The anthropology minor from CBU features an interdisciplinary curriculum that can be applied to a variety of careers. Study human behavior from a sociocultural, biological and archaeological standpoint.

The anthropology minor requires the completion of 21 units.

A general survey of Cultural Anthropology from a behavioral, cognitive, and material perspective and viewed as a social science, focuses on cultural factors that affect human behavior, including a brief overview of the four major fields of anthropology. Topics include cultural change, language, family, religious practices, economic subsistence patterns, and political power systems.

InstructorStart DateDaysTimeLocation
ANT225-B
Sandoval Simon, Keren
01/13/2025 W 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM Park Building 203
ANT225-C
Goodman-Bowling, Julie Marcele
01/13/2025 TTh 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM Health Science Campus V295
ANT225-A
Stumpf, Amy R.
01/13/2025 MWF 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Yeager Center A111
ANT225-A
STAFF, STAFF
05/05/2025 T 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM James Complex 191
ANT225-C
STAFF, STAFF
09/02/2025 TTh 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM Mission Hall 124
ANT225-A
Stumpf, Amy R.
09/02/2025 MWF 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Mission Hall 124
ANT225-B
STAFF, STAFF
09/02/2025 W 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM Park Building 124

A general survey of Physical Anthropology, including evolutionary theory, the primate fossil record, primatology, human variability, and genetics. The history, methods, and theories of archaeology are also considered - covering all eras of the human past, from prehistoric to modern times.

InstructorStart DateDaysTimeLocation
ANT325-A
Goodman-Bowling, Julie Marcele
01/13/2025 TTh 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Health Science Campus R291

This course addresses anthropological theory in a historical context and explores how the discipline has developed over time. Theories of culture are the main focus, though archeological, physical, and linguistic anthropological theories are discussed. Approaches to understanding human behavior from cognitive, material, and behavioral approaches are central.

InstructorStart DateDaysTimeLocation
ANT340-A
Goodman-Bowling, Julie Marcele
09/02/2025 W 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM James Complex ONLN

This course examines the basic models of integrating the Christian faith and modern behavioral sciences, including the development of Biblical examples of worldview and epistemology. Emphasis is placed upon the student's development of a personal theory of integration.

InstructorStart DateDaysTimeLocation
BEH333-A
Stokes, H. Bruce
01/13/2025 TTh 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM Yeager Center A111
BEH333-A
Stokes, H. Bruce
09/02/2025 TTh 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM Mission Hall 124

 

Complete nine (9) additional upper division units in anthropology.