Department of Anthropology

For more information about degree offerings by the faculty of anthropology, visit the Department of Anthropology webpage.

The program in anthropology, offering a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)  degree, is designed to provide students with a strong general background in anthropology preparatory to graduate studies or employment in fields such as qualitative and applied research, archaeology, foreign relations, international business, international law, and social work. The curriculum requires all students, under the supervision of an anthropology faculty member, to complete a research project in some area of the student’s interest. Individual counseling is provided for all students.

Lower division work in anthropology emphasizes the four major divisions of the discipline: physical anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology, and linguistics. Upper division courses emphasize archaeology and cultural anthropology, with supporting courses in physical anthropology and linguistics offered at the junior level.

Learning Objectives

Students who complete the Bachelor’s degree will:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the theories and methods of the four fields of anthropology - archaeology, social/cultural anthropology, linguistics, and physical anthropology - and be able to analyze their interrelationships.
2. Demonstrate an awareness of the challenges of social change and civic engagement that will permit them to work effectively with others.
3. Obtain employment or apply to graduate school.
4. Demonstrate a greater appreciation of the diversity of human cultures.
5. Demonstrate an appreciation of the variety of human cultures, past and present, including their connections, similarities, and contrasts - a truly global view.

Programs

• Anthropology, B.A.

• Anthropology Minor

Courses

• ANTH 1063 Culture, People, and Nature: General Anthropology
• ANTH 2023 Foundations of Linguistics
• ANTH 2031 Human Development and Diversity: Physical Anthropology Laboratory
• ANTH 2033 Human Development and Diversity: Physical Anthropology
• ANTH 2043 Patterns in Culture: Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 2053 Cultures before History: Archaeology
• ANTH 2233 Prehistoric Archaeology of Oklahoma
• ANTH 2993 Independent Study
• ANTH 3023 Forensic Anthropology
• ANTH 3103 North American Indians
• ANTH 3123 Sociolinguistics
• ANTH 3163 Anthropology and Literature
• ANTH 3173 Gender across Cultures
• ANTH 3443 Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
• ANTH 3992-3 Independent Study
• ANTH 4033 Archaeology of the Americas
• ANTH 4043 Old World Prehistory
• ANTH 4053 Archaeological Analysis
• ANTH 4063 Qualitative Methods in Anthropological Research
• ANTH 4083 Introduction to Museum Work
• ANTH 4093 Anthropology of Globalization
• ANTH 4103 Human Origins
• ANTH 4112-4116 Summer Fieldschool in Anthropology
• ANTH 4203 Ancient Ethnography
• ANTH 4223 Geoarchaeology
• ANTH 4233 Medical Anthropology
• ANTH 4273 Archaeology and History of the African Diaspora
• ANTH 4403 Topics in Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 4503 Topics in Prehistory
• ANTH 4513 Regional Studies in Prehistory
• ANTH 4633 Regional Studies in Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 4763 History of Anthropological Theory
• ANTH 4973 Research Seminar in Anthropology
• ANTH 4981-3 Internship/Service Learning
• ANTH 4993 Independent Research
• ANTH 5053 Cultural Property: Ethics and Law
• ANTH 5163 Practical Anthropology: Principles of Applied Anthropology