Contact Information
Liberal Arts Building (LAB), 428
118 College Drive, Box #5074
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
Phone: 601.266.4306
Fax: 601.266.6373
Anthropology Minor
The Undergraduate Minor
Requirements
Faculty members will assist students to select courses that best complement their major interests. Students will complete a minimum of 18 hours in anthropology, including ANT 221 and ANT 231. Several tracks are possible within the anthropology minor, including economic development/tourism, archaeology and historic preservation, forensics, language and communication, and general anthropology. The course requirements for each track are as follows:
Archaeology and Historic Preservation
- ANT 231 Introduction to Archaeology and Physical Anthropology
- ANT 331 Survey of Arch Methods
- ANT 437 Heritage Resources and Public Policy
- ANT 434 Historic Archaeology or ANT435 Urban Archaeology
- Two of the following: a) ANT 333 North American Archaeology; b) ANT 334 Archaeology of the Old South; c) ANT 431 Advanced Prehistoric Analysis; d) ANT 433 Southeastern Prehistoric Archaeology; or e) ANT 445 Bioarchaeology
Economic Development/Tourism
- ANT 101 The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity
- ANT 221 Introduction to Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology
- ANT 423 Economic Anthropology
- One course in tourism
- Three of the following courses: a) any course from ANT 311 - ANT 318; b) ANT 493 Irish Studies; c) ANT 499 British Studies; d) ANT 429 Folklore; e) ANT 442 Medical Anthropology; and/or ANT 422 Ecological Anthropology
Forensic Studies
- ANT 101 The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity
- ANT 221 Introduction to Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology
- ANT 241 Introduction to Physical Anthropology
- ANT 342 Forensic Anthropology
- ANT 441 Human Variation
- ANT 445 Bioarchaeology
- SOC 341 Criminology
The Graduate Minor
The Department of Anthropology and Sociology offers a graduate minor in Anthropology for students in the master's and doctoral degree programs of other departments. The general requirement for the graduate minor is nine (9) hours of course work at the graduate level (500 or 600). Contact the Department for additional information.
