BA in Anthropology: Sociocultural Emphasis
(54.5 hours*)

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1. Complete the following:
   ANTHR 101 : Social/Cultural Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 101 : Social/Cultural Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Aspects of society and culture: kinship, beliefs, economy, and political order among peoples worldwide. Methods and perspectives used in social/cultural anthropology.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
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   ANTHR 110 : Introduction to Archaeology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 110 : Introduction to Archaeology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   DESCRIPTION:	Review of great archaeological discoveries about the ancient world. Overview of world prehistory.
   
   
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   ANTHR 150 : Introduction to the Major. (.5:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 150 : Introduction to the Major. (.5:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Overview of anthropology major and graduation requirements; preparing for senior thesis sequence; career opportunities; and graduate school application process.
   
   
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   ANTHR 205 : Foundations of Anthropological Theory. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 205 : Foundations of Anthropological Theory. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	ANTHR 101
   DESCRIPTION:	Ideas from Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Steward studied for a secure foundation for understanding the antecedents of current theory.
   
   
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   ANTHR 206 : Contemporary Theory. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 206 : Contemporary Theory. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	ANTHR 205
   DESCRIPTION:	Important current theoretical frameworks in anthropology.
   
   
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   ANTHR 247 : Applied Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 247 : Applied Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Anthropological principles and methods applied to business, education, environment, government, communication, national and international development, and health sectors. Ethically and culturally appropriate strategies for researching and participating in planned socio-cultural change.
   
   
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   ANTHR 300 : Biological Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 300 : Biological Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   DESCRIPTION:	Relationships between human biology, environment, social structure, and culture. Concepts and data on race, primates, evolution, population genetics, growth, and sociobiology.
   
   
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   ANTHR 309 : Language, Culture, and Society. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 309 : Language, Culture, and Society. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   DESCRIPTION:	Linguistic anthropology as a way of doing ethnography; language as symbolic form, vehicle of thought, and instrument of social interaction; speech events as cultural texts.
   
   
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2. Complete 6 hours from the following "peoples" courses:
   ANTHR 317 : Native Peoples of North America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 317 : Native Peoples of North America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	Indian groups at the time of the European arrival; social organization, beliefs, values, economy, and adaptation to environment.
   
   
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   ANTHR 326 : Guatemalan Society and Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 326 : Guatemalan Society and Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	History, culture, society, and life (economic, familial, religious) among peoples of Guatemala. Guatemala as exemplar of colonial, cultural, and global processes evident throughout Latin America.
   
   
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   ANTHR 330 : Peoples of Africa. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 330 : Peoples of Africa. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, and social organization, family life, language, worldview, religion, ritual, artistic expression, ecological adaptation, and contemporary development issues among rural and urban sub-Saharan peoples.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
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   ANTHR 335 : Peoples of India. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 335 : Peoples of India. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	Society and culture on the Indian subcontinent. Stratification, kinship, marriage, religion, politics, economics.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
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   ANTHR 340 : Peoples of the Middle East. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 340 : Peoples of the Middle East. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	Ecology, social organization, and beliefs of nomadic, rural, and urban groups between western Africa and Pakistan.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
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   ANTHR 343 : Chinese Culture and Society. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 343 : Chinese Culture and Society. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter Odd Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	Cultural and social institutions of traditional and modern China, including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, or other areas of Chinese impact.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
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   ANTHR 345 : American Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 345 : American Culture. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Perspectives and methods for making sense of mainstream middle-class American society; American ways of being-in-the-world, of believing, behaving, and belonging; American cultural themes.
   
   
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   ANTHR 346 : Anthropology of Mormonism. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 346 : Anthropology of Mormonism. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Intensive analysis of Mormon society and culture using a range of anthropological perspectives.
   
   
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   ANTHR 390R : Special Topics in Regional Anthropology. (.5-3:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 390R : Special Topics in Regional Anthropology. (.5-3:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Offered when unique opportunities or needs arise.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Subjects related to a particular area or people.
   
   
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3. Complete 6 hours from the following system/institution courses:
   ANTHR 430 : Moral and Ritual Institutions. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 430 : Moral and Ritual Institutions. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Anthropological approaches to religion; its content and relation to other social institutions in societies ranging from gatherers to industrialists.
   
   
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   ANTHR 431 : Kinship and Gender. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 431 : Kinship and Gender. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Kinship theory and analysis, 1920-present. Recent issues in anthropological treatment of gender, marriage, and family structure.
   
   
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   ANTHR 432 : Economic and Political Institutions. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 432 : Economic and Political Institutions. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Connections between wealth and power: political and legal systems in state and nonstate societies; global expansion of capitalism and technology.
   
   
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   ANTHR 436 : Symbolic Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 436 : Symbolic Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	Social use and understanding of semiotics, signs, symbols, and other meaningful forms as critically constitutive of culture.
   
   
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   ANTHR 439 : Psychological Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 439 : Psychological Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Culture/mind relationship. Cross-cultural variation in concepts of person, emotions, and treatment modalities by society. Psychological implications of cultural differences in childrearing.
   
   
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   ANTHR 443 : Quantitative Ethnographic Methods. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 443 : Quantitative Ethnographic Methods. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Using quantitative tools to analyze qualitative data.
   
   
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   ANTHR 490R : Special Topics in Theory and System. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 490R : Special Topics in Theory and System. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Offered when unique opportunities or needs arise.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Subjects related to anthropological theory or the operation of social systems.
   
   
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4. Complete 3 hours from the following applied courses:
   ANTHR 311 : Museums and Cultures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 311 : Museums and Cultures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Role of museums in society. Analyzing museum content, use, and sociology. Visits to area museums
   
   
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   ANTHR 314 : Museum Registration and Legal/Ethical Issues. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 314 : Museum Registration and Legal/Ethical Issues. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	ANTHR 311
   DESCRIPTION:	Managing museum collections: cataloging, loans, ethics, legal issues, object handling, basic object conservation. Practical experience working with museum objects.
   
   
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   ANTHR 412 : Museum Collections Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 412 : Museum Collections Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   PREREQUISITE:	ANTHR 311 & ANTHR 314
   DESCRIPTION:	Instruction and practice in aspects of managing museum collections: writing catalogs, processing donations, preserving objects.
   
   
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   ANTHR 414 : Museum Projects. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 414 : Museum Projects. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	ANTHR 311 & ANTHR 314
   DESCRIPTION:	Supervised experience in a museum working with exhibitions, public programs, or research.
   
   
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   ANTHR 434 : Medical Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 434 : Medical Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.; Winter Even Yrs.
   RECOMMENDED:	Anthr 247.
   DESCRIPTION:	Interactions between culture and health in comparative perspective, emphasizing social, historical, and ecological determinants.
   
   
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   ANTHR 441 : Anthropology of Development. (3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 441 : Anthropology of Development. (3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Theory, practice, and research methods regarding the anthropological study and resolution of poverty, disease, malnutrition, displacement, and inadequate educational opportunities.
   
   
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   ANTHR 511 : Museums and Cultures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 511 : Museums and Cultures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	Museums in society. Cultural foundations of museum content and sociology of museum use. Analyzing museum studies literature. Visits to area museums.
   
   
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5. Complete 3 hours of statistics or data management courses:
   ANTHR 402 : Quantitative Methods for Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 402 : Quantitative Methods for Anthropology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Quantitative methods in archaeology and sociocultural anthropology, including methods of organizing, exploring, and presenting data, probability, and statistical inference.
   
   
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   ANTHR 443 : Quantitative Ethnographic Methods. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 443 : Quantitative Ethnographic Methods. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Using quantitative tools to analyze qualitative data.
   
   
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6. Complete an additional 3 hours of electives from section 3, 4, or 5 above.
7. Complete the following in sequential order:
   ANTHR 442 : Ethnographic Skills. (3:2:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 442 : Ethnographic Skills. (3:2:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Spring
   DESCRIPTION:	Methods, rationale, limitations, ethical issues, and practice of participant observation, interviewing, quantitative measurement, and other procedures. Prepare ORCA and IRB proposals to guide Ethnographic Field Project (Anthr 495). Secure IRB approval. Local fieldwork exercises.
   
   
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   ANTHR 495R : Ethnographic Field Project. (3-6:0:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 495R : Ethnographic Field Project. (3-6:0:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	ANTHR 205 & ANTHR 206 & ANTHR 442
   DESCRIPTION:	Conduct field work. Maintain, code, and index field notes, interview transcripts, and other data sources in preparation for Anthr 499 thesis write-up.
   NOTE:	IRB approval and instructor's consent required before departure to field. No class meetings.
   
   
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   (6 hours required)
   ANTHR 499 : Senior Thesis. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ANTHR 499 : Senior Thesis. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	Anthr 205, 206, 442, 495 (for sociocultural); 205, 206, 215, 402, 454R, 455R, 456R (for archaeology).
   DESCRIPTION:	Supervised analysis and write-up of data generated during field project. Refinement for publication.
   
   
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