Anthropology Major (B.A.) [offered through Honors Tutorial College]

Major Code BA1953*

Honors Tutorial College
35 Park Place
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.2723
honors.college@ohio.edu
www.ohio.edu/honors/tutorial-college

Dr. Matthew Rosen, director of studies/contact person
rosenm@ohio.edu

Program Overview

Anthropology is the study of the human species as a whole. As a holistic discipline, anthropology requires mastery of a variety of fields. The Honors Tutorial program in anthropology balances a commitment to breadth and rigor with an opportunity for self-disciplined and highly motivated students to explore fundamental and cutting-edge issues creatively. It is a four year program during which time students are expected to take a tutorial course each semester, along with language, collateral studies and upper-division anthropology courses. This enables students to acquire the full range of skills necessary to successfully continue in graduate study. Students will have excellent opportunities for intensive study with the seven anthropologists in the department.

*This program was previously BA1934 which awarded the Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology degree. Pending Board of Trustees approval (anticipated June 2024), the new program code will be BA1953 and will award the Bachelor of Arts effective the 2024-25 catalog year.

Admissions Information

Freshman/First-Year Admission

Applicants are selected on the basis of superior academic ability and the potential for self-motivated study and research. Applicants typically are required to submit additional essays, and an interview with the director of studies is required for admission. More information, including materials and deadlines, is available at www.ohio.edu/honors/tutorial-programs/apply.

Change of Program Policy

First-year students at Ohio University may apply to transfer into the anthropology tutorial program and the Honors Tutorial College. These students must meet the same entrance requirements as entering freshmen. Depending on program capacity, an application to transfer into the program may be available in mid-April.

External Transfer Admission

First-year students at another institution may also apply to transfer into the anthropology tutorial program and the Honors Tutorial College. These students must meet the same entrance requirements as entering freshmen. Depending on program capacity, a transfer deadline in mid-April may be available.

Opportunities Upon Graduation

The labor/job market reflects the diversity of anthropology as a field. Past anthropology students from Ohio University have been successful in pursuing careers in professional schools including medicine, law, and nursing. Anthropology students have been accepted into top graduate schools in anthropology, social work, forensics, history, and other related fields many with fellowships or research assistantships due to their Ohio University undergraduate research experience. They have also entered government agencies, including the Peace Corps, AMERICORPS, VISTA, parks service, and NEH. Students in cultural anthropology often get positions in NGOs focused on U.S. or international development. Archaeology students are employed in cultural management (CRM) firms, historical preservation offices, contract archaeology businesses, museums, or go on to graduate degrees and become university professors. Students in biological anthropology have graduated with positions in forensics labs, zoos, and primate centers.

Requirements

HTC Grade Requirements

Earn at least 120 semester hours and maintain a GPA of 3.5 or higher overall.

University English Composition Requirement

Complete one Written Communication course (ENG 1510 ) and one Advanced Writing course (FAW).

Quantitative Skills Requirement

Complete the University’s Quantitative Reasoning Requirement. More information can be found by viewing the OHIO BRICKS page (see Quantitative Reasoning heading within “Foundations Requirements”).

HTC Seminar

First-year students must complete the following course:

HC 2500 - Honors Seminar Credit Hours: 3

Transfer students

Transfer students may substitute an HC special topics seminar for their HC 2500 requirement.

Tutorials

Complete the following tutorials:

ANTH 2970T - Anthropology Tutorial Credit Hours: 1 - 12
ANTH 2971T - Anthropology Tutorial Credit Hours: 1 - 12
ANTH 2980T - Anthropology Tutorial Credit Hours: 1 - 12
ANTH 2981T - Anthropology Tutorial Credit Hours: 1 - 12
ANTH 3970T - Anthropology Tutorial Credit Hours: 1 - 12
ANTH 3980T - Anthropology Tutorial Credit Hours: 1 - 12

Thesis Tutorials

Complete the following two tutorials focused on the development and completion of a thesis.

ANTH 4970T - Anthropology Tutorial Credit Hours: 1 - 12
ANTH 4980T - Anthropology Tutorial Credit Hours: 1 - 12

HTC Thesis Requirement

Approval of a completed thesis or professional project by the advisor, director of studies, and Dean of the College.

Introductory Anthropology Courses

Complete the following three courses:

ANTH 1010 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 2010 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 2020 - Introduction to World Archaeology Credit Hours: 3

Archaeology

Complete two of the following courses:

ANTH 3595 - Hunting & Gathering Societies Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3600 - Origins of Food Production Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3610 - North American Prehistory Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3670 - South American Prehistory Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3700 - Mexican/Central American Prehistory Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3780 - Human Ecology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4520 - Anthropological Archaeology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4911 - Field School in Ohio Archaeology Credit Hours: 4
ANTH 4943 - Seminar in Archaeological Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4944 - Seminar in Human Ecology Credit Hours: 3

Biological Anthropology

Complete two of the following courses:

ANTH 3460 - Introduction to Human Osteology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3540 - Primate Behavioral Ecology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3550 - Medical Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3902 - Perspectives in Biological Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4470 - Forensic Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4480 - Blood, Bones, and Violence Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4580 - Peoples, Plagues and Pestilence: The Anthropology of Infectious Disease Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4730 - Human Evolution Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4740 - Zooarchaeology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4942 - Seminar in Biological Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3960 - Human Variation Credit Hours: 3

Cultural Anthropology

Complete two of the following courses:

ANTH 3010 - Visual Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3020 - Media Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3400 - Applied Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3450 - Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3490 - Life History: The Individual and Culture Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3500 - Economic Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3510 - Political Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3530 - Anthropology of Violence and Peace Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3570 - Anthropology of Religion Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3660 - Cultures of the Americas Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3760 - Culture Contact and Change Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3770 - Peasant Communities Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3800 - Cultures of South Asia Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3810 - Cultures of Africa Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3820 - Cultures of the Mediterranean Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3830 - Cultures of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3850 - Cultures of Southeast Asia Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 3860 - Problems in Southeast Asian Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4250 - Ethnographies of Global Capitalism Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4560 - Ethnographic Methods Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4590 - Legal Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4620 - Human Rights, Law and Justice Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4720 - History of Anthropological Thought Credit Hours: 3
ANTH 4941 - Seminar in Cultural Anthropology Credit Hours: 3

Foreign Language

Complete a two-year sequence through 2120 in a single language or equivalent. Equivalent credit can be Advanced Placement or college transfer credit. Students who have prior knowledge of Spanish, French, or German must take the placement test before enrolling in these classes. (The placement exam does not count as college credit.) If you test into the 3000-level or above, the foreign language requirement is considered fulfilled, except for the Advanced Language requirement below.

Advanced Language

Complete one course at the 3000 level in the language used to meet the foreign language competency above.

Collateral Courses

Complete 10 courses from the following list (see footnote below):

AH 3410 - History of Chinese Art Credit Hours: 3
AH 3420 - 20th-Century Art of China Credit Hours: 3
AH 3430 - History of Japanese Art Credit Hours: 3
AH 3510 - Ancient Architecture Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 1030 - Human Biology I:Basic Principles Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 2020 - The Biology of Sex Differences Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 2050 - Human Biology: Sex and Reproduction Credit Hours: 2
BIOS 2200 - Conservation and Biodiversity Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 2210 - Microbes and Humans Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 2250 - Genetics in Human Society Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 2750 - Ecology in the 21st Century Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 3010 - Human Anatomy Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 3100 - General Genetics Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 3300 - Principles of Evolution Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 3640 - Forensic Biology Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 3750 - Animal Ecology Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 4250 - Evolutionary Genetics Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 4730 - Animal Behavior Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 4770 - Population Ecology Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 4780 - Community Ecology Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 4790 - Advanced Evolution Credit Hours: 3
BIOS 4810 - Animal Conservation Biology Credit Hours: 3
CARS 2010 - Greek Archaeology Credit Hours: 3
CARS 2020 - Roman Archaeology Credit Hours: 3
CARS 2030 - Archaeology of the Ancient Near East Credit Hours: 3
CARS 2050 - Archaeology and the Bible Credit Hours: 3
CARS 2400 - Introduction to the Study of Religion Credit Hours: 3
CARS 2610 - Buddhism Credit Hours: 3
CARS 3260 - Myth, Ritual, and Symbolism Credit Hours: 3
COMS 1100 - Communication Among Cultures Credit Hours: 3
ECON 1030 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECON 1040 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECON 3400 - International Trade Credit Hours: 3
ECON 3500 - Development Economics Credit Hours: 3
EDTE 2300 - Education and Cultural Diversity Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 1200 - Human Geography Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 1310 - Globalization and the Developing World Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 2400 - Environmental Geography Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 2680 - Introduction to GIS and Mapping Sciences Credit Hours: 4
GEOG 2710 - Introduction to Statistics in Geography Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 3200 - Race, Ethnicity and Place Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 3210 - Population Geography Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 3290 - World Economic Geography Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 3300 - Geography of Europe Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 3310 - Geography of Africa Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 3330 - Appalachia: Land and People Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 3350 - Geography of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 3380 - Geography of Asia Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 3430 - Global Issues in Environment Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 3600 - Principles of Cartography Credit Hours: 4
GEOG 4730 - Principles of GIS Credit Hours: 4
GEOL 1010 - How The Earth Works Credit Hours: 4
GEOL 2150 - Environmental Geology Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 3050 - Statistical Methods in Geology Credit Hours: 4
GEOL 3300 - Principles of Geomorphology Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 4480 - Paleoecology Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1320 - Introduction to World History Before 1750 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1330 - Introduction to World History Since 1750 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2460 - The Rise of Modern Asia Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3020 - Survey of American Indian History Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3220 - 1960s in U.S.: Decade of Controversy Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3230 - Latin American History: The Colonial Era Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3231 - Latin American History: From Independence to the Present Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3450 - Southeast Asia to c. 1750: The Creative Synthesis Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3451 - Southeast Asia, c. 1750 to 1945: Change and Conflict Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3452 - Southeast Asia, 1945 to the Present: The Search for Stability Credit Hours: 3
HLTH 2901 - Health Aspects of Aging Credit Hours: 3
HLTH 3300 - Community Health Epidemiology Credit Hours: 3
LING 2700 - The Nature of Language Credit Hours: 3
LING 2750 - Introduction to Language and Culture Credit Hours: 3
LING 3500 - Introduction to Linguistics Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 1300 - Introduction to Ethics Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 2400 - Social and Political Philosophy Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 2600 - Philosophy of Religion Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 3350 - Environmental Ethics Credit Hours: 3
POLS 1500 - Themes in Global Politics Credit Hours: 3
POLS 2300 - Democracies and Dictatorships Around the World Credit Hours: 3
POLS 2500 - International Relations Credit Hours: 3
POLS 2700 - Introduction to Political Theory Credit Hours: 3
POLS 4250 - Environmental and Climate Change Politics and Policy Credit Hours: 3
POLS 4780 - Feminist Political Theories and Movements Credit Hours: 3
PSY 2110 - Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences Credit Hours: 4
PSY 2720 - Psychology of Personality Credit Hours: 3
PSY 3320 - Psycholinguistics Credit Hours: 3
SOC 2000 - Contemporary Social Problems Credit Hours: 3
SOC 2100 - Introduction to Social Psychology Credit Hours: 3
SOC 3310 - Class and Inequality Credit Hours: 3
SOC 3500 - Elementary Research Techniques Credit Hours: 3
SOC 4500 - Data Analysis Credit Hours: 3
WGSS 1000 - Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Credit Hours: 3
Footnote: Only one of the following will count toward requirement fulfillment: GEOG 2710 , PSY 2110 , SOC 4500 .