However, students are urged to complete the general education requirement in the social sciences before taking more advanced courses in sociocultural anthropology.
Students should consult with both units by the earliest BA proposal deadline (or by the end of their third year, if neither program publishes a deadline). Students attending field schools or taking courses offered by other universities can solicit approval to obtain course credit (up to the two-course limit for nondepartmental courses). A consent form, to be signed by both undergraduate directors, is available from the College adviser and must be completed and returned to the same by the end of Autumn quarter. The requirements for the major are: ANTH 21107 Anthropological Theory (100) One Methods course * (100) ANTH 21420 Ethnographic Methods Oilfield Workers Trade Union protest against refinery closureIn the midst of ongoing violence of state agents and white vigilantes against Black and Indigenous peoples in the Americas, we in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago supportMae & Sidney G. Metzl Distinguished Service Professor Susan Gal has won the Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.Graduating senior in the Department of Anthropology, Iris Jacobs, is a finalist for the Chicago Studies Undergraduate Research Prize.Ella Butler is a PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the University of Chicago, with interests in science and technology studies, food and sensory experience, and the cultural politics of commodities. Anthropology and sociology have long served as core disciplines of the social sciences, and social scientific work on religion has been foundational for our current theorizations of culture, society, personhood, language, knowledge and economy. The BA program in anthropology consists of twelve (12) courses, of which at least ten (10) are typically chosen from those listed or cross-listed as Department of Anthropology courses. The University of Chicago is a private, nondenominational, culturally rich and ethnically diverse coeducational research university located in Hyde Park, Chicago. *These tracks are entirely voluntary, without required coursework, but represent department strengths and common areas of student interest.The BA program in anthropology consists of twelve (12) courses, of which at least ten (10) are typically chosen from those listed or cross-listed as Department of Anthropology courses. Credit from other institutions would first need to be approved by the College and then by the Director of Undergraduate Studies, if intended to count toward the major.Students must obtain the endorsement of the Director of Undergraduate Studies on the To seek approval of non-departmental courses, submit a completed Courses counted toward the major must be taken for quality grades (no P/F grading).A maximum of two reading and research courses (chosen from ANTH 29700 Readings in Anthropology, ANTH 29900 Preparation of Bachelor’s Essay, ANTH 29910 Bachelor’s Essay Seminar, and BA classes from other departments) can be used toward the Anthropology major.Students who wish to be considered for honors must apply to the Director of Undergraduate Studies before the end of their third year.
Ella Butler is a PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the University of Chicago, with interests in science and technology studies, food and sensory experience, and the cultural politics of commodities.
Self, Culture, and Society I-II-III and Power, Identity, and Resistance I-II-III are particularly recommended.Several sequences that satisfy the general education requirement in civilization studies typically feature anthropological approaches and content.