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Sycamore Hall, Room 119A

Mailing address:
1155 Union Circle #310409
Denton, TX 76203-5017
940-565-2290
Fax: 940-369-7833

E-mail: anthropology@unt.edu
Web site: anthropology.unt.edu

Lisa Henry, Chair

Faculty  

The Department of Anthropology offers a Bachelor of Arts with a major in anthropology for those who wish to pursue a career in the discipline of anthropology, for those simply interested in the human condition and for those who may wish to combine the study of anthropology with another discipline. 

Marketable skills for this degree include interpersonal, cognitive, and applied skill areas, that are valued by employers, and are primary or complementary to the major. The marketable skills goal was designed to help students articulate their skills to employers. UNT’s marketable skills were faculty-developed and approved by employers or discipline-specific agencies, e.g., internship providers, chambers of commerce, workforce development boards, and other workforce-related entities. For information on these marketable skills -https://vpaa.unt.edu/thecb/class. 

We also offer a number of courses which satisfy breadth requirements for other majors. Anthropology’s focus on understanding cultural diversity makes it a useful subject for people planning careers in areas such as education, business, medicine, and law. 

Anthropology majors at UNT receive a broad range of training in theory and methodology: ethnography, in-depth interviewing, survey research and quantitative analysis. Courses require intensive writing, and all students are encouraged to become proficient in a second language. UNT places emphasis on training students in the application of anthropological knowledge in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, in local, regional and international arenas. Students are encouraged to travel abroad and often get hands-on experience while working in UNT’s international field schools. 

Programs

• Anthropology, BA

• Anthropology minor
• Medical Anthropology minor

• Applied Anthropology certificate

Courses

• ANTH 1010 - Introduction to Anthropology
• ANTH 1100 - World Cultures
• ANTH 1150 - World Cultures Through Film
• ANTH 2200 - Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
• ANTH 2300 - Culture and Society
• ANTH 2700 - Introduction to Physical Anthropology
• ANTH 2996 - Honors College Mentored Research Experience
• ANTH 3101 - American Culture and Society
• ANTH 3110 - Indigenous Peoples of North America
• ANTH 3120 - Indigenous Cultures of the Southwest
• ANTH 3130 - African-American Anthropology
• ANTH 3140 - Latinos in the U.S.
• ANTH 3200 - Latin America
• ANTH 3210 - Meso America
• ANTH 3220 - Mayan Culture
• ANTH 3300 - Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific
• ANTH 3400 - Peoples and Cultures of Africa
• ANTH 3500 - Cultures and Civilizations of the Middle East
• ANTH 3600 - Peoples and Cultures of Europe
• ANTH 3700 - Peoples and Cultures of South Asia
• ANTH 3710 - Peoples and Cultures of East Asia
• ANTH 3720 - Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia
• ANTH 3900 - Special Topics in Area Studies
• ANTH 3996 - Honors College Mentored Research Experience
• ANTH 4000 - Applied Anthropology
• ANTH 4011 - Anthropological Field Methods
• ANTH 4021 - Development of Anthropological Thought
• ANTH 4110 - Design Anthropology
• ANTH 4200 - Health, Healing and Culture: Medical Anthropology
• ANTH 4210 - Culture and Human Sexuality
• ANTH 4220 - Anthropology in Public Health
• ANTH 4230 - Psychological Anthropology
• ANTH 4300 - Migrants and Refugees
• ANTH 4400 - Environmental Anthropology
• ANTH 4500 - Language and Culture
• ANTH 4550 - Race, Ethnicity and Identity
• ANTH 4601 - Anthropology of Education
• ANTH 4701 - Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology
• ANTH 4751 - Anthropology of Religion
• ANTH 4760 - Inequality, Social Justice and the City
• ANTH 4770 - Ethnographic Field School
• ANTH 4900 - Special Problems
• ANTH 4910 - Special Problems
• ANTH 4920 - Cooperative Education in Anthropology
• ANTH 4951 - Honors College Capstone Thesis

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