Description

The Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer with a focus in anthropology is designed for students who wish to pursue a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and work in fields such as public service, conservation and heritage management, museum studies, and social work. Those completing graduate degrees may work in anthropology, law, public health, medicine, science, or education.

Entrance Requirements

While this program has no formal entrance requirements, individual courses may have prerequisites which must be met before enrollment.

Course Requirements

¹

HHPA activity courses (1 credit each) are not to be duplicated

²

Students seeking to obtain a Bachelor's of Art must complete all foreign language through the 200 level (i.e., 203). 200 level foreign language courses count as an Arts and Letters requirement. 100-level foreign language courses count as electives and, depending on language placement, may be required.

Advising Notes

In general, very few bachelor’s degrees in anthropology have specific science requirements. However, if the interest is primarily archaeological, then geology would fulfill lab requirements. If the interest is primarily in biological anthropology, then it is recommended to select the biology sequence or the human anatomy and physiology sequence.

In choosing electives, consider two years of a world language since many bachelor of art degrees (including many anthropology programs) require two years or equivalent of a world language. Some anthropology degrees may also require an upper-division statistics course. Taking MTH 243 Introduction to Probability and Statistics I and MTH 244 Introduction to Probability and Statistics 2 is good preparation for the upper-division requirement. Either of these could count toward the non-lab requirement in the science/math/computer science general education requirement.

Performance Standards

• Academic Requirements:

  • Students must have a 2.0 cumulative GPA to earn a COCC certificate or degree.
  • All courses in the program must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

Sample Plan