Anthropology Major

Requirements for the Major

Scripps offers a sociocultural anthropology major that requires a minimum of eight courses, plus the two semester senior seminar and thesis sequence (ANTH190 and ANTH191).

Introductory Requirements:

Students must take the following two introductory courses as early as possible during the major:

• ANTH002 SC Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology  or ANTH002 PZ Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology  or ANTH051 PO Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology  
• ANTH011 PZ The World Since 1492  

Area Requirements:

1.  Methodology

One methods course to be selected in consultation with the major adviser, preferably taken prior to study abroad.

• ANTH105 PZ Field Methods in Anthropology  or  ANTH105 PO Field Methods in Anthropology  or a methods course offered during study abroad

2.  Theory

• ANTH153 PZ History of Anthropological Theory  or  ANTH153 SC History of Anthropological Theory  

3.  Breadth and Electives

• An additional four courses in anthropology (to bring the total to eight), not including ANTH190 and ANTH191). This may include courses at Pomona and Harvey Mudd as well as up to three courses taken during study abroad.

Senior Seminar and Thesis:

• ANTH190 SC Senior Seminar in Anthropology and Ethnographic Writing  
• ANTH191 SC Senior Thesis Seminar  

Honors Requirements:

A student who wishes to graduate with honors in anthropology must:

• Achieve a minimum grade point average of 11.0 (A-) in the major;
• Earn a grade of A on the thesis; and
• Present their thesis publicly at a venue to be determined with their first reader. 

The student will be expected to produce a more substantial thesis than those not working on honors. A student may elect to attempt honors in anthropology by the end of fall semester of the senior year in consultation with the first reader, who must be an anthropologist at Scripps. Honors theses must have two readers; the second may be selected from faculty in any discipline at any of the Claremont Colleges.