School of Education

Anthropology Minor

For Elementary Education Students

This minor may be completed only by students in Elementary Education licensing programs. A minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.75 is required, based on all minor course work taken on the UW-Madison campus. Consult with advising staff at Education Academic Services (EAS), Rust-Schreiner Halls, 115 North Orchard Street, 262-1651.

Must complete a minimum of 27 credits. Students may wish to consult with the Anthropology undergraduate advisor, 5240 Sewell Social Science Building, 262-2866. Courses are Anthropology (Anthro) listings unless otherwise indicated.

• 105 Principles of Biological Anthropology, 3
• 300 Cultural Anthropology: Theory and Ethnography, 3
• 321 The Emergence of Human Culture, 3 or approved substitute
• 322 The Origins of Civilization, 3
• Choose one: 301 Introduction to Linguistics: Descriptive and Theoretical, 3; 429 Language and Society, 3-4; 430 Language and Culture, 3-4 (if taken; no longer offered)
• Choose one: 106 Human Biology Laboratory, 3; 311 Archaeological Chemistry, 3 (if offered); 340 History of Anthropological Theory, 3 (if offered); 347 Field Methods and Problems, 3-6
• Choose one: 314 Indians of North America, 3; 353 Indians of the Western Great Lakes, 3-4; 370 Field Course in Archeology, 3-6
• Choose one: 341 Technological Change and Culture Patterns, 3-4 (if offered); 349 Cultural Change, 3-4; 477 Anthropology, Environment and Development, 3 (if offered); 570 Anthropology and Education, 3
• Choose one: 860 History of Anthropological Theory, 3; 913 Theory and Method in Ethnography, 3; 940 Problems in Cultural Anthropology, 3; or approved substitute.
• Additional course work, if necessary, to total 27 credits.