Core courses
Students take three core courses:

• Introduction to World Religions
• Cultural Anthropology
• Language and Culture

Electives
Students choose 22 credits of electives, 16 of which must be in upper division courses at or above the 300 level in anthropology, religious studies, and art history of non-Eurocentric traditions. Each student caps his or her study with a fieldwork project worth 8 credits, often coupled with study abroad.

Study abroad
About 80 percent of our Comparative Culture majors have completed at least one semester studying in another country. Some have gone to African countries from Ghana to Madagascar, and others have gone to south Asia - India, Nepal and Bali. A few have studied in Europe, Australia, and Japan.

Languages
The equivalent of two years of foreign language study is also required.

More Information

Comparative Cultures Overview
Faculty profiles
Foreign Language Studies
Resources
Study Abroad