Anthropology at Rice University

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 362Archaeological Field Techniquesopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• ANTH 562Archaeological Field Techniquesopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• ANTH 368Social Design Studioopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ANTH 431Global Indigenous Politicsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ANTH 446Advanced Topics in Biomedical Anthropologyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ANTH 460Advanced Archaeological Theoryopens 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 26 ANTH and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 194 more ANTH courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on ANTH, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

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.

• 4 courses deep, ending at ANTH 425

  1. ANTH 562Archaeological Field Techniques
  2. ANTH 362Archaeological Field Techniques
  3. ANTH 425Advanced Topics in Archaeology

• 3 courses deep, ending at ANTH 368

  1. ANTH 568Social Design Studio
  2. ANTH 368Social Design Studio

• 3 courses deep, ending at ANTH 431

  1. ANTH 631Global Indigenous Politics
  2. ANTH 431Global Indigenous Politics

• 3 courses deep, ending at ANTH 446

  1. ANTH 646Advanced Topics in Biomedical Anthropology
  2. ANTH 446Advanced Topics in Biomedical Anthropology

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 Rice campus feed.