Nov 23, 2024

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED 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 and writing and qualitative research and data analysis. This prepares students to respond creatively to the challenges of Houston’s diverse and dynamic employment sector. Anthropology students have opportunities for many exciting site visits to Houston’s diverse neighborhoods.

University Core Requirements (42 hours):

Communication (6 hours)

WRIT 1301 - Composition I Credit Hours: 3
WRIT 1302 - Composition II Credit Hours: 3
WRIT 2311 - Introduction to Professional Writing Credit Hours: 3

Mathematics (3 hours)

Choose ONE of the following courses.

MATH 1314 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3
MATH 1332 - Contemporary Mathematics Credit Hours: 3

Life and Physical Sciences (6 hours)

Choose TWO of the following courses.

ASTR 1303 - Stars and Galaxies Credit Hours: 3
ASTR 1304 - Solar System Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1306 - Biology for Science Majors I Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1307 - Biology for Science Majors II Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1308 - Biology for Non-Science Majors I Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1309 - Biology for Non-Science Majors II Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 2301 - Anatomy & Physiology I Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 2302 - Anatomy & Physiology II Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 1305 - Introductory Chemistry I Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 1311 - General Chemistry I Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 1312 - General Chemistry II Credit Hours: 3
ENSC 1301 - Environmental Science I Credit Hours: 3
ENSC 1302 - Environmental Science II Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 1303 - Physical Geology Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 1304 - Historical Geology Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 1301 - College Physics I Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 1302 - College Physics II Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 2325 - University Physics I Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 2326 - University Physics II Credit Hours: 3

Language, Philosophy and Culture (3 hours)

Choose ONE of the following courses.

ANTH 2346 - General Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
COMM 1307 - Introduction to Mass Communication Credit Hours: 3
HUMN 1301 - Humanities Credit Hours: 3
LITR 2341 - Literature and Experience Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 1301 - Introduction to Philosophy Credit Hours: 3
WGST 1301 - Gender Matters: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies Credit Hours: 3

Creative Arts (3 hours)

Choose ONE of the following courses.

ARTS 1303 - World Art Survey I Credit Hours: 3
ARTS 1304 - World Art Survey II Credit Hours: 3
ARTS 2379 - Arts and the Child Credit Hours: 3

U.S. History (6 hours)

HIST 1301 - United States History I Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1302 - United States History II Credit Hours: 3

Government/Political Science (6 hours)

POLS 2305 - Federal Government Credit Hours: 3
POLS 2306 - Texas Government Credit Hours: 3

Social Behavioral Sciences (3 hours)

Choose ONE of the following courses.

CRIM 1301 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3
ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 1303 - World Regional Geography Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 2301 - Introduction to Psychology Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 1301 - Introduction to Sociology Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 1306 - Social Problems Credit Hours: 3

Public Speaking (3 hours)

COMM 1315 - Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3

Component Area Options (3 hours)

Two 1- hour Life and Physical Science Labs are required co-requisites for the chosen science courses.

PSYC 1100 - Learning Frameworks Credit Hours: 1

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.

WRIT 3306 - Writing for the Social Sciences Credit Hours: 3
WRIT 3307 - Advanced Writing Credit Hours: 3

Major Requirements (45 hours):

Choose ONE of:

HUMN 3374 and HUMN 3375 are strongly recommended. For ARTS 3355 , the following may be substituted: HUMN 3355 . For ARTS 3356 , the following may be substituted: HUMN 3356 . For ARTS 4312 , the following may be substituted: HUMN 4312 For ARTS 4315 , the following may be substituted: HUMN 4315 . For ARTS 4322 , the following may be substituted: HUMN 4322 .

ARTS 3355 - Latin American Art of the Twentieth Century Credit Hours: 3
ARTS 3356 - Mexican Art, 1500-Present Credit Hours: 3
ARTS 4312 - Art of Ancient Iraq and the Near East Credit Hours: 3
ARTS 4315 - Art of the Ancient Greek World Credit Hours: 3
ARTS 4322 - Roman Art Credit Hours: 3
HUMN 3374 - Critical Inquiry Credit Hours: 3
HUMN 3375 - Ideas in Transition Credit Hours: 3
LITR 3334 - Mythology Credit Hours: 3
WRIT 4313 - Graffiti, Texting, and Networked Politics: The Sociolinguistics of Writing Credit Hours: 3

Choose ONE of:

ANTH 4372 or ANTH 4302 are strongly recommended.

ANTH 4302 - Applied Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4372 - Applied Qualitative Methods Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 4371 - Experimental Methods and Statistics Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4385 - Research Methods Credit Hours: 3

Choose ONE of:

GEOG 4321 - Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 4370 - Nonexperimental Methods and Statistics Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4384 - Statistics Credit Hours: 3

Diversity Requirement

Choose TWO of the following courses. For ANTH 4341 , the following may be substituted: SOCI 4341 or WGST 4341 For PSYC 4356 , the following may be substituted: SOCI 4356

ANTH 3355 - Topics in Asian Studies Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3357 - Topics in African Studies Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3358 - Topics in Middle Eastern Societies Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4301 - Studies in Cultural Diversity Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4333 - Mexico, Central America, and Borderlands Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4341 - Gender and Sexuality in Global Perspectives Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 4334 - Psychology of Women Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 4356 - The Aging Experience Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 3352 - Urban Sociology Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4316 - Women and the Law Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4317 - Race and the Law Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4355 - Minorities in America Credit Hours: 3
SWRK 3324 - Oppression, Diversity, and Social Justice Credit Hours: 3

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 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

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.

ANTH 3355 - Topics in Asian Studies Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3357 - Topics in African Studies Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3358 - Topics in Middle Eastern Societies Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4333 - Mexico, Central America, and Borderlands Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4334 - Native Americans Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 1303 - World Regional Geography Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 4302 - Geography of Latin America Credit Hours: 3

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 .

ANTH 4333 - Mexico, Central America, and Borderlands Credit Hours: 3
ARTS 3355 - Latin American Art of the Twentieth Century Credit Hours: 3
ARTS 3356 - Mexican Art, 1500-Present Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3319 - Colonial Latin America Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3321 - Modern Latin America Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3323 - History of Mexico Credit Hours: 3
HIST 4309 - Studies in Latin American History Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 4349 - Psychology of Latina/os in the U.S. Credit Hours: 3
WGST 4314 - Latina Social Movements in the Americas Credit Hours: 3

Middle Eastern Studies

Select THREE of the following courses. ANTH 4330 when the topic is Middle Eastern country.

ANTH 3358 - Topics in Middle Eastern Societies Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4330 - Cultural Study Abroad Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 4329 - Egypt in Transition Credit Hours: 3

Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Select THREE of the following courses.

ANTH 3334 - Human Sex, Culture, Health Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4301 - Studies in Cultural Diversity Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4341 - Gender and Sexuality in Global Perspectives Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4351 - Families, Communities, and Globalization Credit Hours: 3
WGST 4314 - Latina Social Movements in the Americas Credit Hours: 3

Social Justice

Select THREE of the following courses. ANTH 4301 when the topic is Public Culture.

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 4342 - Human Rights, Social Justice, Health Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4301 - Studies in Cultural Diversity Credit Hours: 3

Health in Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Select THREE of the following courses.

ANTH 3330 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3334 - Human Sex, Culture, Health Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3361 - Anthropology of Food Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3362 - Medicine and Culture Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4342 - Human Rights, Social Justice, Health Credit Hours: 3

Immigration, Refugees, Globalization

ANTH 3357 - Topics in African Studies Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3358 - Topics in Middle Eastern Societies Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4302 - Applied Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4333 - Mexico, Central America, and Borderlands Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4335 - Anthropology of Immigrants and Refugees Credit Hours: 3