Semester Requirements
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The minor in sociology and anthropology offers insights into two academic disciplines dedicated to understanding human social life, both local and global. Through sociology we discover how our own lives are influenced by social relationships around us. Through anthropology we discover and appreciate the diversity of other cultural systems on a global scale. Careful selection of courses provides insights into a wide range of topics such as human history and prehistory through archaeology, gender and sexuality, race, ethnicity, social class and inequality, urban life and cities, cultural images and mass media, war and violence, social movements, social and cultural change, and globalization.
Required Course—Choose one of the following:
ANTH-102 Cultural Anthropology
SOCI-102 Foundations of Sociology
Electives—Choose four of the following (at least two courses must be 300-level or above):
ANTH-103 Archaeology and the Human Past
ANTH-201/SOCI-201 Writing about Society and Culture
ANTH-210 Culture and Globalization
ANTH-220 Language and Culture
ANTH-215 Field Methods in Archaeology
ANTH-225 Globalizing Africa
ANTH-230 Great Discoveries in Archaeology
ANTH-235 Immigration to the U.S.
ANTH-240 Muslim Youth Cultures
ANTH-245 Ritual and Performance
ANTH-250 Themes in Archaeological Research
ANTH-255 Regional Archaeology
ANTH-260 Native North Americans
ANTH-265 Native Americans in Film
ANTH-270/INGS-270 Cuisine, Culture, and Power
ANTH-275 Global Islam
ANTH-280 Sustainable Development
ANTH-285 Religion and Culture
ANTH-301/SOCI-301 Social and Cultural Theory
ANTH-302/SOCI-302 Qualitative Research
ANTH-303/SOCI-303 Quantitative Research
ANTH-310 African Popular Cultures
ANTH-315 The Archaeology of Cities
ANTH-325 Bodies and Culture
ANTH-330 Cultural Images of War
ANTH-335 Culture and Politics in Latin America
ANTH-340 Divided Europe
ANTH-345 Genocide and Post-Conflict Justice
ANTH-350 The Global Economy and the Grassroots
ANTH-355 Historic Archaeology
ANTH-360 Humans and Their Environment
ANTH-365 Islamic Culture and the Middle East
ANTH-370 Media and Globalization
ANTH-375 Native American Repatriation
ANTH-380 Nationalism and Identity
ANTH-410 Global Cities
ANTH-415 Archaeological Science
ANTH-420 Exploring Ancient Technology
ANTH-425 Global Sexualities
ANTH-430 Visual Anthropology
ANTH-435 Garbage Archaeology
ANTH-440 Survey of Metallurgy
SOCI-103 The Urban Experience
SOCI-210 African-American Culture
SOCI-215 The Changing Family
SOCI-220 Minority Group Relations
SOCI-225 Social Inequality
SOCI-230 Sociology of Work
SOCI-235 Women, Work, and Culture
SOCI-240 Deaf Culture in America
SOCI-245 Gender and Health
SOCI-250 Globalization and Security
SOCI-310 U.S. Housing Policy
SOCI-315 Global Exiles of War and Terror
SOCI-320 Population and Society
SOCI-325 Community and Economic Development: Rochester
SOCI-330 Urban Deviance
SOCI-335 Urban Cultures
SOCI-340 Urban Planning and Policy
SOCI-345 Urban Poverty
SOCI-350 Social Change
SOCI-410 Diversity in the City
INGS-101 Global Studies
INGS-201 Histories of Globalization
INGS-210 Africa and the Diaspora
INGS-310 Global Slavery and Human Trafficking
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The minor in sociology and anthropology examines the changing interrelations among work, technology, and culture in different nations across the globe. With the globalization of the workforce, trade, and production, social interactions have become increasingly marked by differences in gender, class, racial, and ethnic identities. Courses analyze the global and local worlds of work, how social relations are shaped by technology and culture, and how global trends are transforming our lives.
Prerequisite—Choose one of the following:
0510-210 Cultural Anthropology
0515-210 Foundations of Sociology
Electives—Choose five of the following:
0510-440 Cultures in Globalization
0510-442 Culture and Politics in Latin America
0510-443 Immigration to the U.S.
0510-444 Global Economy and the Grassroots
0510-445 Global Cities
0510-446 Native North Americans
0510-447 Anthropology of Mass Media
0510-448 Native Americans in Film
0510-449 Sustainable Development
0510-450 Cultural Resource Management and Historic Preservation
0510-451 Global Sexualities
0510-452 Bodies and Culture
0510-454 Visual Anthropology
0510-457 Divided Europe
0510-459 Cultural Images of War and Terror
0510-460 Genocide and Post-Conflict Justice
0510-461 Native American Repatriation
0510-464 Nationalism and Identity
0510-465 Social and Cultural Theory
0510-486 Globalizing Africa
0510-487 African Popular Cultures
0510-502 Archaeology and the Human Past
0510-506 Great Discoveries in Archaeology
0510-507 Archaeological Science
0510-508 The Archaeology of Cities
0515-441 The Changing Family
0515-442 The Urban Experience
0515-443 Sociology of Work
0515-444 Social Change
0515-446 Sociology of Health
0515-447 Women, Work, and Culture
0515-449 Population and Society
0515-451 Transfer of Technology and Globalization
0515-453 Global Exiles of War and Terror
0515-454 U.S. Housing Policy
0515-455 Urban Poverty
0515-485 Diversity in the City
0515-506 Social Inequality