Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

BA Language Requirements

All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

Cultural Anthropology Requirements

Foundation Courses
ANTH 1101Peoples and Cultures4
ANTH 2305Global Markets and Local Culture4
ANTH 3410Ethnographic Field Experience4
ANTH 3421Foundations of Anthropological Theory4
Area Courses
Complete two area courses in the range from ANTH 4101-ANTH 4520 not used to satisfy other requirements; one study abroad course may be substituted as an area studies course with prior permission from the department; additional area courses taken may count as anthropology electives. 8
Capstone
Students are expected to complete the following course in spring of their senior year:
ANTH 4600Senior Seminar4
or ANTH 4100 Making Anthropology Public
Electives
Complete three 4-semester-hour courses between ANTH 1999-ANTH 4000 not used to satisfy other requirements. One study-abroad course may also count toward this requirement with prior permission from the department.12

Religious Studies Requirements

Required Foundational Course
PHIL 1110Introduction to Religious Studies4
Lived Religion Electives
Complete one of the following courses that is not used to satisfy another requirement:4
Selling Spirituality
The Meaning of Death
Apocalypticism in Film
Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Islam: Rituals, Traditions, and Debates
Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis
Music and Religion
Cults and Sects
Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions
Race and Religion in Film
The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life
Religion, Race, and Politics
Comparative Religion Elective
Complete one of the following courses that is not used to satisfy another requirement:4
Introduction to World Religions
Comparative Ethics
The Meaning of Death
Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond
Chinese Philosophy and Religion
Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis
Japanese Buddhism
The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life
Electives
Complete five of the following courses that have not been used to satisfy another requirement in the combined major. At least one must be at the 2000 level or above and at least one must be at the 3000 level or above:20
Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
Introduction to World Religions
Understanding the Bible
Comparative Ethics
Selling Spirituality
The Meaning of Death
Apocalypticism in Film
Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond
Islam: Rituals, Traditions, and Debates
Jewish Religion and Culture
Chinese Philosophy and Religion
The Problem of Evil in Film
Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis
Music and Religion
Cults and Sects
Japanese Buddhism
Race and Religion in Film
The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life
Religion, Race, and Politics
Seminar
PHIL 4903Seminar in Religion4

Integrative Requirements

One integrative course is required for each discipline. Courses taken as electives above may not be used as integrative courses:8
Religion and Modernity
Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions

Cultural Anthropology GPA Requirement

Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all anthropology courses

Religion GPA Requirement 

Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all religion courses

Cultural Anthropology and Religion Major Credit Requirement

84 semester hours required in the major

Experiential Liberal Arts

All students in this College of Social Sciences and Humanities program are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Sample Plan of Study

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer Second Half/ Fall

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ANTH 1000 or PHIL 10001ANTH 23054Elective4Elective4
ANTH 11014Lived religion elective4Elective4Elective4
PHIL 11104PHIL elective4  
PHIL elective4ANTH elective4  
ANTH elective4   
 17 16 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Comparative religion elective4ANTH 34104Elective4Co-op0
ANTH elective4ANTH 34214Elective4 
ANTH area course4Elective4  
PHIL elective4PHIL elective4  
 16 16 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0PHIL elective4Elective4Co-op0
 ANTH area course4Elective4 
 Elective4  
 Integrative course4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0ANTH 4600 or 41004  
 PHIL seminar4  
 Integrative course4  
 Elective4  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 129