Undergraduate
Minors
Minor in Cultural Diversity
This minor is oriented toward two groups of students. First, it provides a comparative framework for liberal arts and science majors for whom the study of culture, race, ethnicity, or gender overlaps their own disciplines. Second, it serves students in such fields as education, nursing, social work, business, medicine, public affairs, and law who wish to build a multi-cultural perspective into their professional practice.
Courses for the minor explore the genesis and transformation of racial and ethnic categories; the relationship of culture and biology; processes of acculturation and pluralism; the evolution of scholarly thought on human diversity; and ultimately, how it is that any of us comprehends others.
A minor in Cultural Diversity (ANTH) requires satisfactory completion of the following requirements:
- Completion of properly distributed credit hour requirements for the baccalaureate degree in effect when the student was admitted to their home school.
- Completion of 15 credit hours, with a minimum grade of C in each course.
- Six credits must be completed at IU Indianapolis.
- to declare the minor, complete the School of Liberal Arts online declaration form here.
- Minor not available to Anthropology majors or minors
Introductory anthropology (6 credits):
- ANTH-A 103: Human Origins and Prehistory
- ANTH-A 104: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Diversity (6 credits):
- ANTH-B 370: Human Variation
- ANTH-E 402: Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- ANTH-E 457: Ethnic Identity
Electives (3 credits)
- 3 credit hours of electives chosen in consultation with the minor advisor from a list of approved courses. This list is on file in the departmental office and includes courses from both anthropology and many other disciplines that concern diversity in general, or specific gender, ethnic, cultural, or other such groups.
