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2025-2026 Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Catalog

Anthropology, B.A. Four-Year Course Plan


All General Education course options can be found here.   

Please Note: This four-year plan serves as a general guide and assumes that all prerequisite requirements have been met prior to each course. Students may need to complete additional prerequisite coursework (WRI 001 ) based on placement results or prior preparation. Be sure to consult with your academic advisor to create a personalized plan that aligns with your individual progress and goals.

First Year

Fall  Spring
ANTH 005: Introduction to Biological Anthropology   ANTH 003: Introduction to Anthropological Archaeology  
WRI 010: College Reading and Composition   ANTH 010: Quantitative Methods in Anthropology  
SPRK 001: Spark Seminar  or  SPRK 010: Spark Seminar   General Education: Area A–Physical Science
Lower Division Elective General Education: Lower Division Language

Second Year

Fall Spring
WRI 117: Writing for the Social Sciences and Humanities   ANTH 001: Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology  
General Education: Area B–Approaches to Knowledge Literary and Textual Analysis, Media and Visual Analysis

Major Upper Division ANTH: Anthropological Archaeology (ANTH 130-149)

Lower or Upper Division Elective Lower or Upper Division Elective
Lower or Upper Division Elective Lower or Upper Division Elective

Third Year

Fall Spring
ANTH 100: History of Anthropological Thought and Practice  

Major Upper Division ANTH: Methods (ANTH 170 or ANTH 176)

Major Upper Division ANTH: Laboratory or Archival Methods (ANTH 171-179, HS 160)

Major Upper Division ANTH
Lower or Upper Division Elective General Education: Upper Division Crossroads
Lower or Upper Division Elective Lower or Upper Division Elective

Fourth Year

Fall Spring

Major Upper Division ANTH: Socio-Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 110-129)

Major Upper Division ANTH: Biological Anthropology (ANTH 150-169)

Major Upper Division ANTH Major Upper Division ANTH of choice
General Education: Upper Division Culminating Experience Lower or Upper Division Elective

The four-year plans presented in this sample plan demonstrate the recommended sequencing and timing  of the required and elective components within each major, the assumption each course listed is worth 4 semester units (unless otherwise noted), and that lower and upper division common course GE requirements are maximized in sharing with your major, concentration, and Intellectual Experience Badges.

Completing the 120 units necessary for graduation; should your plan not have a minimum of 120 units planned to be completed, you must add the necessary courses to ensure you complete a minimum of 120 units.

Completing the 120 units necessary for graduation; should your plan not have a minimum of 120 units planned to be completed, you must add the necessary courses to ensure you complete a minimum of 120 units.

All students are expected to work with their academic advisor to find their best pathway through the degree requirements of their chosen program. 

Students must complete three courses in Approaches to Knowledge Area B: Social Science, Literary and Textual Analysis, Media and Visual Analysis, Societies and Cultures of the Past GE. One course must be Approaches to Knowledge Area B: Social Science GE. Students must complete the remaining two courses from at least two of the other three Approaches to Knowledge Area B areas: Literary and Textual Analysis, Media and Visual Analysis, & Societies and Cultures of the Past.