Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology

A major in anthropology can take several directions. As the study of humankind, a background in anthropology can be immediately useful in many careers such as business, government, law, elementary and secondary education, urban affairs, administration, and industry (http://www.americananthro.org/AdvanceYourCareer/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=1783). Others can use the bachelor's degree as a first step in acquiring an advanced degree and ultimately teaching and doing research at the college or university level. 

Internships are uncommon in Anthropology. However, fieldwork and other hands-on opportunities are available to all Anthropology majors. Anthropology majors may have the opportunity to apply their knowledge during an internship at the Mahoning County Coroner's Office or through fieldwork and laboratory analyses locally, in Guatemala, in the Bahamas,  and elsewhere.

To earn the BA degree the student must satisfy all the degree requirements in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and take 40 semester hours of courses from the Anthropology curriculum. Required courses are:

Students are responsible for satisfying all prerequisites and maintaining a “C” or better in all major and minor requirements and cannot take courses on a "CR/NC" basis.

Students wishing to minor in anthropology must complete 18 s.h. in an approved designated minor. Students are responsible for satisfying all prerequisites and maintaining "C" or better in all minor requirements and cannot take courses on a "CR/NC" basis.
 
Minors in anthropology offered from the department are as follows:

•  General Anthropology
•  Archaeology
•  Biological Anthropology
•  Cultural Anthropology
•  Forensic Anthropology

See Minors for course requirements.

*Please see your advisor in order to ensure that you are on track to graduate.

*For General Education electives, be sure that you take two courses from each knowledge domain, including a science lab: 

http://cms.ysu.edu/general-education/general-education-courses-knowledge-domain

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The department's learning outcomes for anthropology majors are as follows:

• Students can demonstrate comprehension of the fundamental principles and concepts of the four field holistic approach to anthropology.
• Students can evaluate anthropological theories and guiding ethics.
• Students can evaluate the scientific process and research methods. Students can evaluate the importance of past or present cultures, cultural variation, and cultural change in the global context.
• Students can analyze evolutionary biology using mechanism of evolutionary change.