Course variations

Course summary

This program provides the students with strong comparative perspectives on human diversity and history, and trains them to think critically, conduct research, and to present and communicate anthropological research and knowledge to scholarly and public audiences. The B.A./B.S. in Anthropology is an ideal stepping-stone to a scholarly career in the social and biological sciences, to professions with a strong international focus, or to careers in law, medicine, and policy.

Program modules

100 General Anthropology, 102 Archaeology and the Prehistoric World, 104 Cultural Anthropology and Human Diversity, 105 Principles of Biological Anthropology, 106 Human Biology Laboratory, 112 Principles of Archaeology, 120 Freshman/Sophomore Seminar in Anthropology, 205 Human Variation, 211 Global Language Issues, 260 Latin America: An Introduction, 277 Africa: An Introductory Survey, 277 Africa: An Introductory Survey, 301 Introduction to Linguistics: Descriptive and Theoretical, 302 Hominoid Evolution, 303 Human Skeletal Anatomy, 304 Heredity, Environment and Human Populations, 309 Prehistoric Europe, 310 Topics in Archaeology, 311 Archaeological Chemistry, 314 Indians of North America, 317 Peoples and Cultures of the Arctic, 318 Peoples and Cultures of Africa, 319 Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific, 321 The Emergence of Human Culture, 322 The Origins of Civilization, 326 Peoples of the Andes Under Inca and Spanish Rule, 327 Peoples of the Andes Today, 329 The Anthropology of Lowland South America, 330 Topics in Ethnology, 333 Prehistory of Africa, 334 Civilization of Ancient Mexico, 335 The Ancient Maya, 338 Introduction to Prehistory and Archaeological Principles, 343 Anthropology of Religion, 344 Anthropological Approaches to Folklore, 345 Family, Kin and Community in Anthropological Perspective, 346 Peoples and Cultures of Russia, 350 Political Anthropology, 639 Field School: Ethnography of Wisconsin Festivals, 641 The Evolution of Human Diet, 645 Self and Other in Anthropological Analysis, 658 Ecological Models of Behavior, 660 Proseminar: History of Buddhism and Buddhist Social Institutions, 666 The Anthropology of Shamanism and Occult Experience, 668 Primate Conservation, 676 American Indian Lands and Sovereignties, 677 Public Monuments and Symbols, 681 Senior Honors Thesis, 682 Senior Honors Thesis, 690 Problems in Anthropology, 691 Senior Thesis, 692 Senior Thesis, 696 Archaeological Methods of Curation, 698 Directed Study, 699 Directed Study.

Entry requirement for international students

Students must complete a university-preparatory secondary school curriculum. The curriculum must include the specific courses such as minimum 4 years of English, 3 years of Math, Social Studies and Science, 2 years of Single Foreign Language and Additional Academic/Fine Arts. They must possess a minimum GPA of 3.5 to 3.9. International applicants whose native language is not English and who were not educated in an entirely English-speaking country must submit results from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 550 on the paper test, 213 on the computer test, or 80 on the Internet-based test is required for admission.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

University Of Wisconsin - Madison

Department name

College of Letters and Science, Department of Anthropology