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. (3 units; Fall/Spring)

InstructorStart DateDaysTimeLocation
ANT225-C
Goodman-Bowling, Julie Marcele
09/03/2024 TTh 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM Mission Hall 109
ANT225-A
Stumpf, Amy R.
09/03/2024 MWF 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Park Building 123
ANT225-B
Sandoval Simon, Keren
09/03/2024 W 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM Park Building 125
ANT225-B
Sandoval Simon, Keren
01/13/2025 W 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM Park Building 203
ANT225-C
STAFF, STAFF
01/13/2025 TTh 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM Health Science Campus L243
ANT225-A
Stumpf, Amy R.
01/13/2025 MWF 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Park Building 123
ANT225-A
STAFF, STAFF
05/05/2025 T 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM TBA

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. (3 units; Spring)

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

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. Prerequisite: ANT 225. (3 units; Fall, odd years)

InstructorStart DateDaysTimeLocation

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. (3 units; Fall, Spring, & Online)

InstructorStart DateDaysTimeLocation
BEH333-A
Stokes, H. Bruce
09/03/2024 TTh 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM Park Building 203
BEH333-A
Stokes, H. Bruce
01/13/2025 TTh 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM Health Science Campus S292

 

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