2015-2016 Undergraduate Bulletin

Anthropology Minor

Description. The minor in Anthropology provides students with exposure to the range of human variation across time and space and a comprehensive background in cross-cultural studies.

Rationale. A minor in Anthropology is excellent preparation for further study in any discipline that requires the ability to understand and deal with other cultures. Students are trained to integrate humanistic concerns with the cross-cultural perspective and analytic framework provided by anthropology. These skills will be particularly valuable for students planning careers in which an understanding of human behavior and cultural diversity is essential, including law enforcement, criminal justice, public policy, counseling, business, law and communications. Because of its breadth of outlook, anthropology also offers an ideal basis for those seeking a strong general education in an increasingly interdependent and multicultural world.

Credits required. 18

Minor coordinator. Professor Johanna (Hanna) Lessinger, Department of Anthropology (212.237.8293, jlessinger@jjay.cuny.edu)

Requirements. The minor consists of 18 credits (six courses) chosen from the courses listed below. A maximum of two courses can overlap with a student’s major, other minors or programs.

Requirements

ANT 101Introduction to Anthropology

3

ANT 110Drug Use & Abuse

3

ANT 201Culture Contact

3

ANT 208Urban Anthropology

3

ANT 210Sex and Culture

3

ANT 212Applied Anthropology

3

ANT 220Language and Culture

3

ANT 224/PHI 224/PSY 224/SOC 224Death, Dying and Society: A Life Crises Management Issue

3

ANT 230Culture and Crime

3

ANT 264Anthropology and Alcohol Use

3

ANT 305Theory in Anthropology

3

ANT 310/PSY 310/SOC 310Culture and Personality

3

ANT 315Systems of Law

3

ANT 317Anthropology of Development

3

ANT 319Anthropology of Global Health

3

ANT 324Anthropology of Work

3

ANT 325Ethnographic Research Methods in Anthropology

3

ANT 328/ENG 328Forensic Linguistics: Language as Evidence in the Courts

3

ANT 330American Cultural Pluralism and the Law

3

ANT 332Class, Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Anthropological Perspective

3

ANT 340Anthropology and the Abnormal

3

ANT 347Structural Violence & Social Suffering

3

ANT 410Independent Study

3

ANT 450/PSY 450/SOC 450Majors Works in Deviance and Social Control

3

ANT 480Selected Topics in Anthropology

3

Total Credit Hours: 18