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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2025-26 Catalog Program: Anthropology with a Concentration in Linguistic Anthropology

Anthropology with a Concentration in Linguistic Anthropology

Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements.

College Requirements:

Degree Requirements 

Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.

Division Requirements:

History and Social Sciences 

Students are required to fulfill the division requirements for their major.

Total divisional units: 4

Major Requirements:

Total major units: 12-14, depending on language proficiency

Proficiency in a Non-English Language Demonstrated by One of the Following:

  • Successful completion of Reed language courses:
    ⇒ Two units at a second-year level,
    OR
    ​⇒ One unit at a higher level;
  • Department approval of language courses taken elsewhere, which may include:
    ⇒ Successful completion of language courses taken in secondary (high) school or at another college/university, 
    AND/OR
    ​⇒ Successful completion of a language placement examination at Reed;
  • Department approval following an assessment of language proficiency in a non-English language, including heritage languages, commensurate with at least two years of college-level coursework.

Seven Units of Anthropology, Including:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
ANTH 211 - Introduction to Anthropology: History, Theory, Method

A minimum of one unit in a specific geographic area

A minimum of three units of linguistic anthropology

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
Preferred:  ANTH 201 - Topics in Contemporary Anthropology -when offered as “Language, Culture, Power”

A minimum of one unit at the 400 level (excluding 470)

One unit of Junior Seminar

  • See “Junior Year Requirement” below.

Allied Field: Three Units in Linguistics:

Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
LING 211 - Introduction to Linguistic Analysis
LING 212 - Introduction to Sociolinguistic Patterns
  • One 300- or 400-level linguistics course (excluding 470).

    • Junior Year Requirement:

    • One unit of junior seminar (included in the “Seven units of anthropology” requirement above), which may be taken either fall or spring semester of the junior year. See the Anthropology department for more information.

    Two units of Thesis

    Course NameTermCompleted?Group Req.
    ANTH 470 - Thesis

    Recommended, but Not Required:

    Strongly recommended: Coursework in advanced non-English languages (300 level and beyond), literary theory, or literature not in translation.

    Notes:





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