2012-2015 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Anthropology (GPS)
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This plan outlines a four-year path to graduation. You are expected to satisfy all “success marker” courses, grades, and GPAs as specified. For part-time students and students needing to complete background material, this schedule represents the order in which courses should be taken. This suggested plan to four-year graduation does not replace regular advising appointments. Some course offerings may change.
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Total: 15 Credit Hours
SUCCESS MARKERS: Maintain GPA of 2.0 or better; Complete ENG 1100 with a C or better Term Two
- ATH 2100 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology Credit Hour(s): 4
- CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
- CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
- CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
- LAN 1020 - Beginning Language II Credit Hour(s): 3 *
Total: 16 Credit Hours
SUCCESS MARKERS: Maintain GPA of 2.0 or better Term Three
- ATH Course - Cultural Anthropology Course Credit Hour(s): 3
- LAN 2010 - Intermediate Language I Credit Hour(s): 3 *
- QT Course - Qualitative or Quantitative Thinking Credit Hour(s): 3 **
- Sci Course - Wright State Science Course Credit Hour(s): 4
- CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
Total: 16 Credit Hours
SUCCESS MARKERS: Maintain GPA of 2.0 or better; Complete one MTH course; Complete one LAN course Term Four
- ENG 2100 - Research Writing and Argumentation Credit Hour(s): 3
- LAN 2020 - Intermediate Language II Credit Hour(s): 3 *
- ATH Course - Archaeology Anthropology Course Credit Hour(s): 3
- ATH Course - Biological Anthropology Course Credit Hour(s): 3
- CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
Term Five
- ATH Course - Cultural Anthropology Course Credit Hour(s): 3
- ATH Course - Archaeology Anthropology Course Credit Hour(s): 3
- QT Course - Qualitative or Quantitative Thinking Credit Hour(s): 3 **
- Anth Elective - Anthropology Related Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
- GE - General Elective Credit Hour(s): 4
Total: 16 Credit Hours
SUCCESS MARKERS: Maintain GPA of 2.0 or better Term Six
- ATH Course - Biological Anthropology Course Credit Hour(s): 3
- ATH Course - Anthropology Methods Credit Hour(s): 3
- ATH Elective - Anthropology Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
- Anth Elective - Anthropology Related Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
- GE - General Elective Credit Hour(s): 4
Total: 16 Credit Hours
SUCCESS MARKERS: Maintain GPA of 2.0 or better; Complete 20 upper-level credits Term Seven
- ATH Elective - Anthropology Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
- ATH Elective - Anthropology Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
- UL Elective - Upper-Level Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
- GE - General Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
- GE - General Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
Total: 15 Credit Hours
SUCCESS MARKERS: Maintain GPA of 2.0 or better Total: 15 Credit Hours
SUCCESS MARKERS: Maintain GPA of 2.0 or better Note(s):
*Languages include Arabic (ARA), American Sign Language (ASL), Chinese (CHI), French (FR), German (GER), Greek (GR), Italian (ITA), Japanese (JPN), Latin (LAT), Russian (RUS), and Spanish (SPN). **Quantitative Thinking courses include COM 4490 , MUS 4140 (for Music majors only), PLS 2100 , SOC 3400 , SOC 3410 , SW 2910 , and URS 4980 ; Qualitative Thinking courses include PHL 2150 , PHL 2230 , PHL 4710 , and PHL 4720 . Program Description
Anthropology studies the behavior and biology of the human species, both current and past, often drawing on information from the social and biological sciences. The Bachelor of Arts program in anthropology focuses on three areas: cultural anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology. Cultural anthropology exposes students to ways of life, belief systems, and value systems that differ from their own, examining the ways in which cultures deal with universal human problems, from the basic needs of food and shelter to the metaphysical questions of existence. Typical subjects for cultural anthropology include ecology and subsistence techniques, economics, political systems, social organization, religion, and culture change.Archaeology deals with cultures of the past. Archaeologists search for and study the material remains of past cultural activity and seek to reconstruct past behavior patterns, technologies, and environments. Biological anthropology focuses on the biological aspects of the human species. Biological anthropologists study the fossil evidence to determine how evolution has influenced human behavior and biology. Studies of biological variability in modern populations are also part of this discipline, since many physical differences among populations are the result of their having adapted to different environments. |
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