Courses

The University of Oregon course catalog offers degree plans and a complete list of undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Anthropology. 

Transfer & Course Exception Requests

Submit a request if you have taken a course from an outside institution or from another UO department, that you would like to count towards your ANTH major/minor requirements. 

Generally speaking, for a course to be approved for anthropology credits, the course must be taught by an anthropologist, and the assigned readings must be anthropological in nature (i.e., written by anthropologists or drawing on anthropological/archaeological theory). 

To see if the course may have a UO equivalent, please refer to the Transfer Equivalency database. 

Please note, it is a department policy to not pre-approve transfer credits or study abroad courses, as the content of the course could change as the course progresses. Additionally, credits cannot be applied or transferred until the course is completed with a passing grade. Once your transfer course or study abroad program is complete, you can then submit an exception request.  

To submit your request please send an email to asu5@uoregon.edu with the following information:  

• Subject line:  ANTH Transfer Course Evaluation or UO Course Exception Request
• Required materials: The course syllabus and reading list.
• Email body must include:
  • Student 95#
  • Indicate whether you are an ANTH major/ or (ANTH or Forensic Anthropology) minor
  • Request type: transfer request, UO courses outside the ANTH department, or Study Abroad requests.
  • The UO course equivalent
  • Short description of why this course should count toward the major/minor requirements.  

 Example Email Request:  

• Student information: Oregon Duck, 952123456, Anthropology major, Archaeology Concentration  
• Study abroad course to count: ARCH 20068: Britain AD 2022, University of Bristol, Summer 2024
• ANTH major/minor requirement requested: Upper-Division Archaeology Concentration requirement.  
• Short explanation of request: This course focused on the British Isles during the Anglo-Saxon period and examined the material, cultural, and historical record of that time. The course also examines the effect of archaeology in the modern-day British Isles and how an archeologist can and would practice modern-day and is taught by an anthropologist.
• REMINDER: You must also submit a course syllabus, which should also include a reading list.  

Featured Courses

Anthropology houses three subfields, archaeology, biological anthropology, and cultural anthropology. Within each concentration, students have the option to structure their curriculum around clusters of courses related to their particular interests within the department. All courses are subject to availability on a term-by-term basis. Check our course catalog for current offerings.

ANTH 223 Anthropology of Chocolate

Instructor: Lynn Stephen

Description: This course explores the impact and meaning that chocolate has had on cultures around the world and on the human body.

ANTH 175 Evolutionary Medicine

Instructor: Josh Snodgrass

Description: This course helps students to think about their own physical and mental health, including things they can do in order to live a long, healthy, and meaningful life. This course also teaches students how to apply evolutionary and anthropological perspectives to contemporary health problems, and supports them in developing a policy recommendation for an important contemporary public health issue in the US.

ANTH 255 Atlantis, Aliens and Archaeology

Instructor: Alison Carter

Description: Critically examines pseudoscientific examples of archaeology using case studies from around the world (e.g. the lost city of Atlantis, ancient aliens) and explores how proper scientific archaeological research is conducted.