The Anthropology Major
Department of Anthropology
State University of New York College at Oneonta

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Note: The following requirements apply to students who declared an anthropology major after January 1, 2009. If you declared a major before January 1, 2009, you fall under the old requirements (click here for details). If you declared your major before January 1, 2009 and want to change to the new requirements below, you need to contact the Department Chair, Dr. Brian Haley.

Degree Requirements

The anthropology major consists of 30 semester hours (s.h.) in anthropology courses, including 9 s.h. in three introductory courses, 6 s.h. in “hands-on” courses dealing with methods/experiences in anthropology, a capstone senior seminar (3 s.h.), and 12 s.h. of upper-division anthropology electives. Of course, students can take more than 30 s.h. if they wish; however, more than 45 s.h. in anthropology cannot count toward graduation credit.

1. Introductory Courses in Anthropology (9 s.h. required core courses):

• ANTH 100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3 s.h.)
  (Click on name to see course syllabi for recent sections that have been offered by Haley, Han, Hill, and Klink)
• ANTH 130 Introduction to Biological Anthropology(3 s.h.)
  (Click on name to see course syllabi for recent sections that have been offered by Betsinger and Relethford)
• ANTH 140 Principles of Archaeology (3 s.h.)
  (Click on names to see course syllabi for recent sections that have been offered by Klink and Walker)

2. Methods/Experience in Anthropology (6 sh. from the following):

• ANTH 294 Special Topics in Anthropology (3 s.h.)*
• ANTH 312 Exhibiting Cultures in Museums (3 s.h.)
• ANTH 325 Applied Anthropology (3 s.h.)
• ANTH 330 Paleoanthropology (3 s.h.)
• ANTH 331 Human Skeletal Anatomy (3 s.h.)
• ANTH 333 Human Biological Variation (3 s.h.)
• ANTH 336 Forensic Anthropology (3 s.h.)
• ANTH 341 Zooarchaeology (3 s.h.)
• ANTH 342 Understanding Stone Tools (3 s.h.)
• ANTH 343 Archaeological Field and Laboratory Methods (3 s.h.)
• ANTH 345 Field School in Archaeology (summer session, 6 s.h.)
• ANTH 355 Field Methods in Cultural Anthropology (3 s.h.)
• ANTH 397 Internship in Anthropology (1–6 s.h.)

3. Electives in Anthropology (12 s.h. in 200–300 level anthropology courses)

4. Capstone Seminar (3 s.h.; choose one of the following):

• ANTH 390 Issues in Anthropology (3 s.h.)
  (Click on names to see course syllabi for recent sections that have offered by Betsinger, Haley, Han, Klink, and Walker)
• ANTH 393 History of Anthropological Thought (3 s.h.)
  (Click on names to see course syllabi for recent sections that have offered by Haley, Hill, and Relethford)

TOTAL = 30 s.h.

Note: Courses may not be used for credit in more than one area (e.g., a course counted toward Methods/Experience cannot also be counted toward Electives)

* Any given ANTH 294 (Special Topics) course may count toward Methods/Experiences or Electives, depending on the specific topic and with permission of the Department Chair.

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