Anthropology at Macalester College

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ANTH coursework.

• ANTH 101General Anthropologyopens 17 courses (16 directly)
• ANTH 111Cultural Anthropologyopens 17 courses (15 directly)
• ANTH 240Human Osteology and Paleopathologyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ANTH 387Darwin and Evolutionary Thoughtopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate ANTH work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 22 ANTH and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 37 more ANTH courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in ANTH. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at ANTH 340

  1. ANTH 111Cultural Anthropology
  2. ANTH 101General Anthropology
  3. ANTH 240Human Osteology and Paleopathology
  4. ANTH 340Human Evolution

• 5 courses deep, ending at ANTH 490

  1. ANTH 111Cultural Anthropology
  2. ANTH 101General Anthropology
  3. ANTH 387Darwin and Evolutionary Thought

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ANTH yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ANTH yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

Anthropology does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Macalester campus feed.