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Appendix: Personnel & Enrollment

• Bachelor of Arts
• Minor
• Anthropology Courses (ANTH)

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, and Egyptology
School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Professors: S. Altorki, D. Cole, N. S. Hopkins (Chair), S. Joseph, C. Nelson
Assistant Professors: M. Peterson

Bachelor of Arts

The undergraduate program aims to present the main themes and trends in cultural and social anthropological thought and practice and thereby to nurture critical, intercultural, and reflexive perspectives as part of liberal education. In so doing, it seeks to foster understanding of the transformation of society and culture in Egypt and the region. The program also prepares students for graduate studies and for living and working in an increasingly complex and changing world.

A student who wishes to declare a major in anthropology should be registered in or have taken ANTH 202. Every student must obtain a C or higher in ANTH 202 in order to continue as a major in anthropology.

A total of 120 credits is required for the bachelor's degree in anthropology:

Core Curriculum (40 credits)
Students with Thanawiya'Amma art or equivalent background should take BIOL 100 (Introductory Biology); those with Thanawiya ‘Amma science or equivalent must take BIOL 104 (Unity of Life).

Concentration Requirements (39 credits)

ANTH 202 Cultural Anthropology   309 History of Social Theory*   311 Contemporary Anthropological Theory*   380 Fieldwork Methods   495 Senior Seminar*

 

One of the following social organization courses:

ANTH 302 Marriage, Family and Kinship   360 Gender, Society, and Social Change

 

One of the following people-and-culture courses:

ANTH 312 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa   382 Peoples and Cultures of the Sub-Saharan Africa   384 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America   386 Peoples and Cultures of Asia   390 Selected People and Culture Areas

 

Seven additional anthropology courses, of which three must be at the 400 level.

Collateral Requirements (21 credits)

Two 300 or 400 level courses in the social sciences

A minor (five courses) in any field to be selected in consultation with the advisor.

Minor

The minor in anthropology provides students with a basic knowledge of anthropological method and theory from a cross-cultural perspective on selected aspects of the world's cultures and societies.

Anthropology Courses (ANTH)

CourseNumber CourseTitle 202 Cultural Anthropology 210 Arab Society 302 Marriage, Family, and Kinship 303 Social Movements 309 History of Social Theory 310 Contemporary Social Theory 311 Contemporary Anthropological Theory 312 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa 320 Peasant, Nomads and Rural Change 321 Urban Society in Transition 332 Race, Ethnic, and Minority Relations 341 Anthropology and Film 352 Language in Culture 360 Gender, Society, and Social Change 370 Environmental Issues in Development 372 Applied Anthropology 380 Fieldwork Methods 382 Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa 384 Cultures of Latin America 386 Cultures of Asia 390 Selected People and Culture Areas 400 Selected Topics in Anthropology 402 Independent Study 407 Psychological Anthropology 422 Religious and Symbolic Systems 425 Women, Islam, and the State 450 Third World Development 455 Seminar in African Studies 460 Development Studies Seminar 462 Economic Anthropology 492 Political Anthropology 495 Senior Seminar