Degree Requirements

Students must meet all university requirements for a bachelor’s degree. In addition, students must complete Core, Concentration Core, and Selective courses with a “C” or better.

I. General Education Requirement (37-41 Hours)

See the GSU Catalog (www.govst.edu/catalog) for the specific list of requirements.

The general education requirements are the same as the university requirements (see front of the catalog) except for the Social and Behavioral Science area where the following courses must be completed:

For the Anthropology Concentration:

6 hours of Anthropology courses (IAI S1 900, S1 901, S1 902)

3 hours of non-anthropology courses

For the Sociology Concentration:

Introduction to Sociology (IAI S7 900)

Social Problems (IAI S7 901)

3 hours of non-sociology courses

II. Core Courses for All Majors (18 Hours)

ANSO 3100 Gender and Sexuality (3)

ANSO 3200 Race and Class (3)

ANSO 3600 Data Analysis in the Social Sciences (3)

ANSO 4200 Sociology of Organizations (3)

ANSO 4400 Foundations of Social Sciences (3)

ANSO 4900 Capstone Experience (3)

III. Concentration Core Courses (24 Hours)

A. Anthropology Concentration

ANTH 3100 Trends in Cross-Cultural Analysis (3)

ANTH 3300 Ecology, Environment, and Culture (3)

ANTH 3600 Methods and Skills in Cross-Cultural Understanding (3)

ANTH 3800 Visual Anthropology (3)

ANTH 4300 Food, Culture, and Society (3)

ANTH 4400 Language and Culture (3)

ANTH 4500 Applied Anthropology (3)

BIOL 3108 Human Evolution (3)

B. Sociology Concentration (24 Hours)

ANSO 4100 Anthropology and Sociology of Religion (3)

ANSO or ANTH course with a cultural focus, as recommended by academic adviser (6)

CJUS 4111 Theories of Crime & Deviance (3)

SOC 3200 Social Inequalities (3)

SOC 3500 Population Studies (3)

SOC 3600 Methods and Skills in Sociological Inquiries (3)

SOC 4100 Microsociology (3)

IV. Career Selectives (21 Hours; at least 15 hours from major)

Consult course catalog and academic advisers for more information. Language study is highly recommended for students concentrating in Anthropology seeking graduate level anthropology training. Students may choose language courses to meet selective courses.

ANSO 3400: Material Culture (3)

ANSO 3500: Music and Society (3)

ANSO 4100: Anthropology and Sociology of Religion (3)

ANSO 5251: Community (3)

ANTH 3200: Belief and Believers (3)

ANTH 3500: Archeology (3)

ANTH 4000: Topics in Anthropology (3)

ANTH 4100: Urban Anthropology (3)

ANTH 4300: Food, Culture, and Society (3)

ANTH 4500: Applied Anthropology (3)

ANTH 4600: Anthropology in Film (3)

ART 307: Art…of Social Justice Movements (3)

BIOL 4465: Evolution (3)

COMS 4710: Culture and Communication (3)

GEOG 4470: Human Geography (3)

HONS 4900: Honors Seminar (3)

SOC 3100: Studies in American Society (3)

SOC 3300: Principles of Urban Studies (3)

SOC 4000: Topics in Sociology (3)

SOC 4200: Sociology of Sports (3)

SOC 4300: Social Gerontology (3)

SOC 4400: Social Movements (3)

SOC 4500: Sociology of Health & Healing (3)

SOC 4641: Work and Family Life (3)

SOSC 5410: Ethnicity, Culture, and Politics (3)

V. Electives (20 Hours)

Additional Anthropology, Sociology, History, Political Science, Gender Studies, and Interdisciplinary Studies courses as approved by academic adviser.

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