Joint Concentration

Both Archaeology and Social Anthropology programs encourage a joint concentration with any other department that permits a joint concentration. These have included:

  • African and African-American Studies
  • Arts, Film, and Visual Studies
  • Classics
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer Science
  • Chemistry
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • History
  • History and Literature
  • History of Science
  • Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology
  • Human Evolutionary Biology
  • Music
  • Religion
  • Romance Languages and Literature
  • Theatre, Dance, and Media
  • Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Students wishing to pursue a joint concentration need to submit a petition for approval to the Undergraduate Program Office. For further information and advising about joint concentration possibilities with Anthropology, please contact the Undergraduate Program Office.

Joint Concentration Requirements

For Archaeology joint concentrators

Required Courses

  • Archaeological Method and Theory (Fall Term). Ordinarily met with GENED 1105 (after Fall 2019) or ANTHRO 1010 (prior to Fall 2019) 
  • ANTHRO 97x: Sophomore Tutorial in Archaeology (Spring Term)
  • ANTHRO 98a: Junior Tutorial in Anthropology (Fall Term)
  • Three additional Archaeology courses, any level
  • One additional Archaeology course: ordinarily a Research Seminar (2000-level)

If Archaeology is the primary field, two additional courses are also required:

  • ANTHRO 98b: Junior Tutorial in Anthropology, or one additional Anthropology course
  • ANTHRO 99ab: Senior Tutorial in Anthropology (full-year)

For Social Anthropology joint concentrators

Required Courses

  • ANTHRO 1610: Ethnographic Research Methods (Fall Term)
  • ANTHRO 97z:  Sophomore Tutorial in Social Anthropology (Spring Term)
  • ANTHRO 98a:  Junior Tutorial in Anthropology (Fall Term)
  • Two Social Anthropology courses, any level
  • One additional course in Anthropology

If Social Anthropology is the primary field, three additional courses are required:

  • One Social Anthropology course, any level
  • One additional course in Anthropology
  • ANTHRO 99ab: Senior Tutorial (full-year)