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Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, VA 24595

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The Anthropology Major (B.A.)

2009-2010

(34 semester hours)

Required:

ANTH 221	(3)	Culture, Society and the Individual
ANTH 224	(3)	Ethnography
ANTH 328	(3)	Ritual and Worldview

Senior Exercises:

ANTH 451	(1)	Senior Workshop in Anthropology and Archaeology
ANTH 452	(3)	Senior Seminar

Choose 1 of the following courses:

ANTH 215	(3)	Peoples and Cultures of Africa
ANTH 268	(3)	Peoples and Cultures of the Mediterranean
ANTH 270	(3)	Peoples and Cultures of South Asia

Or an approved Peoples and Culture course offered by the anthropology department.

Choose 1 of the following courses:

ANTH 317	(3)	Ecological Anthropology
ANTH 334	(3)	Gifts and Commodities

And choose 5 additional three-credit courses in anthropology excluding internships. No more than one directed, special, or independent study may be counted toward the major.

Note: Students choosing to declare majors in both anthropology and archaeology may use ANTH 451 and ANTH 452 for only one of these majors. The senior exercise for the other major may be an independent study if approved by the advisor.

Note: At least four courses (including ANTH 328, ANTH 451, and ANTH 452) must be advanced courses numbered at the 300-level or above.

Note: For the major in anthropology, the P/CR/NC grading option may not be exercised for any course which could count toward the major.