HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
THE ANTHROPOLOGY MAJOR AN 8-SEMESTER STUDY GRID
This is simply an example of what 8 semesters might look like for incoming First-Year students. If you declare your major later, or are a Transfer Student, your grid will look considerably different. Your choices may vary. Some ANTH courses, such as a Cross Cultural or Behavioral Social Sciences Core Distribution, fulfill more than one requirement, creating more space in your class schedule during a semester. Up to 6 credits of Core Distribution credits may be taken during Study Abroad. Students are strongly encouraged to meet with an Anthropology Department advisor at least once every semester.
FIRST YEAR Fall ANTH introductory sub-field course1
Spring ANTH introductory sub-field course
Summer/January Sessions
Fall ANTH 137 or ANTH 145
Spring ANTH 137 or ANTH 145
Notes
ANTH elective (area or topical)2
ANTH elective (area or topical)
SECOND YEAR
THIRD YEAR Study Abroad Fall/Spring semester or an entire academic year; not restricted to Junior Year.** Fall ANTH internship or independent study3 (or Study Abroad option)4
Spring ANTH internship or independent study (or Study Abroad option)
ANTH elective (area or topical)
ANTH elective (area or topical)
Notes
FOURTH YEAR Fall ANTH 185 or ANTH 186
Spring ANTH 191 (ANTH 100 for Honors)
ANTH elective (area or topical, if needed)
ANTH 192
WHY STUDY ANTHROPOLOGY?
Notes
Please read https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/anthro/anthro-chair.html. What can I do with an Anthropology degree? https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/anthro/anthro-career.html Need more information and would like to meet the Anthropology faculty? Visit us in person or at https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/anthro/anthro-faculty.html Some Anthropology courses (IB/Transfer) taken prior to Hofstra can count toward the major. Non-Anthropology courses taken prior to your first year can count toward general education requirements or elective credits, whether taken at Hofstra or transferred in.
NOTES **In addition to going on Study Abroad for either semester in their third year, students can go for the entire academic year in their third year; for a semester in their second or fourth years; or for a short-term program in the summer or during the January break. + The Anthropology department email blasts contain information on internships, field-schools, and volunteer and study abroad opportunities
STUDY ABROAD OPTIONS The following have rish anthropology content include: European Odyssey (Hofstra); UCEAP Mediterranean Politics, Food and Culture: Florence and Barcelona (UCLA); CAPA Myths and Realities of the Atlantic Slave Trade (Accra, Ghana); CIEE Study Center at Dakar, Senegal; University of Western Australia; University of Sydney, (University of Texas Austin); University College London; Central European University, Budapest.