The BA Core ... in terms of Anthro & Soc
 
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   This page may simplify your life! Read it carefully. Many students (and some profs!) get confused about the arrangement described here, and some are entirely unaware of it!
 
Several of our Anthro-Soc courses (below) satisfy BA core requirements.
You can apply these courses both to the core and to Anthro &/or Soc concentrations outside the core, at the same time.
 
Social Science core  
  AN/S 110
Natural Science core  
  AN/S 220
Numeracy/Logic core  
  AN/S 268 (cross-listed as POLS 268)
Senior Thesis or Directed Study (4-year)  
  Any 400-level ANTH, SOCO, or AN/S
 
For example... Perhaps you're in a 3-year BA, and you take AN/S 110 for your Social Science core, plus AN/S 220 for Natural Science. You'll have also completed one of your required "pairs."
 
For example... Maybe a 4-year BA student is taking a 7-course major in Political Science with a minor in Anthro-Soc. If this person took AN/S 110, 220, and 268 for the core, he or she would also have completed the whole minor in Anthro-Soc.
 
For example... You're doing a 4-year "double major" with Sociology as the "first" major and Communication as the "second." With AN/S 110, 220, and 268 in the BA core, you'd already have 3 of the 6 courses needed for your Soc major. Plus, any 400-level SOCO or AN/S satisfies the BA core "Senior Thesis or Directed Study," while also counting as a fourth in your Soc major. Thus, you'd need only SOCO 230 and another full SOCO or AN/S to complete the "first major."
 
By the way, you can do likewise with most BA core courses in other fields, such as English 200, Philosophy (including 115), Communication 103 or 105. (Some, though, like English 100 and Natural Sci 120, apply only to the core. Check with your academic advisor or the dean's office, when in doubt.)
 
SO WHAT? Most students need flexibility in "assembling a package" to suit both their interests and the program requirements. By applying a course to both the core and a concentration, you make room for an elective, which increases your options when structuring your program.
 
HOW? When you apply a course to two parts of your program (core and concentration), this doesn't bestow "double credits." You still have to get a total of 15 full courses (90 credits) or 20 (120 credits) for a 3-year or 4-year degree. Extra electives are the way you "make up" (or "offset") the credits.
 
"ELECTIVES"?? Electives are courses you choose, over and above your "concentration" fields and the required core. (a) An elective can be in new field not covered in your core and concentration disciplines, and this lets you broaden your education. (b) Or instead, you can use an elective to specialize more heavily in a field, by taking (for example) an "extra" course in your major subject.