School of Arts and Sciences
Anthropology

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Professors
Kendall A. Blanchard
Philip G. Duke
Kathleen S. Fine-Dare
Donald R. Gordon
Susan M. Riches

Associate Professor
David L. Kozak

Assistant Professor
Enrique Salmón

Visiting Instructor and Field School Director
Mona C. Charles

Fort Lewis College offers a program of courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Anthropology. A variety of courses is offered to serve the interests of all students. Courses within the department are suitable as electives in the broad liberal arts tradition and also are designed to fulfill the requirements of those who wish to continue their studies in one of the subfields of the discipline.

The department offers an archaeological field school program and occasional innovative month trips, both on this continent and in Europe. Students of anthropology are encouraged to pursue study of a second language and look into internship and study abroad opportunities.

Students majoring in anthropology may be certified to teach in the broad area of social studies at the secondary level. Students should contact the Department of Teacher Education to obtain requirements for teacher certification.

The Department of Anthropology offers minors in Sociocultural Anthropology and Archaeology for students who are not anthropology majors. Requirements for these minors are listed at the end of this section.

REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN ANTHROPOLOGY:

Course:
Credit:
General Education
** Courses marked with double asterisks may also be counted toward TS 1 requirements.
35-46
Specific Departmental Requirements:
**Anth 201T Introduction to Archaeology
4
**Anth 210R Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
4
**Anth 236Tx Introduction to Physical and Biological Anthropology
4
Anth 300 Proseminar in Anthropology
2
Anth 303W Anthropological Debates
4
Anth 395 History of Anthropological Thought
4
Anth 496 Senior Capstone Seminar in Anthropology
2
Subtotal Specific Departmental Requirements
24
Other Departmental Requirements:
Two additional courses in sociocultural anthropology, one of which must be numbered 300 or above (choose from **Anth 213S, **215R, **217R, **243S, 350, 351, 355, 356, 357, 361, 388, 406, approved 390 or 391)
6-8
One non-New World archaeology course
(choose from Anth 309, 313, 340, 341, or approved 390 or 391)
3-4
One other archaeology course
(choose from Anth 220, 259, 306, 309, 310, 313, 330, 340, 341, 348, 360, 402, 403, 430, or approved 390 or 391)
3-4

One research-based course in anthropology
(choose from Anth 302, 306, 310, 313, 356, 357, 402, 406, 430, 450,455, or specifically indicated sections-saying, i.e."this course fulfills the research requirement"-of 390/391 or 499.)

NOTE: One of these research-based courses may count for two purposes, i.e., archaeology and research or sociocultural anthropology and research.

2-4
Subtotal Other Departmental Requirements
12-20
TOTAL DEPARTMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
36-44
Auxiliary Requirement from Another Department:
Choose one (but both are recommended): Statistics (Math 201Q, Psyc 241Q, BA 253Q) or Linguistics (Engl 462)
Subtotal Auxiliary Requirements
3-4
Free Electives (variable) Strongly recommended for students going to graduate school:
At least 4 semesters of a second language Computing expertise More than one research-based course
TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION
120
Note to transfer and former students: If you have taken any of your major requirements and received a different number of credits than listed above, you may need to complete additional major credit requirements.

REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN SOCIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY OR ARCHAEOLOGY:

Course:
Credit:

Note: Anthropology majors may not minor in one of these anthropology-based minors. A minor is not required for graduation, but if you are an anthropology major and wish to minor in something else, it must be outside of the major. No grade of less than C- will be accepted for the minor.

Sociocultural Anthropology
**Anth 210R Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
4
**Anth 201T Introduction to Archaeology
OR
**Anth 236Tx Introduction to Physical and Biological Anthropology
4
Two additional courses in sociocultural anthropology, one of which must be numbered 300 or above
6-8
Additional anthropology electives
4
Total
18-20
Archaeology
**Anth 201T Introduction to Archaeology
4
**Anth 210R Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
OR
**Anth 236Tx Introduction to Physical and Biological Anthropology
4
Two additional courses in archaeology, one of which must be numbered 300 or above
6-8
Additional anthropology electives
OR
Anth 259 or 403, archaeological field school
4-8
Total
18-20