Anthropology, B.A. - 120 units

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Summary of Units:

Lower Division Major Requirements	13
Upper Division Major Requirements	33
Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements	74
Total Units	120

Note: All courses for the major must be taken for a letter grade. Students must maintain a GPA of 2.0 to remain in the program

Lower Division Requirements - 13 units

ANTH 102 - Cultural Anthropology Units: 3
ANTH 104 - Introduction To Bioanthropology Units: 3
ANTH 104L - Bioanthropology Laboratory Units: 1
ANTH 105 - Introduction to Archaeology Units: 3
ANTH 106 - Culture and Communication: Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology Units: 3

Upper Division Requirements - 33-34 units

Upper Division Required Courses - 18-19 units

1. Select three from the following four courses - 9-10 units

ANTH 375 - Qualitative Research Methods in Anthropology Units: 3
ANTH 377 - Archaeological Method And Theory Units: 3
ESRM 328 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Units: 3
SOC 303 - Statistical Applications In The Social Sciences (Cross-listed as PSY 303) Units: 4

2. All students complete the following - 9 units

ANTH 470 - The Development of Anthropological Perspectives Units: 3
ANTH 489 - Professionalism In Anthropology Units: 3
ANTH 499 - Capstone Project Units: 3

Upper Division Anthropology Electives - 15 units

Select from the following:

Any upper division ANTH courses not required for the major
UNIV 498 - Faculty-Student Collaborative Research Units: 3

Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements - 74 units

To graduate, students must complete 120 units minimum (40 units must be upper division) including all General Education (GE) and Graduation Requirements . The following areas must be included:

Additional lower division A-E GE requirements not met within major
Nine units of Upper Division Interdisciplinary GE (UDIGE) courses, numbered 330-349 or 430-449. Six units may be within major, three units must be outside major (C or better grades)
Multicultural Requirement (C or better grade)
Language Requirement (C or better grade)
American Institutions Requirement
Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation