Classification: Major
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
These sister disciplines help us to understand social structures and individual roles within them, the effects of colonialism on colonies and colonial powers, oppression and privilege, imperialism and self-determination and local responses to global conditions. The sociological imagination and the anthropological perspective together help us to understand how we both affect and are affected by the social and physical world around us.
This major provides students with an understanding of the dynamics of culture, cultural survival, ethnicity, race, gender, class, sexuality, etc., and the foundations for conducting research so they will be able to participate in the creation of a more equitable and sustainable world.
The total number of courses required for the major is 15 (39-45 semester hours). At least six of the courses (18-19 semester hours) taken for the major must be at the 300-level or above.
Required Courses
All of the following (12 sem. hrs.)
- ANTH 161 Introduction to Anthropology (3 sem. hrs.)
- MATH 151 Elementary Statistics (3 sem. hrs.)
- SOC 151 Principles of Sociology (3 sem. hrs.)
- SOC 401 Senior Essay and Research Seminar in Sociology and Anthropology (4 sem. hrs.)
One of the following Methods courses (4 sem. hrs.)
- ANTH 260 Ethnographic Methods (4 sem. hrs.)
- SS 394 Research Methods for the Social Sciences (4 sem. hrs.)
One of the following Theory courses (3 sem. hrs.)
- ANTH 330 Anthropological Theory and Ethnography (3 sem. hrs.)
- SOC 363 Sociological Theory (3 sem. hrs.)
Experiential Learning: 2-4 credits from experiential learning opportunities
These can either be internships with sociology and anthropology (SOCA) faculty acting as either on-site or faculty sponsors, or OCS J-term courses taught by SOCA faculty. A semester abroad would also meet this requirement.
Four additional Sociology or Anthropology courses and three courses in the other (17-23 sem. hrs.)
Anthropology Courses
- ANTH 210 Anthropology and Museums (3 sem. hrs.)
- ANTH 211 Anthropology of Body and Health (3 sem. hrs.)
- ANTH 222 Anthropology, Religion, and Colonialism (3 sem. hrs.)
- ANTH 230 Culture and Gardens (3 sem. hrs.)
- ANTH/SUS 231 Culture and Water (3 sem. hrs.)
- ANTH 250 Hawaii: Colonialism and Tourism (3 sem. hrs.)
- ANTH 260 Ethnographic Methods (4 sem. hrs.) (if not taken to fulfill Methods course)
- ANTH/FOOD 270 Anthropology and Food Studies (3 sem. hrs.)
- ANTH 280 World Archaeology (3 sem. hrs.)
- ANTH 285/385 Topics in Anthropology (2-4 sem. hrs.)
- ANTH 290/390 Internship in Anthropology (2-4 sem. hrs.)
- ANTH/ARTH 301 The Museum in Theory and Practice (3 sem. hrs.)
- ANTH 302 Anthropology of Violence (3 sem. hrs.)
- ANTH/HM 306 The Anthropology of Tourism
- ANTH 330 Anthropological Theory and Ethnography (3 sem. hrs.) (if not taken to fulfill Theory course)
- ANTH 399 Independent Study in Anthropology (1-3 sem. hrs.)
- OCS 300 Anthropological Experience in Hawaii
- OCS 305 Anthropological Experience in Belize (3 sem. hrs.)
Sociology Courses
- SOC 201 Sociology of the Paranormal (3 sem. hrs.)
- SOC/PSY 224 Social Psychology (3 sem. hrs.)
- SOC 228 Social Problems (3 sem. hrs.)
- SOC 235 Social Norms/Social Deviance (3 sem. hrs.)
- SOC 277 Social Inequality (3 sem. hrs.)
- SOC/CRIM 285/385 Topics in Sociology (2-4 sem. hrs.)
- SOC 300 Humans, Animals and Interaction (3 sem. hrs.)
- SOC 304 Criminology (3 sem. hrs.)
- SOC 315 Men and Masculinities (3 sem. hrs.)
- SOC 331 Mass Media and Society (3 sem. hrs.)
- SOC 363 Sociological Theory (3 sem. hrs.) (if not taken to fulfill Theory course)
- SOC 398 Independent Research in Sociology (1-3 sem. hrs.)
- SOC 399 Independent Study in Sociology (1-3 sem. hrs.)
- SS 394 Research Methods for the Social Sciences (4 sem. hrs.) (if not taken to fulfill Methods course)