Department of Anthropology

Chair: Dr. Norris G. Lang

The programs of the Department of Anthropology focus on archaeology and ethnology as specialized areas of study. A diverse curriculum provides courses in the major subfields of ethnology, archaeology, linguistics, and physical anthropology as well as in the study of important world regions, such as the United States, North America, Latin America, India and Africa. Specialized courses are offered in medical anthropology, applied anthropology, historic archaeology, nutrition, sexuality, economic development, ethnic studies in the United States, and cultural reconstruction from symbolic behavior. Topics are cast in a comparative, often global purview, and students view human problems such as hunger, religious conflict, sexism, racism, and inequality from the anthropological perspective.

The department's programs are designed to develop students' concern and knowledge about current world problems and to provide them with skills and experience needed to enter professional careers in applied social sciences or to continue advanced training in the anthropological subdisciplines, law, public health, or other professional fields.

The Anthropology Forum is a student organization open to all undergraduate and graduate students who are currently enrolled at UH and have an interest in Anthropology. The Forum serves to promote close faculty-student interaction and to encourage students to pursue their interests in Anthropology. The Forum sponsors a lecture series that includes faculty and student presentations and outside speakers. In addition, the Forum hosts social and cultural events, such as, picnics, baseball games, concerts, ballet, and the opera.

Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Degrees

Majors must meet the general requirements for a baccalaureate degree, in addition to fulfilling the department requirements. Students must complete 30 semester hours in anthropology, to include 2302, and two courses selected from ANTH 2301,2303,and 2304. Majors must complete ANTH 4310. At least 15 semester hours must be at the 3000 level or above.

Students must complete at least 15 of the required 30 semester hours in anthropology in residence at the University of Houston. Transferred credit to be counted toward the anthropology major requirements must have a grade of C - or better.

Department of Anthropology
Attn: Undergraduate Advisor
University of Houston
Houston, Texas 77204-5020
713/743-3783

Monday

  • 7:30 AM-12:00 PM 467 PGH
  • 12:00 PM-4:00 PM 252 McElhinney

Tuesday

  • 7:30 AM- 4:00 PM 467 PGH

Wednesday

  • 7:30 AM -4:00 PM 467 PGH

Thursday

  • 7:30 AM- 4:00 PM 252 Mc El Hinney

Friday

  • 7:30 AM- 4:00 PM 252 El Hinney

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ANTHROPOLOGY BACHELOR OF ARTS

COMMUNICATION (6 HOURS)

________; _______ENGL 1303, 1304

MATHEMATICS (3 CORE HOURS)

_______ MATH 1310

MATH REASONING (3 CORE HOURS)

______MATH REASONING FROM CORE APPROVED LIST

U.S. HISTORY (6 CORE HOURS)

________; _______ HIST 1377 AND 1378

POLITICAL SCIENCE (6 CORE HOURS)

________; _______ POLS 1336 AND 1337

HUMANITIES (3 CORE HOURS)

_________ FROM CORE APPROVED LIST

VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS (3 CORE HOURS)

_______ FROM CORE APPROVED LIST

NATURAL SCIENCES (6 CORE HOURS)

________;_______FROM  CORE  APPROVED LIST

FOREIGN LANGUAGE (6 CORE HOURS) 2000 LEVEL OR HIGHER

_______;_______

SOCIAL SCIENCES (6 HOURS) (ONE MUST BE WRITING INTENSIVE)

________;_______

C.L.A.S.S. REQUIRED COURSES (9 CORE HOURS)

________;________;________

FROM THE FOLLOWING FIELDS:

AAS, AMERICAN CULTURES, ANTHROPOLOGY, ART, ART HISTORY, CHINESE, CLASSICAL STUDIES, COMMUNICATIONS, COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, DANCE, ECONOMICS, ENGLISH, FRENCH, GEOGRAPHY, GERMAN, GREEK, HISTORY, HONORS, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, ITALIAN, LATIN, MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDIES, MUSIC (MUED,MUSA,MUSI), PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGIOUS STUDIES, RUSSIAN, RUSSIAN STUDIES, SOCIOLOGY, SPANISH, THEATRE AND WOMEN'S STUDIES.

***NOTE THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS:

CREDIT MUST BE OUTSIDE THE STUDENTS MAJOR

CREDIT MUST BE IN ADDITION TO THAT USED TO SATISFY ANY CORE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENT.

CREDIT MUST BE IN ADDITION TO THAT USED TO SATISFY THE B.A. DEGREE FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT.

MAJOR: (30 HOURS –AT LEAST 18 ADVANCED)

______ ANTH 2302 (REQUIRED)

______; ______6 HOURS FROM 2301, 2303, 2304 (REQUIRED)

_____ ANTH 4310

____; ____; ____;____;_____15 HOURS OF ANTH. ELECTIVES

____ 3 HOURS ANTHROPOLOGY ELECTIVE (ANY LEVEL)

ELECTIVES: THE NUMBER OF HOURS REQUIRED TO BRING TO TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS TO 120, OF WHICH 36 MUST BE ADVANCED.

THE OTHER DEGREE REQUIREMENTS CAN BE MET BY COMPLETION OF:

  1. A APPROVED MINOR
  2. A SECOND MAJOR
  3. A SECOND DEGREE
  4. A SENIOR HONORS THESIS

*A MINIMUM OF 120 HOURS (INCLUDING 36 ADVANCED HOURS –3000/4000 LEVEL ) MUST BE COMPLETED FOR THIS DEGREE PLAN.  NO MORE THAN 66 HOURS FROM A JUNIOR COLLEGE OR 4 YEAR INSTITUTION AT THE 1000 AND 2000 LEVEL CAN APPLY TOWARDS THE DEGREE. THE LAST 30 HOURS MUST BE COMPLETED UNINTERRUPTED, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON MAIN CAMPUS.

* CORE APPROVED COURSES ARE IN THE CLASS SCHEDULE*

http://www.uh.edu/academics/corecurriculum/

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ANTHROPOLOGY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

COMMUNICATION (6 HOURS)

________; _______ENGL 1303, 1304

MATHEMATICS (3 CORE HOURS)

_______ MATH 1310

MATH REASONING/FORMAL SCIENCES (9 CORE HOURS)

______; ______; ______MATH REASONING FROM CORE APPROVED LIST

U.S. HISTORY (6 CORE HOURS)

________; _______ HIST 1377 AND 1378

POLITICAL SCIENCE (6 CORE HOURS)

________; _______ POLS 1336 AND 1337

HUMANITIES (3 CORE HOURS)

_________ FROM CORE APPROVED LIST

VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS (3 CORE HOURS)

_______ FROM CORE APPROVED LIST

NATURAL SCIENCES ( 8 CORE HOURS )

________;_______;_______FROM  CORE  APPROVED LIST

SOCIAL SCIENCES (6 HOURS) (ONE MUST BE WRITING INTENSIVE)

________;_______

C.L.A.S. S. REQUIRED COURSES (9 CORE HOURS)

________;________;_________

FROM THE FOLLOWING FIELDS:

AAS, AMERICAN CULTURES, ANTHROPOLOGY, ART, ART HISTORY, CHINESE, CLASSICAL STUDIES, COMMUNICATIONS, COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, DANCE, ECONOMICS, ENGLISH, FRENCH, GEOGRAPHY, GERMAN, GREEK, HISTORY, HONORS, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, ITALIAN, LATIN, MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDIES, MUSIC (MUED, MUSA, MUSI), PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGIOUS STUDIES, RUSSIAN, RUSSIAN STUDIES, SOCIOLOGY, SPANISH, THEATRE AND WOMEN'S STUDIES.

***NOTE THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS:

CREDIT MUST BE OUTSIDE THE STUDENTS MAJOR.

CREDIT MUST BE IN ADDITION TO THAT USED TO SATISFY ANY CORE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENT.

CREDIT MUST BE IN ADDITION TO THAT USED TO SATISFY THE B.A. DEGREE FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT.

MAJOR: (30 HOURS –AT LEAST 18 ADVANCED)

______ ANTH 2302 (REQUIRED)

______; ______6 HOURS FROM 2301, 2303, 2304 (REQUIRED)

_____ ANTH 4310

____; ____; ____; ____; _____15 HOURS OF ANTHROPOLOGY ELECTIVES

____ 3 HOURS ANTHROPOLOGY ELECTIVE (ANY LEVEL)

ELECTIVES: THE NUMBER OF HOURS REQUIRED TO BRING TO TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS TO 120, OF WHICH 36 MUST BE ADVANCED.

THE OTHER DEGREE REQUIREMENTS CAN BE MET BY COMPLETION OF:

  1. A APPROVED MINOR
  2. A SECOND MAJOR
  3. A SECOND DEGREE
  4. A SENIOR HONORS THESIS

*A MINIMUM OF 120 HOURS (INCLUDING 36 ADVANCED HOURS –3000/4000 LEVEL) MUST BE COMPLETED FOR THIS DEGREE PLAN.  NO MORE THAN 66 HOURS FROM A JUNIOR COLLEGE OR 4 YEAR INSTITUTION AT THE 1000 AND 2000 LEVEL CAN APPLY TOWARDS THE DEGREE. THE LAST 30 HOURS MUST BE COMPLETED UNINTERRUPTED, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON MAIN CAMPUS.

* CORE APPROVED COURSES ARE IN THE CLASS SCHEDULE*

http://www.uh.edu/academics/corecurriculum/

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Minor in Anthropology

To qualify for a minor in anthropology, students must complete 18 semester hours in anthropology including two courses selected from ANTH 1300, 2301, 2302, 2303, and 2304, plus nine additional semester hours at the 3000 level or above. One course at any level. Students must take nine semester hours, at least six of them advanced, in residence and earn a 2.00 minimum cumulative grade point average in all minor courses attempted at this university. The proposed minor program must be approved by the undergraduate advisor in Anthropology.

COURSES RECOMMENDED FOR PRE-LAW STUDENTS

The following courses should benefit the pre-law student in one or more of these ways: they better prepare the student for the formal study of law; they increase the student's capacity to perform well on the Law School Aptitude Test, and many are useful to the future lawyer in the practice of law.

Strongly Recommended

The following courses should benefit the pre-law student in one or more of these ways: they better prepare the student for the formal study of law; they increase the student's capacity to perform well on the Law School Aptitude Test, and many are useful to the future lawyer in the practice of law.

POLS 3346  Intro. to Constitutional Law               HIST 4395  English Law, State and Society

POLS 3357  Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties      HIST 4302  American Constitutional History

SOC   3313  Criminology                                      COMM 1331 Fund of Public Speaking or

PHIL  1321  Logic I                                             COMM 3337 Argumentation and Debate

PHIL  3375  Law, Society and Morality                 ACCT 2331 Accounting Principles  I-  Financial.

                                                               ACCT 2332 Accounting Principles II-  Managerial.

ENGL 3340 Advanced Composition and one of the following:

POLS  3354 Law and Society

POLS  3355 Judicial Process

POLS  3358 Judicial Behavior.

Recommended

SOC  3311 Sociology of Law                                  POLS  3378 Political Economy

SOC  3312 Sociology of Deviance                           PHIL   2310 Critical Thinking

PSYC 2380 Intro. to Social Psychology                   PHIL   2321 Logic II

POLS 3349 American Political Thought                   ECON 2304 Microeconomic Principles

POLS 3365 Legislative Process                              ECQN 2305 Macroeconomic Principles

POLS 3370 State Government and Politics              COMM 3337 Argumentation and Debate

POLS 3377 Politics of Prosperity.

In addition to these recommended courses, the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences offers counseling on such subjects as how to prepare for the Law School Aptitude Test; the process of selecting the law school best suited to the student's personal desires and credentials; and the procedures for applying to law school. Up-to-date information is also provided on the various career opportunities and general employment prospects within the legal field.

For law school advice, see Professor Robert A. Carp, Pre-law Advisor, Room 402 Hoffman Hall (PGH) or call for an appointment at (713) 743-4008.

Anthropology Major Requirements

  • ANTH 2302 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
  • ANTH 2304 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
  • ANTH 2301 and 2303 (students must choose 6 hours from 2301, 2303 and 2304)
  • (15 advanced hours of Anthropology electives) It is 5 classes.
  • ANTH 4310 Theories of Culture
  • 3 Hours any level Anthropology (1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 level)

Address inquiries about pre-law counseling and training to:

Department of Political Science.

 
 
 
 

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