the information here is presented by the
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and
Sciences anthropology department and
academic advising it is designed to
provide registration guidance to
intended anthropology majors the
graduation requirements for the
anthropology major are found in the
undergraduate catalog online the
Anthropology degree requires 120 hours
to graduate those 120 hours consists of
40 hours of general education
requirements foreign language through
level 4 your core courses in
anthropology your major electives and a
required minor when you add all of those
courses is approximately 102 hours
because you need 120 to graduate then it
leaves you with approximately 18 hours
of free electives these could be any
courses that you want to take this makes
it easy for anthropology majors to add
on a double major multiple minors and
certificates so consult your advisor if
you have other areas of interest
the online catalog provides an
alphabetical list of all of the minors
we offer I encourage you to start
reviewing these now and you may even
want to take a course in the fall if you
want to try some out this is a sample
four year plan for anthropology majors
who want to stress the word sample
because there are many different ways
for you to graduate in four years the
Anthropology degree is very flexible
for example even though we list ANT 2000
in the fall you can substitute that with
any of the core anthropology classes or
you may not be able to get into English
1100 in the fall it's fine to take it in
spring you'll notice that your first two
semesters are composed mostly of general
education classes this means as long as
you take graduation requirements for
your major which includes gen ed you'll
be on track to graduate we offer a
number of different concentrations or
certificates you can be working on those
while also taking classes for your major
or minor the course of study for the
certificate in forensic anthropology
provides a basic understanding of
skeletal biology and human osteology
procedures for the search and recovery
of human remains methods of individual
identification from the human skeleton
time since death estimation and manner
of death the certificate in archaeology
provides a basic background in
archaeological methods including the
recovery and analysis of archaeological
data and training in public archaeology
and the prehistory of several areas in
both the old and new worlds in
particular the certificate provides
training for those students interested
in pursuing careers and applied
non-academic archaeology
the global cross-cultural competency
certificate is designed to prepare
students for professional practice in
culturally diverse settings in the
fields of business education health care
and human and Social Services students
pursuing this certificate will build the
knowledge skills and attitudes needed to
collaborate effectively with people from
different cultural groups in both
domestic and international environments
faculty in the anthropology department
teach and research in many of the
different subfields in anthropology with
active region research projects faculty
bring their current research into the
classroom and as an anthropology major
or minor you'll have opportunities to
engage in this research the link will
send you to individual bios for all of
our anthropology faculty email the
undergraduate director Dr. mezzo or the
department chair Dr. Daniel if you have
questions or want more information on
the department and program now let's
talk about fall registration as you saw
from the sample 4-year plan the
Anthropology degree is very flexible it
is recommended that you take one of the
core ANT courses in the fall in
archaeology biological anthropology or
cultural anthropology other than that
you may want to start your foreign
language explore minors and take general
education courses we'll discuss those
more in depth on the next few slides
let's take a closer look at foreign
language we offer French German ancient
greek japanese latin russian and spanish
at ECU american sign language is not
considered a foreign language your buret
your BA degree requires foreign language
through level 4 the first level 1001 is
for students who have no prior knowledge
of a language if you have prior
knowledge it be to your benefit to take
a placement test and possibly start at a
higher level let's say you take the
placement test and place into the third
level of a language you would then start
with level 2003 and once you complete
2003 it would automatically receive
placement credit for levels 1 & 2 you
would then need to complete level 4 and
your language requirement would be
complete for this reason we recommend
students with prior knowledge and
languages start their language as soon
as possible so you don't forget what you
learned in high school we offer online
placement tests for French German and
Spanish
keep in mind a test is required for
Spanish
even if you want to start in the first
level for test information visit www.ecu.edu/foreign
for the B.A. you have 40 hours of general education requirements.
the first category of the general education requirements i want to discuss
are the Natural Sciences you must take
at least seven hours of Natural Sciences
in order to graduate one of those
Sciences must include a lab this slide
contains suggestions for all non science
majors if you are interested in pursuing
a health-related pre-professional
program such as pre-med pre-dental
pre-pharmacy then you will need to take
different science courses not listed on
this screen consult your advisor for
further guidance you must complete at
least nine hours of social sciences to
graduate and two of these must be from
different disciplines or areas as you
can see there are a lot of options for
you to choose from we offer many courses
in African and African American Studies
anthropology economics ethnic studies
gender studies geography history
international studies linguistics
planning political science psychology
and sociology keep in mind that every
courses offered every semester so you'll
need to check banner self-service for
course availability you'll also notice
some courses have GD or DD listed
beside them this means they also count
for your global diversity or domestic
diversity credit which is also required
for graduation
we'll also need at least one humanity
and at least one fine art plus an
additional humanity or a fine art to
complete this graduation requirement
students must take nine total hours of
gen ed in this category to graduate the
humanities include courses such as
English literature classical literature
foreign literature history religion and
philosophy the Fine Arts category
includes art appreciation intro to dance
the enjoyment of music jazz appreciation
and intro to theater just to name a few
if you are bringing in Advanced
Placement credit this slide shows you
the minimum scores needed and what
credit you will be receiving we
typically receive AP scores from college
board in early July if you have
questions about this consult your
academic advisor if you are bringing in
college level transfer credit you can
look up course equivalencies in banner
self-service just look under the student
tab for course equivalencies then select
your state and institution courses
listed have already been approved for
transfer credit if you see courses that
transfer over as XXX that means that
while they may transfer to ECU you may
need to work with your advisor to get
those reevaluated by the department to
see if they will count towards your
degree also if you do not see a course
listed it doesn't necessarily mean it
won't transfer it just means that again
you may need to work with your advisor
to get that course reevaluated by the
department always consult your advisor
with questions so how do you know when
we have processed your AP scores or
college transfer credit you can look in
banner self-service under the student
tab for student records then select your
academic transcript here's an example of
how AP credit and college level transfer
credit will appear as you can imagine
ECU receives a lot of transcripts so we
ask for your patience as our Admissions
and Registrar's office staff work hard
to process all of these if you do not
see your transcript updated by August 1
please be sure to reach out to your
academic advisor now that you know all
of our options it is time to register
use your registration pin
082420 to register for the
courses we just discussed remember to
register for your priority courses first
and then fill in the rest you have
plenty of options you can find
step-by-step registration instructions
on many websites including peer the
registrar's website and the academic
advising website we also have a page
listing frequent problems you may
encounter so please refer to that if you
have any further questions please email
your academic advisor
some important reminders don't forget to
register for a minimum of 12 hours for
full-time billing purposes and keep in
mind that classes that are closed now
may open later as students change majors
and adjust schedules so keep checking
banner regularly throughout the summer
check your ECU email daily and be sure
to explore the academic advising website
for more great resources and the
anthropology departments homepage and
finally get to know the undergraduate
catalog because your advisor will
provide advice but ultimately you will
be responsible for following the
requirements in that catalog be sure to
follow the virtual orientation schedule
throughout the rest of the summer so you
can learn all about your major and
perhaps even double major opportunities
you'll also learn about the great
resources available to you at ECU be
sure to review your admissions checklist
to make sure you've taken care of
everything and finally always
communicate with your academic advisor
if you have questions or concerns we are
here to help advisors will be assigned
some time after you complete your
orientation and once you register for
classes you can view your advisors name
and pirate port banner or degreeworks
your advisor will review your schedule
and will send you an e-mail to your ECU
email account as you can imagine we have
a lot of incoming freshmen so your
patience is appreciated if you have a
question that you feel is urgent and
have not been assigned an advisor yet
please email the anthropology department
at anthug@ecu.edu
ECU's generic advising account at THCASadvising@ecu.edu with your name
banner ID intended major and your
question and we will assist you have a
great rest of your summer and above all
stay safe we look forward to seeing you
in the fall
