To earn a Bachelor of Arts in Social and Behavioral Sciences—Concentration in Anthropology, students must complete at least 124 credit hours. Students are required to complete a minimum 30 credit hours of upper-level courses (300-level and above) as part of their 120 credit hour degree requirement at AUK, of which at least 18 credits hours need to be taken in the SBSA major. All core and concentration courses must be passed with a C- or better, and a cumulative major GPA of at least 2.00 in the major courses is required to earn an undergraduate degree in social and behavioral sciences Concentration in Anthropology.
Core Courses (9 Credit Hours)
Students must complete, in consultation with their academic advisors, a total of 36 credit hours from the courses listed below. 12 of these total credit hours must be upper-level (300-level or above).
SBSA 205
Fundamentals of Arab Society
(3) [K,S]
SBSA 210
Arab Society and Culture
SBSA 222
Global Media and Spaces of Identity
(3) [S]
SBSA 224
Shopping and Consumerism
SBSA 235
Identity, Difference and Deviance
SBSA 239
Nation and Migration
SBSA 249
Images of Women in the Media
SBSA 255
Health, Medicine and Curing
SBSA 260
Ethnographic Film
SBSA 270
The Indigenous Americas
SBSA 280
Kinship and Family in the Global Era
SBSA 341
Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective
SBSA 344
Tourism and Culture Change
SBSA 345
Globalization: Opportunities and Challenges
SBSA 348
Anthropology of Human Rights
SBSA 360
Genocide and Refugees
SBSA 366
Popular Culture in South Asia: Film and Beyond
SBSA 370
Music of the Arabian Peninsula
SBSA 372
Anthropology of Business
SBSA 389
Special Topics*
(3)
Majors must choose four courses (12 credit hours) of which one (3 credit hours) must be upper-level (300-level or above), in consultation with their academic advisor, from the following disciplines: AMST, HIST, PLSC, IR, PSYC, SBSA.
Majors must complete six courses (18 credit hours) of their choice from among courses in the College of Arts and Sciences.