Concentrations - new and changed

Anthropology

Six units are required to complete the concentration.  Of these six units, one must be ANTH 101, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology.  Of the remaining five units, at least one must come from Anthropology’s other subfields of archaeology (ANTH 218), physical anthropology (ANTH 240), or linguistics (ANTH 320).  Additionally, at least one course must include a fieldwork experience, chosen from ANTH 310, ANTH 380, ANTH 406, ANTH 416, or another approved course.

Required Courses: ANTH 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology and at least one course from both the subfield and fieldwork categories:

Subfield Category: 
ANTH 218 Introduction to Archaeology (cross-listed as HIST 218)
ANTH 240 Race and Human Evolution
ANTH 320 Basic Linguistics (cross-listed as ENGL 320/LING 320)

Fieldwork Category: 
ANTH 310 Global Storytelling:  Exploring the Ethnographic Process
ANTH 380 Creating Community Change: Applied Anthropology
ANTH 416 Internship
Any approved IL or other course with a substantial anthropological fieldwork component

Elective Courses: 
ANTH 212 Food and Culture
ANTH 218 Introduction to Archaeology (cross-listed as HIST 218)
MUSC 240 Music in Culture
ANTH 240 Race and Human Evolution
ANTH 310 Global Storytelling:  Exploring the Ethnographic Process
ANTH 320 Basic Linguistics (cross-listed as ENGL 320/LING 320)
SOCI 323 Health, Illness and Healing
SOCI 327 Religion and Culture
SOCI 337 Environmental Sociology
ANTH 380 Creating Community Change: Applied Anthropology
ANTH 406 Independent Study
ANTH 416 Internship

Business Information Systems

A concentration in Business Information Systems is achieved by completion of the following courses and their pre-requisites:

BUAD 258 – Information Systems
BUAD 328 – Application Development in Business
BUAD 338 – e-Business
BUAD 368 – Decision Support & Intelligent Systems
BUAD 438 – Systems Analysis & Design
And one from CPSC 310 – Topics in Applied Computing, CPSC 340 – Database Systems,
BUAD 416 – Internship, or CSPC 416 – Internship

Admission to the concentration requires an overall grade point average of 2.0 and a 2.0 grade point average in all courses that are pre-requisites to concentration courses.

Peace and Justice Studies

Six units are required. Of these six units one must be PEAC 201.  For the other five units, students may choose from the list of electives below, and students should see the concentration coordinator for additional special topics courses, INQ courses, and independent studies that can be counted toward the concentration.  While PEAC 201 is not a pre-requisite to the other courses, taking PEAC 201 as early as possible is recommendedThe group of courses used to meet the requirements of the concentration must contain at least three units which are not used to satisfy the student’s major requirements. Each course may fulfill no more than two requirements (major, concentration, or INQ).  Each academic year before spring registration, a list of electives for the following year, including courses not listed below, will be advertised by email, posted on fliers, and available through the concentration coordinator.