Description
The Department of Anthropology synthesizes humanistic and scientific perspectives on human biological and cultural diversity as well as the evolutionary trends seen for humankind. Students and faculty bring this integrated perspective to interactions and collaborations with others in a variety of departments and programs in each of the Colleges across the University.
Courses in anthropology acquaint students with the range of human behavior as differentially explored within each of the subdisciplines within anthropology—archaeology, biological anthropology, and cultural anthropology. Research or methodological courses outfit students with valuable analytic and research skills in qualitative, quantitative and GIS analysis as well as in content-appropriate analytic protocols, as for the analysis of archaeological and ethnographic materials.
Options in the Major
Students may choose to focus their advanced coursework in ways that meet their specific interests and career goals. All students complete a core set of requirements and can determine, in consult with faculty and their academic advisor, which specific option to follow. The option will be documented on the final transcript.
Standard Option
Allows students to choose their own combination of advanced courses from archaeology, biological and cultural anthropology.
Forensics Option
Focuses on biological anthropology of primates, hominins, and humans across time and space.
Museum Studies Option
Provides specialized knowledge and experience in museum collections management, exhibit development, digital technologies, funding, outreach, education, ethics, and political aspects of a museum.
Recommendations. Because of the broad and interdisciplinary nature of anthropology, we recommend that majors select additional courses outside the department to enhance their appreciation of and improve their skills in related disciplines. The student’s advisor will make specific course recommendations in keeping with individual needs and interests.
Program Assessment. In order to assist the department in evaluating the effectiveness of its program, majors will, as they complete an ACE 10 course in their junior or senior year:
- Participate in a focus group discussion of programmatic strengths and weaknesses.
- Complete an exit survey, submitted anonymously.
Results of participation in these assessment activities will in no way affect a student’s GPA or graduation.
College Admission
The entrance requirements for the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), including any of the majors or minors offered through the college, are the same as the UNL General Admission Requirements. In addition to these requirements, the College of Arts and Sciences strongly recommends a third and fourth year of one foreign language in high school. Four years of high school coursework in the same language will fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences’ language requirement. It will also allow students to continue language study at a more advanced level at UNL and provide more opportunity to study abroad.
ACADEMIC AND CAREER Advising
Academic and Career Advising Center
The Academic and Career Advising Center in 107 Oldfather Hall is the undergraduate hub for CAS students in all majors. Centrally located and easily accessed, students encounter friendly, knowledgeable people who are eager to help. Students visit the Advising Center in 107 Oldfather Hall to:
- Choose or change their major, minor, or degree program.
- Check in on policies, procedures, and deadlines.
- Get a college approval signature from the Dean's representative, Sr. Director of Advising and Student Success.
While the assigned academic advisor should be the student's primary contact, there are daily walk-ins from 12-3 where a general academic advisor can answer a quick question. In addition, the CAS Career Coaches are located here. They help students explore majors and minors, gain experience, and develop a plan for life after graduation. Not sure where to go or who to ask? The Advising Center team can help.
Assigned Academic Advisors
Academic advisors are critical resources dedicated to students' academic, personal, and professional success. Every CAS student is assigned an academic advisor based on their primary major. Since most CAS students have more than just a single major, it is important to get to know the advisor for any minors or additional majors. Academic advisors work closely with the faculty to provide the best overall support and the discipline-specific expertise.
Assigned advisors are listed in MyRED and their offices may be located in or near the department of the major for which they advise or in the Academic and Career Advising Center. Students who have declared a pre-health or pre-law area of interest will also work with advisors in the Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center (Explore Center) in 127 Love South, who are specially trained to guide students preparing to enter a professional school.
For complete and current information on advisors for majors, minors, or pre-professional areas, contact the Arts and Sciences Academic and Career Advising Center, 107 Oldfather Hall, 402-472-4190, http://cas.unl.edu/advising.
Career Coaching
The College believes that Academics + Experience = Opportunities and encourages students to complement their academic preparation with real-world experience, including internships, research, education abroad, service, and leadership. Arts and sciences students have access to a powerful network of faculty, staff, and advisors dedicated to providing information and support for their goals of meaningful employment or advanced education. Arts and sciences graduates have unlimited career possibilities and carry with them important career competencies—communication, critical thinking, creativity, context, and collaboration. They have the skills and adaptability that employers universally value. Graduates are not only prepared to effectively contribute professionally in the real world, but they have a solid foundation to excel in an increasingly global, technological, and interdisciplinary world.
Students should contact the career coaches in the Arts and Sciences Academic and Career Advising Center in 107 Oldfather, or their assigned advisor, for more information. The CAS career coaches help students explore career options, identify ways to build experience, and prepare to apply for internships, jobs, or graduate school, including help with resumes, applications, and interviewing.
ACE Requirements
Students must complete one course for each of the ACE Student Learning Outcomes below. Certified course choices are published in the degree audit, or visit the ACE website for the most current list of certified courses.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACE Student Learning Outcomes | ||
ACE 1 : Write texts, in various forms, with an identified purpose, that respond to specific audience needs, integrate research or existing knowledge, and use applicable documentation and appropriate conventions of format and structure. | ||
ACE 2: Demonstrate competence in communication skills. | ||
ACE 3: Use mathematical, computational, statistical, logical, or other formal reasoning to solve problems, draw inferences, justify conclusions, and determine reasonableness. | ||
ACE 4: Use scientific methods and knowledge to pose questions, frame hypotheses, interpret data, and evaluate whether conclusions about the natural and physical world are reasonable. | ||
ACE 5: Use knowledge, historical perspectives, analysis, interpretation, critical evaluation, and the standards of evidence appropriate to the humanities to address problems and issues. | ||
ACE 6: Use knowledge, theories, and research perspectives such as statistical methods or observational accounts appropriate to the social sciences to understand and evaluate social systems or human behaviors. | ||
ACE 7: Use knowledge, theories, or methods appropriate to the arts to understand their context and significance. | ||
ACE 8: Use knowledge, theories, and analysis to explain ethical principles and their importance in society. | ||
ACE 9: Exhibit global awareness or knowledge of human diversity through analysis of an issue. | ||
ACE 10: Generate a creative or scholarly product that requires broad knowledge, appropriate technical proficiency, information collection, synthesis, interpretation, presentation, and reflection. | ||
College Degree Requirements
College Distribution Requirements – BA and BS
The College of Arts and Sciences distribution requirements are common to both the bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees and are designed to ensure a range of courses. By engaging in study in several different areas within the College, students develop the ability to learn in a variety of ways and apply their knowledge from a variety of perspectives. All requirements are in addition to University ACE requirements, and no course can be used to fulfill both an ACE outcome and a College Distribution Requirement.
- A student may not use a single course to satisfy more than one College Distribution Requirement, with the exception of CDR Diversity. Courses used to meet CDR Diversity may also meet CDR Writing, CDR Humanities, or CDR Social Science.
- Independent study or reading courses and internships cannot be used to satisfy distribution requirements.
- Courses from interdisciplinary programs will be applied in the same area as courses from the home/cross-listed department.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| College Distribution Requirements | ||
| CDR: Written Communication | 3 | |
| Select from courses approved for ACE outcome 1. | ||
| CDR: Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences with Lab | 4 | |
| Select from biochemistry, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, geology, meteorology, mathematics, physics, and statistics. Must include one lab in the natural or physical sciences. Lab courses may be selected from biochemistry, biological sciences, chemistry, geology, meteorology, and physics. | ||
| Some courses from geography and anthropology may also be used to satisfy the lab requirement above. 1 | ||
| CDR: Humanities | 3 | |
| Select from classics, English, history, modern languages and literatures, philosophy, and religious studies. 2 | ||
| CDR: Social Science | 3 | |
| Select from anthropology, communication studies, geography, political science, psychology, or sociology. 3 | ||
| CDR: Human Diversity in U.S. Communities | 0-3 | |
| Select from a set of approved courses as listed in the degree audit. | ||
| CDR: Language | 0-16 | |
| Fulfilled by the completion of the 6-credit-hour second-year sequence in a single foreign language in one of the following departments: Classics and religious studies or modern languages and literatures. Instruction is currently available in Arabic, Chinese, Czech, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish. | ||
| A student who has completed the fourth-year level of one foreign language in high school is exempt from the languages requirement, but encouraged to continue on in their language study. | ||
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 13-32 | |
| 1 | See Degree Audit or a College of Arts and Sciences advisor for approved geography and anthropology courses that apply as natural science. |
| 2 | Language courses numbered 220 and below do not fulfill the CDR Humanities. |
| 3 | See Degree Audit or College of Arts and Sciences advisor for list of natural/physical science courses in anthropology, geography, and psychology that do not apply as social science. |
Language Requirement
UNL and the College of Arts and Sciences place great value on academic exposure and proficiency in a second language. The UNL entrance requirement of two years of the same foreign language or the College’s language distribution requirement (CDR: Language) will rarely be waived and only with relevant documentation. See the main College of Arts and Sciences page for more details.
Scientific Base - BS Only
The bachelor of science degree requires students to complete 60 hours in mathematical, physical, and natural sciences. Approved courses for scientific base credit come from the following College of Arts and Sciences disciplines: actuarial science, anthropology (selected courses), astronomy, biochemistry (excluding BIOC 101), biological sciences (excluding BIOS 100 or BIOS 203), chemistry (excluding CHEM 101), computer science (excluding CSCE 10), geography (selected courses), geology, life sciences, mathematics (excluding courses below MATH 104), meteorology, microbiology (excluding MBIO 101), and physics.
See your Degree Audit or your assigned academic advisor for a complete list, including individual classes that fall outside of the disciplines listed above. Up to 12 hours of scientific and technical courses offered by other colleges may be accepted toward this requirement with approval of the College of Arts and Sciences. See your assigned academic advisor to start the approval process.
Minimum Hours Required for Graduation
A minimum of 120 semester hours of credit is required for graduation from the College of Arts and Sciences. A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 is required.
Grade Rules
Restrictions on C- and D Grades
The College will accept no more than 15 semester hours of C- and D grades from other domestic institutions except for UNO and UNK. All courses taken at UNO and UNK impact the UNL transcript. No transfer of C- and D grades can be applied toward requirements in a major or a minor. No UNL C- and D grades can be applied toward requirements in a major or a minor. International coursework (including education abroad) with a final grade equivalent to a C- or lower will not be validated by College of Arts and Sciences departments to be degree applicable.
Pass/No Pass Privilege
The College of Arts and Sciences adheres to the University regulations for the Pass/No Pass (P/N) privilege with the following additional regulations:
- Pass/No Pass hours can count toward fulfillment of University ACE requirements and college distribution requirements up to the 24-hour maximum.
- Most arts and sciences departments and programs do not allow courses graded Pass/No Pass to apply to the major or minor. Students should refer to the department’s or program’s section of the catalog for clarification. By college rule, departments can allow up to 6 hours of Pass/No Pass in the major or minor.
- Departments may specify that certain courses of theirs can be taken only on a P/N basis.
- The college will permit no more than a total of 24 semester hours of P/N grades to be applied toward degree requirements. This total includes all Pass grades earned at UNL and other U.S. schools. NOTE: This 24-hour limit is more restrictive than the University regulation.
Grading Appeals
A student who feels that he/she has been unfairly graded must ordinarily take the following sequential steps in a timely manner, usually by initiating the appeal in the semester following the awarding of the grade:
- Talk with the instructor concerned. Most problems are resolved at this point.
- Talk to the instructor’s department chairperson.
- Take the case to the Grading Appeal Committee of the department concerned. The Committee should be contacted through the department chairperson.
- Take the case to the College Grading Appeals Committee by contacting the Dean’s Office, 1223 Oldfather Hall.
Course Level Requirements
Courses Numbered at the 300 or 400 Level
Thirty (30) of the 120 semester hours of credit must be in courses numbered at the 300 or 400 level. Of those 30 hours, 15 hours (1/2) must be completed in residence at UNL.
Residency Requirement
Students must complete at least 30 of the 120 total hours for their degree at UNL. Students must complete at least 1/2 of their major coursework, including 6 hours at the 300 or 400 level in their major and 15 of the 30 hours required at the 300 or 400 level, in residence. Credit earned during education abroad may be used toward the residency requirement only if students register through UNL.
Catalog to Use
Students must fulfill the requirements stated in the catalog for the academic year in which they are first admitted to and enrolled as a degree-seeking student at UNL. In consultation with advisors, a student may choose to follow a subsequent catalog for any academic year in which they are admitted to and enrolled as a degree-seeking student at UNL in the College of Arts and Sciences. Students must complete all degree requirements from a single catalog year. Beginning in 1990-1991, the catalog which a student follows for degree requirements may not be more than 10 years old at the time of graduation.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates of anthropology will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of variation in primate, hominin, and human biology and behavior over time and across space.
- Demonstrate knowledge of and respect for the similarities and differences that characterize humans and human societies in the world, over time and across space.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how and why change in human form and society occurs over time, as manifested around the world.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between methods and their theoretical and practical applications.
- Understand ethical aspects of anthropological research and results.
Major Requirements
Thirty-six (36) hours of anthropology courses as described below.
Core Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ANTH 111 | Academic Success and Decision Making in a Globalized World | 1 |
| ANTH 212 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 232 | Introduction to Archaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 242 & ANTH 242L | Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Introduction to Biological Anthropology Laboratory | 4 |
| ANTH 311 | Seminar in Launching Academic and Professional Careers | 1 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 12 | |
| Research Methods | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Fieldwork 1 | ||
| GIS in Archaeology | ||
| Geospatial Approaches in Digital Humanities and Social Sciences | ||
| Field Methods in Ethnography | ||
| Data Analytics in Anthropology | ||
| Analysis of Archaeological Materials | ||
| Advanced Field Work 1, 2 | ||
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 3 | |
| Anthropology ACE 10 Capstone | ||
| Select one ACE 10 approved ANTH course 3 | 3 | |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 3 | |
| Option Courses | ||
| Select one option from Standard, Forensics, or Museum Studies. For specific requirements see below. | 18 | |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 18 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 36 | |
| 1 | No more than 6 hours of ANTH 290 and ANTH 490 may count toward the major. |
| 2 | ANTH 491 may count in Research Methods for the Standard and Museum Studies Options, by permission of the advisor. No more than 3 hours of ANTH 491 may |
| 3 | The ACE 10 capstone course will not also count in the option courses. |
Standard Option
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one course from each of Archaeology, BIological Anthropology, and Cultural Anthropology, plus 9 additional hours of ANTH courses. | ||
| Archaeology | 3 | |
| Archaeology of the American Southwest | ||
| Digital Heritage Tools | ||
| Historical Archaeology: Current Topics | ||
| History and Theory of Archaeology | ||
| North American Archaeology | ||
| Introduction to Great Plains Archaeology | ||
| The Ancient Maya | ||
| Archaeologies of Europe | ||
| Biological Anthropology | 3 | |
| Human Osteology | ||
| Primate Behavior and Ecology | ||
| Human Origins | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Human Variation | ||
| Nutritional Anthropology | ||
| Dental Anthropology | ||
| Human Growth and Development | ||
| Cultural Anthropology | 3 | |
| Indigenous Peoples of North America | ||
| Indigenous Peoples of the Great Plains | ||
| Anthropology of War | ||
| Peoples and Cultures of Africa | ||
| Peoples and Cultures of East Asia | ||
| Gender: An Anthropological Perspective | ||
| Family, Marriage, and Kinship | ||
| Digital Anthropologies | ||
| History of Anthropological Theory | ||
| Ethnology and Museums | ||
| Art and Anthropology of Native North Americans | ||
| Contemporary Issues of Indigenous Peoples in North America | ||
| Belief Systems: Animism to Zombies | ||
| Ecological Anthropology | ||
| Applied and Development Anthropology | ||
| Hunters-Gatherers | ||
| Contentious Issues in Anthropology | ||
| Additional Anthropology Courses | ||
| Select 9 hours of ANTH courses with at least 3 hours at the 300 or 400 level. | 9 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
Forensics Option
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select six courses from the following: | 18 | |
| Human Osteology | ||
| Dental Anthropology | ||
| Forensic Archaeology: Clandenstine Burials, Mass Graves, and Human Rights | ||
ANTH 456 | ||
| Analysis of Archaeological Materials - Archaeofauna | ||
| Advanced Laboratory Work | ||
| Internship in Anthropology 4 | ||
| Advanced Current Topics in Anthropology 5 | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
| 4 | ANTH 495 must be for a minimum of 3 credit hours and include an approved internship experience related to Forensics. |
| 5 | ANTH 498 must have a focus related to Forensics to count in the major. Approval will be needed from the advisor. |
Museum Studies Option
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select six courses from the following: | 18 | |
| Archaeological Collections and Collections Management | ||
| Digital Heritage Tools | ||
| Visual Anthropology | ||
| Digital Anthropologies | ||
| Ethnology and Museums | ||
| Introduction to Heritage Management Archaeology | ||
| Analysis of Archaeological Materials | ||
or ANTH 487A | Analysis of Archaeological Materials - Ceramics | |
or ANTH 487B | Analysis of Archaeological Materials - Lithics | |
or ANTH 487D | Analysis of Archaeological Materials - Archaeofauna | |
or ANTH 487E | Analysis of Archaeological Materials - Historic Material Culture | |
| Internship in Anthropology 4 | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
| 4 | ANTH 495 must be for a minimum of 3 credit hours and include an approved internship experience related to Museum Studies. |
Additional Major Requirements
Grade Rules
C- and D Grades
A grade of C or better must be earned in all courses in the major and minor.
Pass/No Pass
No course taken Pass/No Pass will be applicable to the major or minor.
Requirements for Minor Offered by Department
Eighteen (18) hours of anthropology as follows.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 110 | Introduction to Anthropology | 3 |
| Select at least one of the 200-level ANTH core courses: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | ||
| Introduction to Archaeology | ||
| Introduction to Biological Anthropology | ||
| Select additional ANTH courses with at least one 300 or 400 level. 1 | 12 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
| 1 | Up to 6 hours of field study, excluding ANTH 130. The following courses may apply: ANTH 290, ANTH 291, ANTH 490, ANTH 491. |
Grade Rules
C- and D Grades
A grade of C or better must be earned in all courses in the major and minor.
Pass/No Pass
No course taken Pass/No Pass will be applicable to the major or minor.
Description: An introductory survey of the peoples and cultures who have lived in the Great Plains. It assumes no detailed knowledge of anthropological concepts and methods. North American and Euroamerican Plains life-styles from the prehistoric past, early historic, and modern periods. Emphasis on the ways different people used and adapted to the Plains. Common themes and artifacts of Plains people given special treatment.
Description: Interpret, analyze, infer processes of human and non-human primate biological change from genetics to morphology through time.
Description: Interdisciplinary study of the natural environment, social environment, human heritage, arts and humanities of the Great Plains.
Prerequisites: Good standing in University Honors Program or by invitation.
Description: Topics vary.
Description: Introduction to a wide range of topics in Anthropology.
Description: Introduction to ethnology and its subfields. Standard topics, problems, and theories considered in ethnology, social anthropology, culture and personality, and applied anthropology.
A required, introductory, pre-professional course for teaching endorsement in English as a Second Language.
Description: Introduction to research in education about migratory, displaced, immigrant, and refugee populations in the United States and elsewhere in the world; Examination of the intersection of migration, education, family, youth cultures, language use, pedagogy, literacies, policy, and transnationalism as key concepts for the 'glocal' activities in which human beings participate in everyday life.
Description: Past and present survey of human beliefs and practices related to death.
Description: Introduction to what archaeologists do and what they have learned about humans in the past. Emphasis on methods archaeologists use to study the past and traces the record of human developments up to the rise of cities.
Description: Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America including the Ancient Maya, Aztecs, and Toltecs. Anthropological theories and methods dealing with archaeological data about urbanism, architecture, art, human-environment interaction, etc. in ancient Mesoamerica.
Description: Biological anthropology is the study of human and non human primate biological evolution and biocultural variation. This includes genetics, mechanisms of change, growth and development, primate ecology, and the fossil record.
Description: Basic principles of forensic anthropology, including osteology, development of a biological profile, decomposition, trauma and forensic archaeology.
Description: Introduction to complex societies around the world and the role of archaeological heritage in contemporary debates.
Description: Introduction to the study of the biological, economic, political-historical, and cultural bases of war and group conflict.
Requires contributing to an ongoing web-based project.
Description: Practical and theoretical introduction to the concepts, tools, and techniques of digital humanities. Electronic research, text encoding, text processing, and collaborative research.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Only 3 credit hours will count towards the Anthropology major.
Description: By participation in research projects students learn basic field techniques and the relationship between research design and execution.
Prerequisites: Permission
Only 3 hours is allowed towards the ANTH major.
Description: Practical experience in the preparation and manipulation of archaeological materials. Experience gained through participation in faculty-guided laboratory projects.
Description: Examination of current topic from an anthropological perspective.
Prerequisites: ANTH 232
Description: Overview of theory, method, and practice related to archaeological collections management and other post-fieldwork activities.
Prerequisites: ANTH/GEOG/GLST 111
Pass/No Pass (PNP)
Description: Online seminar focused on academic and career development for Anthropology, Geography and Global Studies majors.
Description: Advanced survey of past and present indigenous cultures of the American Southwest.
Description: Study of human osteology including histology, pathology, biomechanics and taphonomy.
Prerequisites: 6 hours of ANTH.
Description: Introduction to the ethnography of native Latin America outlining the history and lifeways of indigenous peoples of the region. Indigenous culture, and change and resistance to European colonialism from the pre-Columbian through modern periods. Contemporary indigenous political organizing around issue of human and culture rights, the effects of globalization, and the environment.
Description: Causes, conduct, and consequences of socially organized aggression and combat; an evolutionary survey of "warfare" as conducted by insects, nonhuman primates, and human societies from simple hunting and gathering bands to modern states; anthropological, sociological, psychological, and evolutionary biological theories of the causes of warfare; the relationship between warfare and demography, disease, ideology, colonialism, technology, economy and child rearing; and the nature of societies with no record of war and the mechanisms utilized by warlike societies to create peace. Warfare in different times, places, and levels of social complexity.
Prerequisites: 3 hrs ANTH.
Description: Introduction to the ethnological complexity and cultural diversity of the native ways of life based on the ethnographies of several differing peoples in relation to the areal cultural patterns in contrasting geographical regions. Relations to other portions of the world in culture history and colonial relations.
Prerequisites: 6 hrs of ANTH.
Description: Survey of the historic and recent cultural diversity of the East Asian cultural sphere. The historical development of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cultures through recent modernization is reviewed and other neighboring and minority cultures are described. Recognizing the central role of Chinese civilization, a main emphasis is upon the interaction between it and surrounding cultures.
Description: Introduction to concept of heritage, digital heritage applications, and hands-on experience in creating digital heritage products using desktop and mobile devices.
Description: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in archaeology and anthropology; lecture provides fundamental spatial concepts and a computer lab teaches skills on data acquisition, data integration, spatial analysis, and digital cartography.
Description: Advanced exploration of current topics from an anthropological perspective.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Description: Tutorial course in areas of special interest.
Prerequisites: Good standing in the University Honors Program and permission.
Open to candidates for degrees with distinction, with high distinction, and with highest distinction in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Prerequisites: Junior standing
Recommend some background knowledge of ancient art, history, or languages, a general background course such as AHIS 101, ANTH 252, CLAS 209/CLAS 210, or any of the courses listed in the Archaeology or Digital Humanities minors. Computer/design skills welcome but not necessary.
Description: A new approach to looking at the history and development of ancient cities, combining history and archaeology with digital methods, in particular 3D modeling.
Prerequisites: 6 hrs ANTH
Description: Theoretical approaches to gender. Emphasis is placed on cross-cultural differences in gender socialization of as it pertains to sexual behavior, power within domestic and public spheres, and the impact of gender on individual aspirations.
Prerequisites: 9 hours ANTH including ANTH 212; Junior standing
Graded Only
Description: Critically assess and understand basic theories of image usage, meaning making, and style. Covers evolution of photography, ethical usage and consent, ethnographic and documentary films, photo falsification.
Prerequisites: ANTH 212
Description: Cross-cultural variation in family, marriage, and kinship and theories that account for variation in these fundamental areas of social life.
Prerequisites: 12 hours of anthropology or graduate student standing
Description: Survey of digital methods and emergent technologies in Anthropology.
Prerequisites: 9 hrs ANTH.
Description: Origins and developments of anthropological theory, method, and thought. Historical growth of the discipline and schools of thought from The Enlightenment through The Contemporary Period.
Prerequisites: 6 hours of anthropology including ANTH 212
Description: Explores historical and contemporary aspects of the missions, ethical and political issues concerning exhibits and collections held by museums.
Description: Explores the art of indigenous peoples in the United States. A spectrum of styles, contexts and symbolic meaning will be studied in addition to social aspects of taste, and issues concerning cultural appropriation and the repatriation of religious iconography.
Description: Focuses on theoretical and applied significance of health related practices in local and cross-cultural contexts. Cultural constructions of disease, intervention and treatment strategies explored historically and contemporarily.
Prerequisites: Junior standing
Description: Overview of the technical and sociocultural dimensions of global food insecurity.
Prerequisites: ANTH 242 or equivalent.
Description: Anthropological approaches to the study of nutrition. Background to nutrition science; bio-cultural aspects of obesity, fertility, lactose intolerance, and infant feeding practices; biological differences in nutritional requirements, fertility, and mortality; interpretation of nutritional deficiencies in skeletal remains; reconstructing prehistoric diets from archaeological evidence; and evaluation of relationships between dietary patterns and dental remains in fossil record.
Description: Development of Historical Archaeology and current research in the field.
Prerequisites: 9 hrs ANTH
Description: Current concepts and theories used in archaeology to interpret the archaeological record.
Prerequisites: 9 hrs ANTH including ANTH 232
Description: An areal survey of North American archaeology, methodology, history, and current trends of research. North American prehistory from earliest occupations to The Contact Period.
Prerequisites: 9 hrs ANTH including ANTH 232.
Description: Introduction to the history of archaeological research, taxonomic issues, cultural sequences, and current research topics within the Great Plains area of North America.
Prerequisites: ANTH 232
Description: Introduction to the nature and purpose of historic preservation as it pertains to resource management and archaeological research. Legislation that forms the basis for: cultural resource management principles; integration of state programs; and archaeological contractors; within the overall framework of land modification planning.
Description: Introduction to the prehistory of the Maya region and its periphery. Features of the Ancient Maya political, economic, religious, gender and material structures. Main substantive, theoretical and political debates in Mesoamerican scholarship. Interdisciplinary research and the types of methods used to create knowledge about Maya civilization.
Description: Survey of the material remains of Europe and of the various approaches to the study of the European past.
Description: Biological variation of modern humas worldwide through time and space. Standard measurements of phenotypic, e.g. elementary anthropometry. Biological adaptation to environment using recent theoretical perspectives.
Description: Cranio-facial anatomy, development and morphology as well as forensic uses of dentition.
Description: Biological diversity from an evolutionary perspective. The history of the study of human physical growth and biological principles of growth. Genetic, epigenetic and hormonal effects on human and other mammal growth patterns, and environmental factors that influence growth. Effects of nutrition, disease, socio-economic status, pollution, etc. Unique features of human growth in its various stages. How anthropologists interpret variation in growth patterns among human populations and the possible adaptive significance of this variation.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
Description: Advanced comparative study of the contemporary populations in a selected area of North America (occasionally outside of the USA) that may combine the traditional survey of ethnographic literature with personal observation, participation, and experiential learning activities in rural, urban, or traditional settings. The ethnographic focus (e.g., Native Americans, recent immigrants to the USA, historic practices) changes depending on research opportunities.
Graded Only
Description: Introduction to the archaeological methods and theories used to assist in the medico-legal investigation of forensics and criminal behavior as well as international humanitarian forensics and international crimes.
Description: Study of geographic concepts and critical analysis of applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in humanities and social sciences and application of geospatial tools for humanities and social science research; learn how to collect, manage, analyze, and visualize spatial data for real-world projects
Prerequisites: ANTH 242
Description: Human skeletal identification and trauma analysis as a model for understanding the applied field of forensic anthropology. Focuses on the wider scope of human skeletal biology dealing with problems of medico-legal significance, primarily in the determination of personal identity and cause of death from skeletonized human remains, as well as both interpretation and analysis of biological data toward this aim.
Description: Develop a museum exhibit to professional standards and participate in the process from conception through installation and ribbon-cutting. Study copy writing, object conservation, 3D model-building, graphic design, prototype development, exhibit construction techniques, and formative assessment.
Prerequisites: Junior Standing; 3 hours in any of the following areas: ANTH, SOCI, HIST, AHIS, TMFD or WMNS.
Description: In depth analysis of the relationship between material culture and gender roles, categories, and performances. Engages with theoretical frameworks for material culture and gender, as well as topics such as the body, clothing, the built environment, technology and media.
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Description: Provide students with real, in-depth experience in collaboratively creating digital humanities projects. Guided by faculty with expertise in a broad range of digital humanities methods and resources, students work in teams to tackle challenges proposed by UNL researchers and/or local and regional humanities organizations.
Description: Explores the diversity of beliefs and rituals surrounding the mysteries of birth, life, death and beyond.
Description: Human adaptive systems and their ecological contexts. The dynamic inter-relationships between subsistence, technology, social behavior, human demography, and ecological variability.
Prerequisites: ANTH 212
Description: Efforts by anthropologists and other trained specialists to influence the process of development and socioeconomic change in the modern world.
Prerequisites: 9 hrs ANTH.
Description: Study of selected technologies from around the world at the pre-industrial level of production. Examine hand made art and utilitarian artifacts with the goal of understanding them through replication. Analyze technology within its cultural setting.
Prerequisites: ANTH 212
Description: Human rights from an anthropological perspective. International human rights, development, and the environment; Western and non-Western perspectives on human rights; individual rights and collective (group) rights; social, economic, and cultural rights; women's rights; gay rights; indigenous peoples and minority groups' rights; and planetary (environmental) rights. Rights to food, culture, development, and a healthy ecosystem.
Prerequisites: 9 hrs ANTH including ANTH 212.
Description: Survey of hunter-gatherer society and its ecological and social adaptations. Hunters-gatherers and their important role in human history and evolution.
Prerequisites: Junior standing and permission
Topical seminar required for all Latin American Studies majors.
Description: An interdisciplinary analysis of topical issues in Latin American Studies.
Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission.
Open to students with an interest in international relations.
Description: Topic varies.
Description: Survey of theory, method, and practice in describing and interpreting archaeological landscapes.
Prerequisites: ANTH 212
Description: Introduction to practical and theoretical issues involved in designing and undertaking qualitative field research.
Prerequisites: 6 hrs ANTH
Description: Collection, management, visualization, and analysis of quantitative anthropological data. Exploratory and confirmatory data analysis. Data analytics.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Prerequisites: ANTH 232
May be repeated.
Description: Survey of vocabulary, techniques, and ideas needed to research major materials found in archaeological sites.
Prerequisites: ANTH 232
May be repeated.
Description: Survey of vocabulary, techniques, and ideas needed to research major materials found in archaeological sites.
Prerequisites: ANTH 232
May be repeated.
Description: Survey of vocabulary, techniques, and ideas needed to research major materials found in archaeological sites.
Prerequisites: ANTH 232
May be repeated.
Description: Survey of vocabulary, techniques, and ideas needed to research major materials found in archaeological sites.
Prerequisites: ANTH 232
May be repeated.
Description: Survey of vocabulary, techniques, and ideas needed to research major materials found in archaeological sites.
Prerequisites: 9 hrs of anthropology beyond ANTH 110.
Description: Recent controversial issues through the integration of biological, cultural, and archaeological branches of anthropology.
Prerequisites: ANTH 290 or equivalent.
Description: Further practical experience in field research.
Prerequisites: Permission
Only 3 credit hours will count toward the major in ANTH.
12 hours max special topics hours at all levels (100, 200, 300, 400) per degree. May be repeated up to three times so long as the topics are different.
Description: Topics vary each term.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing; and permission.
Description: A structured professional experience outside the traditional academic setting designed to allow students to learn and use anthropological skills and knowledge and to develop professional networks.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Description: Seminar on current issues and problems in anthropology.
Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission.
PLEASE NOTE
This document represents a sample 4-year plan for degree completion with this major. Actual course selection and sequence may vary and should be discussed individually with your college or department academic advisor. Advisors also can help you plan other experiences to enrich your undergraduate education such as internships, education abroad, undergraduate research, learning communities, and service learning and community-based learning.
Anthropology - Standard (B.A.)
Critical - A minimum 2.00 GPA required for graduation.
- ***Total Credits Applying Toward 120 Total Hours***
- Complete 30 hours in residence at UNL.
Anthropology - Forensics (B.A.)
Critical - A minimum 2.00 GPA required for graduation.
- ***Total Credits Applying Toward 120 Total Hours***
- Complete 30 hours in residence at UNL.
Anthropology - Museum STudies (B.A.)
Critical - A minimum 2.00 GPA required for graduation.
- ***Total Credits Applying Toward 120 Total Hours***
- Complete 30 hours in residence at UNL.
Career Information
The following represents a sample of the internships, jobs and graduate school programs that current students and recent graduates have reported.
Transferable Skills
- Evaluate human behavior and explain social phenomena
- Examine and address social problems, and implement creative solutions
- Perform analysis of social and cultural issues
- Use various qualitative and quantitative research methodologies
- Communicate clearly using different forms of writing to and for a variety of different audiences
- Collaborate with a team to develop solutions
- Confidently navigate complex, ambiguous projects and environments
- Defend and discuss complex issues from multiple angles
- Examine problems from multiple perspectives
Internships
- Intern - Linguistics, Smithsonian - Washington D.C. DC
- Intern, Nebraska Appleseed - Lincoln NE
- Intern, University of Nebraska State Museum - Lincoln NE
- Intern, Mojave Desert Museum - Barstow CA
- Federal Funding Intern, Indian Center, Inc. - Lincoln NE
- Intern, Nebraska National Forest - NE
- Intern, Sandhills Publishing - Lincoln NE
- Intern, St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center - Lincoln NE
- Professional Development and Training Intern, Duncan Aviation - Lincoln NE
- Intern, Waddell and Reed - Lincoln NE
Graduate & Professional Schools
- Master's Degree, Museum Studies, University of Leicester - Leicester LCE
- Master's Degree, International Development, Universite Joseph Fourier - Grenoble, France
- Master's Degree, Education, University of Northern Colorado - Greeley CO
- Physician's Assistant, University of Nebraska Medical Center - Omaha NE
- Master's Degree, Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Lincoln NE
- Ph. D., Rural Sociology, University of Missouri - Columbia MO
- Master's Degree, Community and Regional Planning, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Lincoln NE
- Master's Degree, Information Management, University of Maryland, College Park - College Park MD
- Master's Degree, Medical Anthropology, Creighton University - Omaha NE
- Master's Degree, Anthropology, University of Arizona - Tucson AZ
- More...