Anthropology Minor

The Anthropology minor provides the student with an overview of the discipline. Students are required to take the introductory courses in cultural anthropology (ANT 102) and archaeology (ANT 103); Anthropology of Race and Gender (ANT 320); Language, Identity, and Power (ANT 317); and any two additional in anthropology. These can be drawn from any anthropology course for which the student has the prerequisites.

Archaeology Minor

The Archaeology Minor provides students with an intensive grounding in both the methods and narratives of prehistoric and historic archaeology. Students are required to complete six courses (24 credit hours).  Required courses are: ANT 103 Introduction to Archaeology, ANT 202 Archaeological Methods, and either ANT 252 Material Culture and Domestic Life or ANT 254 Material Culture of Chicago. ANT 202 and ANT 252/254 are only taught as part of the Summer Archaeological Field School (see below). To complete the minor, students may choose 3 electives from this list: any ANT 390 Special Topics course focusing primarily on archaeology, AMS370/ANT250, ANT 252, ANT 358, HST 290, HST 291, HST 294, HST 296 and/or REL 360. 
 
Urban Archaeological Summer Field School

The department offers a five-week summer program in urban community archaeology every summer. This program offers eight credits, including fulfillment of the archaeological methods course (ANT 202) in the core sequence and the Historical Archaeology of Chicago (ANT 254) course in the Material Culture category of topical courses.  All majors and archaeology minors are strongly encouraged to fulfill these requirements in the summer school. For those who are not able to attend the summer school, the archaeological methods must be made up independently. 
 
Anthropology Internship and Study Abroad

Internships may be arranged to work with scholars at the Field Museum of Natural History, the Chicago Historical Society and other cultural institutions in the area.  Participation in study abroad programs, especially the Bahamas program and the Athens program, is strongly encouraged. From time to time, students work with individual faculty members on summer research grants funded by the college.