NEW Experiential Learning Fellowship in Anthropology
Other Undergraduate Fellowships
SAGES
Guidelines for Senior Capstone Project
Majors and Minors
The Anthropology Department's undergraduate programs investigate human behavior through four emphases, offered as both majors and minors: General Anthropology, Health Science, Archaeology, and Physical Anthropology. Each of these emphases pushes you to develop the qualitative and quantitative analytic skills necessary for both a career and further academic study.
Follow this link for a PDF version of our Undergraduate Handbook.
Engineering
In addition to these programs offered through the Anthropology Department, there is also a sequence for social science emphasizing anthropology in the Engineering Core. Interested students will take ANTH 102 or 103 and two other courses, at least one of these must be a 300-level course.
Interdisciplinary Programs
If you're interested in certain aspects of anthropology, but want to combine your study with another subject area, then look into the three Interdisciplinary Programs that incorporate anthropology:
Asian Studies
Study Asian cultures in a multidisciplinary format; understand the social, cultural, and political forces that are shaping these cultures
Childhood Studies
Study issues concerning children and childhood experiences: infancy through adolescence, along with parenting, gender, and the place of children in society and culture
Evolutionary Biology
Study macro and micro evolutionary processes, the history and philosophy of evolutionary thought; emphasize evolutionary theory, ecology and genetics, study of organisms, and the dynamics of evolutionary principles in scientific inquiry
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
The National Science Foundation (NSF) provides helpful information regarding research experiences and funding opportunities for undergraduate students.
Undergraduate Advisors
For any questions regarding your emphasis in anthropology, talk to your undergraduate advisor.
Departmental Honors
This program is open to qualified majors in anthropology who have completed 15 hours of anthropology courses and successfully maintained a 3.25 grade point average in departmental offerings and a 3.0 grade point average overall.
Interested and qualifying students should apply for the program in the fall semester of their junior year. If you're approved for departmental honors, register for ANTH 391, 392 Honors Tutorial in the spring of your junior year and the fall of your senior year.
Honors students are required to tackle a research project under the supervision of one or more faculty members. You must also present an acceptable research paper in the fall semester of your senior year.
Students interested in the program should contact their undergraduate advisor. In addition, they can view "Anthropology: Real People, Real Careers" from the American Anthropological Association. This DVD is a fist hand look at applied anthropologist's fascinating study of human cuture all over the world. Contact the Department of Anthropology, Mather Memorial R238 to view this DVD.
Integrated Graduate Studies (IGS)
The Integrated Graduate Studies (IGS) Program is intended for highly motivated undergraduate students who wish to complete the academic requirements of both a B.A. and M.A. degree in Anthropology. Interested students who fulfill the college requirements for the IGS program (see http://www.case.edu/provost/ugstudies/IGS.htm) must apply to the Anthropology graduate program by the spring semester of their junior year. Details on applying to the graduate program can be found at: http://www.case.edu/artsci/anth/gradprograms.html). Additional information of the IGS program can be found on page 12 of the Department of Anthropology Undergraduate Handbook.
It is possible to obtain the M.A. degree simultaneously with, or shortly after, completion of the B.A. degree because courses taken during your senior year can be applied towards the completion of the requirements for both degrees. Course schedules must of course be constructed so that the courses taken during your senior year are appropriate for both degrees. The B.A. degree will be awarded upon meeting all requirements for a baccalaureate degree, which should occur by the end of your senior year. The M.A. degree will be awarded after successfully completing 27 graduate credit hours and 'passing' the comprehensive examination. For more details on the requirements for an M.A. in Anthropology see:
http://www.case.edu/artsci/anth/reqforma.html.
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