Courses and Requirements
In recognition of the broad interdisciplinary nature of the field, the Department of Anthropology offers a wide range of options including the major, an interdepartmental major (geography-anthropology), a correlate sequence, and an interdepartmental correlate sequence (Biology and Culture). At all levels of the curriculum, students have opportunities to conduct faculty-supervised research.
Courses available to first-year students include Cultural Anthropology (Anthropology 140), which is required of all majors; Archaeology (Anthropology 130); The Human Animal (Anthropology 120); and Linguistics and Anthropology (Anthropology 150). Several 200-level anthropology courses have no prerequisites and may be suitable for first-year students. Please contact the professor for more information.
The correlate in anthropology can be completed with one 100-level course and five additional courses of the student’s interest. Two of those five courses must be at the 300-level. A major in anthropology requires the completion of eleven anthropology units with the core courses in cultural anthropology (ANTH 140, 201, 301) and the remaining units reflecting experience in three of the four subfields and two cultural regions. A major planning form with all the requirements is linked below.
Outside of courses, the anthropology majors committee, administrative assistant, and department faculty work together to plan social events including campus lectures and fall/spring field trips. To be added to our mailing list, send your name and contact information to anthropology@vassar.edu.
Courses and Requirements
Academic requirements and courses are available in the Vassar College Catalogue.