Anthropology with a Concentration in Science Environment and Technology Studies

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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: 13-19, depending on language and mathematics 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:

ANTH 211 - Introduction to Anthropology: History, Theory, Method

A minimum of one unit in a specific geographic area

Two units of SETS anthropology courses

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

One unit of Junior Seminar

See “Junior Year Requirement” below.

Four to six Units in an Allied Field:

A minimum of 2.5 units taken at Reed
A minimum of four units from a minimum of two of the subjects listed below:
⇒Biology
⇒Chemistry
⇒Computer science
⇒Physics
⇒Mathematics or statistics
- For Mathematics:
  - Mathematics Proficiency, Demonstrated by One of the Following:
    - MATH 111 - Calculus
    - OR
    - Departmental waiver of one unit in cases where the student has demonstrated proficiency

One to two additional units from the list below in one of the same subjects used above:
- BIOL 211 - Introduction to Scientific Literature and Discourse or higher
- CHEM 201 - Organic Chemistry I or higher
- CSCI 351 - Software Engineering or higher
- PHYS 202 - Modern Physics or higher
- Mathematics or statistics
  ⇒Mathematics: 300 level Mathematics or higher
  ⇒Statistics:
  - One of: MATH 241 , MATH 243 , MATH 343 , MATH 391 , MATH 392
  - One additional statistics course from: ECON 311 , ECON 312 , POL 311 , SOC 311

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

ANTH 470 - Thesis