoveries of Archaeology | 3 |
| ATH 325 | Identity, Race, Gender, Class | 3 |
| ATH 358 | Travelers, Migrants, and Refugees: Transnational Migration and Diasporic Communities | 3 |
| ATH 403 | Anthropology of Religion | 3 |
| ATH 405 | Food, Taste, and Desire | 3 |
| ATH 425 | Ethnographic Field Methods (*Practicum) | 3 |
| ATH 471 | Ecological Anthropology | 3 |
Cluster 3: Technology, Design, & Communication
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ATH 113 | Investigating the Paranormal | 3 |
| LIN 201 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| LIN 202 | American Dialects, Culture, and Identity | 3 |
| ATH 265 | Language and Culture 1 | 3 |
| ATH 327 | Pokemon and J-Pop in Global and Local Contexts | 3 |
| ATH 337 | Play, Game & Design: The Anthropology of Creativity and Innovation | 3 |
| ATH 345 | Global Media Ethnography | 3 |
| ATH 361 | Language and Power | 3 |
| ATH 364 | Language and Culture in Native North America | 3 |
| ATH 378 | Doctors, Clinics, and Epidemics | 3 |
| ATH 388 | Culture, Art, and Artifacts | 3 |
| ATH 411 | Applied Anthropology (*Practicum) | 3 |
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Courses not applied to the Introductions component (e.g. ATH 248, ATH 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 190, ATH 390, ATH 491, Independent Studies, Honors) to the appropriate Investigations Cluster, topic dependent.