University General Course Catalog 2024-2025 
    
    Oct 22, 2024  
University General Course Catalog 2024-2025

Anthropology, B.A.


Anthropology is the comparative and historical study of human origins and human societies and cultures.  Anthropology is a unique academic discipline that operates at the crossroads of the physical sciences, social sciences and humanities to examine the diversity of human experience across cultures and over time. Anthropologists in the UNR department study everything from human evolution to prehistory to life in a globalizing world. Because of this breadth of focus, anthropology is highly relevant to understanding and living in a rapidly changing world.

Program Learning Outcomes


Students will be able to:

  • explain the historical development of anthropological method and theory by communicating their knowledge of this history in oral and written contexts. (C)
  • utilize narrative sources as well as qualitative and quantitative data to summarize and critically evaluate the major debates regarding how historical and ecological factors have resulted in human cultural, physical, and linguistic diversity worldwide and how the impacts of these factors have changed over time. (CT) (QR)
  • evaluate and debate the practical and ethical dilemmas associated with studying human beings through written and oral engagement with their peers and instructors. (CT)

Contact Information


Anthropology Department
Ansari Business Building 512
(775) 784-6704
anthro@unr.edu

College of Liberal Arts Student Center
Lincoln Hall 314
(775) 682-8745
http://www.unr.edu/liberal-arts/academic-advising

Transfer to the University of Nevada, Reno


Use the transfer agreement  and the degree planner (available by clicking Print degree planner icon at the top right of this page) to build your plan for graduation with your advisor. Course substitutions not identified on the transfer agreement require UNR advisor approval.

If a major-to-major transfer agreement is not available for your transfer institution, please check the General Core agreement  if available. If neither is available, access Transferology to assist in your planning.

Graduation Requirements


  • Total Units | 120
  • Cumulative GPA | 2.0
  • University GPA | 2.0
  • Major GPA | 2.0
  • Residency Requirement |  30 Upper-Division Units at UNR
  • Major Residency Requirement | 15 Upper-Division Units in the major at UNR
  • Upper-Division Requirement | 42 Upper-Division Units

I. Core General Education Requirements (25-28 units)


NOTE: Refer to the Core Curriculum  chapter of this catalog for information regarding the “Core English and Math Completion Policy  .”

Students in this major must meet all Core Objectives (CO1 through CO14). Courses satisfying Core Objectives are designated (e.g., CO9) in General Catalog curricula and course descriptions.

A. Composition & Communication; Critical Analysis & Use of Information (3-6 units) - CO1, CO3


B. Quantitative Reasoning (3 units minimum) - CO2


Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO2 courses .

C. Physical & Natural Phenomena (7 units minimum) - CO4, CO4L


D. Cultures, Societies, & Individuals (3 units) - CO6


  Complete one of the following:

E. Artistic Composition, Interpretation, & Expression (3 units) - CO7


Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO7 courses .

F. History & Culture; Constitution (6 units) - CO5, CO8


Refer to the Core Curriculum  chapter in this catalog.

II. Additional Core Requirements (18 units maximum)


Students must take courses that satisfy the following Core Objectives. Some or all of these Core Objectives may be satisfied in the Major Requirements (Section IV).  Refer to the Core Curriculum  chapter in this catalog.

A. Science, Technology & Society - CO9


The following courses are recommended and may be counted in the Major requirement:

D. Ethics - CO12


Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO12 courses .

E. Capstone Integration & Synthesis - CO13


Choose one course (units are counted in the Major requirement):

F. Application - CO14


The following courses are recommended and may be counted in the Major requirement:

III. Additional College Requirements (6-20 units)


Units may vary depending on initial course placement in foreign language coursework.

A. World Language Requirement (0-14 units)


Students seeking this bachelor’s degree must demonstrate proficiency in a world language other than English equal to a fourth semester course level through one of the following options:

  1. complete a fourth semester college course in a world language other than English;
  2. demonstrate proficiency through a means determined by the Department of World Languages and Literatures including but not limited to minimum standardized test scores (CBAPE, SAT II, or IB), attaining a minimum aptitude on an accredited world language assessment test, or providing transcript evidence of a high school or equivalent diploma in which English was not the language of instruction; or,
  3. participate in a study abroad language program pre-approved by the Department of World Languages and Literatures to meet the world language requirement. 

Note: Four years of high school world language instruction does not automatically satisfy this requirement.

B. College Breadth Requirement (6 units)


Students seeking a Bachelor of Arts degree in the college shall be required to take, within the College of Liberal Arts, 6 units that are outside the departments in which they major or minor, and that exclude courses taken to fulfill the Core General Education requirements (Core Objectives 1 through 8).

IV. Major Requirements (27 units)


At least 15 of these units must be upper-division units completed on the University of Nevada, Reno, campus.

A. Required Major (6 units)


Complete ALL of the following:

B. Anthropology Capstone (3 units)


Complete one of the following ANTH courses that also satisfies the “Capstone Integration& Synthesis – CO13” requirement:

C. Anthropology Major Electives (18 units)


Complete at least 18 units in ANTH courses as electives.

Any ANTH course numbered 201-499 not already used to satisfy the major requirements above may be applied to the major electives requirement. Refer to the Course Descriptions section of this Catalog for a full list of ANTH courses.

V. Minor Requirements (18-21 units)


The Anthropology Department accepts any minor approved by the College of Liberal Arts. 

VI. Electives (9-29 units)


VII. Recommended Schedule


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A. First Year


Fall Semester (16 units)


Spring Semester (17 units)


B. Second Year


Fall Semester (15 units)


Spring Semester (15 units)


  • Language 212 (3 units)
  • 100-200 Level Minor (6 units)
  • ANTH Elective (6 units)

C. Third Year


Fall Semester (15 units)


Spring Semester (15 units)


  • ANTH Elective (6 units)
  • 300-400 Level Minor (3 units)
  • College Breadth Requirement (3 units)
  • Science, Technology & Society (3 units) CO9

D. Fourth Year


Fall Semester (15 units)


  • ANTH Elective (3 units)
  • Anthropology Capstone (3 units) CO13 OR
  • General Elective (3 units)
  • 300-400 Level Minor (3 units)
  • Global Context (3 units) CO11
  • General Elective (3 units)

Spring Semester (12 units)


  • Anthropology Capstone (3 units) CO13 OR
  • General Elective (3 units)
  • Application (3 units) CO14
  • ANTH Elective (3 units) 
  • 300-400 Level Minor (3 units)