College of Sciences

ANTHROPOLOGY: Minor

Department of Anthropology, PH 309
http://www.cos.ucf.edu/anthropology
E-mail: anthropology@ucf.edu
Contact: A. Chase, 407-823-2227

The Anthropology minor develops a student’s holistic understanding of the past and present human condition. Four different concentrations are delimited within the Anthropology minor.

18 hrs
Credit Hour Requirements
A. Concentration in General Anthropology
(12 hrs)
The following 2000 level courses must be taken
ANT 2000General Anthropology
ANT 2100Archaeology & Rise of Human Culture
ANT 2410Cultural Anthropology
ANT 2511The Human Species
(6 hrs)
Select two upper level (3000-5000) courses in Anthropology

B. Concentration in Archaeology
(6 hrs)
The following 2000 level courses must be taken:
ANT 2000General Anthropology
ANT 2100Archaeology & Rise of Human Culture
(12 hrs)
Select from the following
ANT 4101Archaeological Sciences (or ANG 5100)
ANT 3158Florida Archaeology
ANT 3115Archaeological Method and Theory
ANT 3142Old World Prehistory
ANT 3145Archaeology of Complex Societies
ANT 3163Mesoamerican Archaeology
ANT 3164Ancient Incas
ANT 3168Maya Archaeology (or ANG 6168)
ANT 4184Mortuary Archaeology (or ANG 5741)
ANT 3358Life and Death in Ancient Egypt
ANT 4144Prehistory of North America
ANT 4153North American Archaeology
ANT 4180CSeminar in Laboratory Analysis (or three 1 hr labs)
ANT 4824Advanced Archaeological Field Work
ANG 5165Maya Field Research
ANG 5166Problems of Maya Studies
ANG 5167Maya Hieroglyphs
ANG 5228Maya Iconography
C. Concentration in Physical Anthropology
(6 hrs)
The following 2000 level courses must be taken:
ANT 2000General Anthropology
ANT 2511The Human Species
(12 hrs)
Take four of the following courses:
ANT 4184Mortuary Archaeology (or ANG 5741)
ANT 4467Nutritional Anthropology (or ANG 5467)
ANT 3541Biobehavioral Anthropology
ANT 3550Primatology
ANT 4521CForensic Anthropology
ANT 4462Medical Anthropology
ANT 4516Human Biological Diversity
ANT 4525CHuman Osteology
ANT 4528CAdvanced Forensic Anthropology
ANT 4586Human Origins
ANG 5742Problems in Forensic Anthropology
D. Concentration in Cultural Anthropology
(6 hrs)
The following 2000 level courses must be taken:
ANT 2000General Anthropology
ANT 2410Cultural Anthropology
(12 hrs)
Take four of the following courses:
ANT 3212Peoples of the World
ANT 3241Magic, Ritual, and Belief
ANT 3245Native American Religions
ANT 3262Rural Society
ANT 3273Law and Culture
ANT 3302Sex, Gender and Culture
ANT 3311Indians of the SE US
ANT 3312Ethnology of North Amer Indians
ANT 3313Indians of N Amer High Plains
ANT 3314Indians of the Northeast Woodlands
ANT 3316Black/Seminole Relations
ANT 3318Indians of the Northwest Coast
ANT 3320Indians of the Southwest
ANT 3164Ancient Incas
ANT 4332Peoples and Culture of Latin America (or ANG 5307)
ANT 4438Anthropology of Tourism (or ANG 5437)
ANT 3701Applied Anthropology
ANT 4702Culture, Power, and Development (or ANG 5272)
ANT 4802Ethnographic Field Methods
ANT 3363Anthropology of Japan
ANT 3640Language and Culture (or ANG 5620)
ANT 4340Caribbean Cultures (or ANG 5341)
ANT 3319The Anthropology of Diaspora
ANT 4034History of Anthropological Thought
ANT 4266Economic Anthropology
ANT 4308Gender Issues in Latin America
ANT 4352African Societies and Cultures
ANT 4354Postcolonial Africa
ANG 5167Maya Hieroglyphs
ANG 5228Maya Iconography
ANG 5622Language, Culture, and Pedagogy
ANG 6324Contemporary Maya

Other Requirements

  • Earn a grade of “C” (2.0) or better in all courses used to satisfy the minor.
  • At least 15 hours used in the minor must be earned at UCF within the department
  • No credit by exam (TSD, Military credit) may be used.
  • Not open to Anthropology majors.