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Academic Learning Compact - Anthropology

The major enables you to develop critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills in the social sciences. Through study of human evolution and cultural diversity, you will learn holistic, comparative and relative perspectives of anthropology, both scientific and humanistic. Emphasis is on critical thinking skills in the evaluation of alternative knowledge claims. You will learn to identify western cultural biases, to integrate diverse sources of information into holistic perspectives and to apply anthropological knowledge and perspectives to solve problems of broad human relevance.

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Before Graduating You Must

• Achieve satisfactory evaluation of a term paper written for an upper-division course or senior honors thesis.
• Satisfy the Florida statutes for the College-Level Academic Skills Requirement.
• Complete requirements for the baccalaureate degree, as determined by faculty.

Skills You Will Acquire in the Major (SLOs)

1. Understand the four subfields of anthropology (archaeological, biological, linguistic, sociocultural)
1. Human and nonhuman primate evolution
2. Natural history of primates
3. Biological basis for human variation
4. Relationship between biology and culture
5. Cultural diversity
6. Culture change
7. Cultural relativism
8. Globalization
9. World prehistory
10. Sociolinguistics
11. Ethnographic method
12. Archaeological method
13. Linguistic method
2. Apply the scientific approach to investigate human variation in its biological, social and cultural dimensions.
3. Draw appropriate and alternative conclusions from comparative analysis of human diversity.
4. Identify and evaluate knowledge claims from a culturally and historically relativistic standpoint.
5. Integrate different sources and types of knowledge into holistic perspectives about human variation.
6. Evaluate the significance, quality and veracity of information and apply it effectively to solve problems.
7. Articulate anthropological knowledge professionally in written and verbal form.

Courses	Content															Critical Thinking			Communication
	SLO 1													SLO 2	SLO 3	SLO 4	SLO 5	SLO 6	SLO 7
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M
Core
ANT 2000	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
ANT 2140				X	X	X			X			X		X	X	X	X	X
ANT 2410					X	X	X	X			X			X	X
ANT 3514C	X	X	X	X										X	X	X	X	X
ANT 3620						X	X			X			X	X	X	X	X	X
Electives: 15 hours at 3000/4000 level and another 3 hours at any level
ANT 3126												X		X	X			X	X
ANT 3141									X			X		X	X	X	X	X	X
ANT 3153									X			X		X	X	X	X	X
ANT 3162									X			X		X	X	X	X	X	X
ANT 3164									X			X		X	X	X	X	X	X
ANT 3182					X		X									X	X		X
ANT 3241					X	X	X	X							X	X	X	X
ANT 3302				X	X	X	X	X							X	X	X	X	X
ANT 3390											X				X	X			X
ANT 3428				X	X	X	X	X							X	X	X	X	X
ANT 3451				X	X		X	X							X	X	X	X	X
ANT 3515	X	X	X											X	X		X	X
ANT 3522			X	X											X			X
ANT 4023							X								X	X	X	X	X
ANT 4110					X	X	X					X		X	X	X	X	X	X
ANT 4114												X		X	X	X	X	X	X
ANT 4266					X	X	X	X							X	X	X	X	X
ANT 4274					X	X	X	X							X	X	X	X	X
ANT 4331					X	X	X	X			X				X	X	X	X	X
ANT 4336					X	X	X	X			X				X	X	X	X	X
ANT 4340					X	X	X	X			X				X	X	X	X	X
ANT 4352					X	X	X	X			X				X	X	X	X	X
ANT 4354					X	X	X	X			X				X	X	X	X	X
ANT 4403				X	X	X	X	X						X	X	X	X	X	X
ANT 4468			X	X										X	X		X	X
ANT 4525			X	X											X		X	X
ANT 4550		X		X										X	X		X	X	X
ANT 4552		X		X										X	X		X	X	X
ANT 4554	X	X	X	X										X	X		X	X	X
ANT 4586	X	X	X	X										X	X	X	X	X	X
ANT 4740														X	X		X	X
ANT 4823												X		X	X	X		X	X
ANT 4824												X		X	X	X		X	X
ANT 4956					X	X	X	X			X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X