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PROGRAM CHAIR

RUSLAN RAKHIMOV

OFFICE MANAGER

JUMAGUL BEKETAEVA

MAIN BUILDING ROOM 236
TEL: +996 312 663 309
EMAIL: anthropology@mail.auca.kg

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

 


See General Education Requirements for all AUCA students.

Total: 54 credits

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS


All anthropology majors are required to take the following courses:

100 Level
• Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• Introduction to Archeology
• Language and Culture
• Introduction to Physical Anthropology

• Introduction to Development



200 Level
• Field Research Methods
• Fieldwork (Ethnography)
• Fieldwork (Archaeology)

300 Level
• History of Anthropological Theory

400 Level
• Senior Seminar
• Senior Thesis

Five topical core courses from the following (Students should take two courses from the 200 and 300 levels and one course from the 400 level):

200 Level
• Archaeology of Central Asia
• Folklore of Central Asia
• Anthropology of Kinship

300 Level
• Environmental Anthropology
• Medical Anthropology
• Anthropology of Religion

400 Level
• Political Anthropology
• Applied Anthropology

Two 200 Level regional courses from the following:
• Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia
• Peoples and Cultures of Oceania
• Peoples and Cultures of North America
• Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
• Peoples and Cultures of East Asia

• Rock Art in Eurasia

• Peoples and Cultures Siberia and Far East

Total: 54 credits

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

Major Requirements
• 144 credits, including Fieldwork and Senior thesis
• a senior thesis and State exam of Anthropology
• TOEFL not below than 550 points
• observance of the Honors Code of AUCA.

American University of Central Asia
205 Abdymomunov St.
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic 720040

Tel.: (+ 996 312) 66 11 15
Fax: (+ 996 312) 66 32 01

         
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