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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Anthropology, B.S.
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The Anthropology program emphasizes the study of the whole human being. It is focused on understanding diversity in Houston, the United States, and the world. Through coursework, students explore world cultures and global challenges as well as methods for studying peoples and cultures. The major prepares students to be global citizens by promoting skills for engaging responsibly and ethically in diverse communities in the United States and globally. In particular, the major fosters a number of skills, including cross-cultural communication, critical thinking, writing and qualitative research and data analysis, which prepare students to respond creatively to the challenges of Houston’s global and dynamic employment sector. Anthropology students have opportunities for many exciting site visits to Houston’s diverse neighborhoods and cultural institutions through coursework and research.
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University Core Requirements (42 hours):
Component Area Options (6 hours)
Choose SIX hours from the UHCL core approved list.
- Two 1- hour Life and Physical Science Labs are required co-requisites for the chosen science courses.
- COMM 1315 and PSYC 1100 recommended for this requirement.
College Core Requirements
30 hours of upper-level credit must be “C” or better.
Core Requirement (3 hours)
Choose ONE of the following. A grade of “C+” or better is required.
Major Requirements (45 hours):
Subject Requirements
Select FIVE of the following courses:
- ANTH 3330 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 3334 - Human Sex, Culture, Health Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 3352 - Political/Economic Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 3355 - Topics in Asian Studies Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 3357 - Topics in African Studies Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 3361 - Anthropology of Food Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 3362 - Medicine and Culture Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 4301 - Studies in Cultural Diversity Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 4302 - Applied Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 4330 - Cultural Study Abroad Credit Hours: 3
**Note: All students taking part in any study abroad, either with or without a UHCL faculty-led program, must first seek approval from ANTH program faculty to ensure that all hours will fit or transfer into the Candidate Plan of Study. - ANTH 4333 - Mexico, Central America, and Borderlands Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 4334 - Native Americans Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 4335 - Anthropology of Immigrants and Refugees Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 4341 - Gender and Sexuality in Global Perspectives Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 4342 - Human Rights, Social Justice, Health Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 4343 - Anthropological Perspectives on World Religion Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 4351 - Families, Communities, and Globalization Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 4352 - World Prehistory and Archaeology Credit Hours: 3
- ANTH 4364 - Visual Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
** Note: All students taking part in any study abroad, either with or without a UHCL faculty-led program, must first seek approval from ANTH program faculty to ensure that all hours will fit or transfer into the Candidate Plan of Study (CPS).
Required Anthropology Electives
Choose ONE additional ANTH courses at any level.
Electives (33 hours)
Students may complete a minor with elective hours. (30 hours may be from the 1300/2300 level. 3 hours must be from any 3300/4300 level courses.)
Anthropology Concentration Areas
In order to organize their studies, explore a specific topic, and prepare for careers, students may select one of the following concentrations. Students who complete a concentration will receive a certificate. For more information, contact a full-time Anthropology faculty member. Concentration areas may be found below. International and Global Studies
Select THREE of the following courses. Africana Studies
The minor in Africana Studies includes courses that explore the experience of peoples of African descent in both Africa and the diaspora. The minor will expose students to scholarship from historical, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on race, racism, colonialism and contemporary issues relevant to the African population and members of the African diaspora. The courses also explore the diverse cultural and social practices that form the unique identities among the different African populations and members of the African diaspora in the Americas and around the globe. The courses included in this minor come from different programs and departments within HSH.
Students are required to take 15 hours to complete the Africana studies minor as indicated below. Students for this minor must at least earn “C” or better for all minor courses. Students must take coursework in at least two different disciplines (indicated by four-letter rubrics) from among the HSH offerings below.
Additional Information
ANTH 4330 - Cultural Study Abroad, when topic focus is on Kenya or Ghana.
LITR 4338 - When the topic when topic focus is on African American women writers.
Latin American Studies
Select THREE of the following courses. For ANTH 3355 , the following may be substituted: HUMN 3355 . For ARTS 3356 , the following may be substituted: HUMN 3356 .
Middle Eastern Studies
Select THREE of the following courses. ANTH 4330 when the topic is a Middle Eastern country.
Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Select THREE of the following courses. Social Justice
Select THREE of the following courses. ANTH 4301 when the topic is Public Culture. Health in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Select THREE of the following courses. Immigration, Refugees, Globalization
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