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2024-25 Catalog 
    
2024-25 Catalog

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:

  

Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.

Division Requirements:

  

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

Total divisional units: 4

Major Requirements:


Total major units: 9-11, depending on language proficiency

A minimum of one unit in a specific geographic area


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


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, including:
    ​⇒ 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.

Junior Year Requirements:


  • At least five units of anthropology coursework, and as many units of History and Social Sciences divisional requirements as possible, must be completed by the end of the junior year.
  • One unit of junior seminar, which may be taken either fall or spring semester of the junior year. See the Anthropology  department for more information.

Recommended, but Not Required:


Preferably two units in a specific geographic area.