The Anthropology minor may be completed only by students in the Elementary Education licensing program; certification in Anthropology is no longer available at the Secondary level. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75 is required, based on all Anthropology minor course work taken on the UW-Madison campus. The graduation grade point average may be modified by the Last 60 Credits Rule. Contact Education Academic Services (EAS), B117 Education, for additional information regarding the Elementary Education Program. Applications are on the EAS Web site, www.education.wisc.edu/eas, beginning October 1 and are due by March 1 (may change to February 1).
Minimum 27 credits. The courses listed below are Anthropology listings in the Timetable unless otherwise indicated.
105 Principles of Biological Anthropology, 3 cr
300 Cultural Anthropology: Theory and Ethnography, 3 cr
321 The Emergence of Human Culture, 3 cr, or approved substitute
322 The Origins of Civilization, 3 cr
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301 Introduction to Linguistics: Descriptive and Theoretical, 3 cr
429 Language and Society, 3-4 cr
430 Language and Culture, 3-4 cr
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106 Human Biology Lab, 3 cr
311 Archaeological Chemistry, 3 cr (if offered)
340 History of Anthropological Theory, 3 cr (if taken; no longer offered)
347 Field Methods and Problems, 3-6 cr
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314 Indians of North America, 3 cr
353 Indians of the Western Great Lakes, 3-4 cr
370 Field Course in Archaeology, 3-6 cr
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341 Technological Change and Culture Patterns, 3-4 cr (if offered)
349 Cultural Change, 3-4 cr
477 Anthropology, Environment, and Development, 3 cr (if offered)
570 Anthropology and Education, 3 cr
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860 History of Anthropological Theory, 3 cr
913 Seminar: Theory and Method in Ethnography, 3 cr
940 Seminar: Problems in Cultural Anthropology, 3 cr
An approved substitute
Additional course work, if necessary, to total 27 credits