Subject area
Anthropology
How people everywhere make meaning, family, ritual and community.
Degrees
Study Anthropology
BA Anthropology
4 years, full-time
Minor in Anthropology
Taken alongside any bachelor's degree
Every degree can be taken alongside Von Studies.
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Anthropology courses
Showing 6 of 6 courses
| Code | Course | Year | Credits | Term | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ANTH 101 | Introduction to Cultural AnthropologyHow people everywhere build meaning, family and community. | Year 1 | 3 | Fall | Kendra Li |
ANTH 140 | Archaeology of the Great LakesTen thousand years of people around Lake Michigan. | Year 1 | 3 | Spring | Dalary Abbott |
ANTH 220 | Kinship, Family and HomeHow societies decide who counts as family. | Year 2 | 3 | Fall & Spring | Amiyah Dodson |
ANTH 245 | Ritual and ReligionBelief, ceremony and the rituals of everyday life. | Year 2 | 3 | Fall | Shawn Bernard |
ANTH 310 | Urban Ethnography: Fieldwork on the South SideHands-on research methods in Chicago neighborhoods. | Year 3 | 3 | Spring | Shawn Bernard |
ANTH 410 | Senior Seminar in AnthropologyAn independent research project, supervised by faculty. | Year 4 | 3 | Fall & Spring | Dalary Abbott |
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Anthropology faculty

Dalary AbbottMigration and diasporaPhD, Anthropology

Shawn BernardRitual and religionPhD, Social Anthropology

Amiyah DodsonKinship and family structuresMA, Anthropology

Kendra LiMedical anthropologyPhD, Anthropology