The Coordinator of Anthropology is Dr. Sharlotte Neely who can be reached at her office in 230 Landrum or by phone at 859-572-5258 or 5259 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .   

Anthropology minors are encouraged to participate in the Student Anthropology Society.

Anthropology minors have many opportunities for study in the broader world outside the classroom--locally, nationally, and internationally.  Also, every April anthropology faculty and alumni host an Anthropology Careers Day program to assist students.

The minor in Anthropology consists of 22 semester hours and requires the completion of the following:

• Six core courses (16 semester hours)
  • ANT 100 Cultural Anthropology
  • ANT 110 Introduction to Archaeology
  • ANT 202 Introduction to Physical Anthropology
  • ANT 202L Introduction to Physical Anthropology Laboratory
  • ANT 210 Introduction to Archaeological Method and Theory
  • ANT 275 Language and Culture
• One of the following topical courses (3 semester hours)
  • ANT 231 Modern American Indians
  • ANT 273 Race, Gender, and Culture
  • ANT 294 Topics: Studies in Anthropology (if appropriate as a topical course)
  • ANT 301 World Patterns of Race and Ethnicity
  • ANT 307 Museum Methods
  • ANT 308 Cultural Resource Management
  • ANT 310 African Arts
  • ANT 312 Social Organization
  • ANT 317 Ecological Anthropology
  • ANT 318 Prehistoric Ecology
  • ANT 320 Religion and Culture
  • ANT 325 Applied Anthropology
  • ANT 330 Women, Gender, and Culture
  • ANT 331 Women in Prehistory
  • ANT 335 Advanced Archaeological Field Methods
  • ANT 336 Historical Archaeology
  • ANT 340 Ethnographic Methods
  • ANT 342 Quantitative Methods in Anthropology
  • ANT 345 Environmental Anthropology
  • ANT 350 North American Archaeology
  • ANT 352 Archaeology of Mesoamerica
  • ANT 355 Archaeological Laboratory Analysis
  • ANT 358 Art and Culture
  • ANT 363 Language and Thought
  • ANT 371 Psychological Anthropology
  • ANT 372 Peasant Societies
  • ANT 374 Celtic and Viking Archaeology
  • ANT 375 Anthropology of Aging
  • ANT 376 Irish Society through Film
  • ANT 380 Origins of Civilization
  • ANT 392 Research Topics in Archaeology
  • ANT 394 Topics in Anthropology
  • ANT 401 Culture Theory
  • ANT 410 Archaeological Theory
• One additional course in archaeology or in an ethnographic area (3 or 4 semester hours)
  • ANT 201 World Cultures
  • ANT 215 Archaeological Field Methods
  • ANT 230 North American Indians
  • ANT 240 Peoples of Africa
  • ANT 245 Peoples of Latin America
  • ANT 270 Native Australia and Oceania
  • ANT 294 Topics: Studies in Anthropology (if appropriate as an ethnographic area course)
  • ANT 308 Cultural Resource Management
  • ANT 318 Prehistoric Ecology
  • ANT 331 Women in Prehistory
  • ANT 335 Advanced Archaeological Field Methods
  • ANT 336 Historical Archaeology
  • ANT 350 North American Archaeology
  • ANT 352 Archaeology of Mesoamerica
  • ANT 355 Archaeological Laboratory Analysis
  • ANT 360 Mesoamerican Indians
  • ANT 370 Celtic Europe
  • ANT 374 Celtic and Viking Archaeology
  • ANT 380 Origins of Civilization
  • ANT 385 Peoples of East and Southeast Asia
  • ANT 392 Research Methods in Archaeology
  • ANT 410 Archaeological Theory

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