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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
 
  Feb 18, 2026
 
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Anthropology Minor


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Anthropology is concerned with how humans and human societies evolve culturally and biologically. Anthropology explores the differences and similarities among human cultures and the biocultural processes that influence human biological diversity. It integrates a wide range of perspectives on human behavior, culture, and society. Students in the Anthropology Minor program will become familiar with the basic concerns of archaeology, biological anthropology, and cultural anthropology via the required introductory courses. Additional elective credits for the Minor provide flexibility for students to pursue their specific interests within Anthropology.   

Required Courses for the Anthropology Minor


The anthropology minor requires the completion of 18 credits distributed as follows:

Core Courses


All three core introductory courses are required. Students must receive a grade of C or better in each of the three required courses.

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