Undergraduate Learning Goals and Outcomes
Goal 1: Creative and Critical Reasoning
All undergraduate students completing a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology will engage in a variety of activities designed to develop a student’s ability to:
- a) Demonstrate an understanding of the broad field of anthropology and the types of questions and data used in pursuit of the goals of anthropology (WSU UCORE: 1, 3 and 7)
- b) Formulate a reasonable question for their own research (WSU UCORE: 1 and 3)
- c) Select data and analytical techniques appropriate to the question being asked (WSU UCORE: 1, 2, and 3)
- d) Demonstrate an understanding of both subjective and objective components for different types of anthropological data, data collection, and data analysis (WSU UCORE: 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7)
- e) Formulate a reasonable interpretation based on the data and analytical techniques they used (WSU UCORE: 1, 2, and 3)
- f) Effectively consider how subjective and objective aspects of data identification, collection, and analysis may have shaped their interpretations (WSU UCORE: 1, 2, 4 and 7)
Goal 2: Information and Data Gathering
All undergraduate students completing a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology will engage in a variety of activities designed to develop a student’s ability to:
- a) Understand the strengths and weaknesses of on-line data and its use (WSU UCORE: 1 and 4)
- b) Demonstrate an understanding of the different types of traditionally published data and the strengths and weaknesses of such data (WSU UCORE: 1, 3 and 4)
- c) Adequately cite information and ideas gathered for their research (WSU UCORE: 4 and 5)
Goal 3: Communication Skills
All undergraduate students completing a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology will engage in a variety of activities designed to develop a student’s ability to:
- a) Write a clear and concise thesis statement defining their research topic (WSU UCORE: 1, 5 and 7)
- b) Write an adequate contextual statement for their research topic (WSU UCORE: 1, 5 and 7)
- c) Present a clear statement of their research methods (WSU UCORE: 5, 4 and 7)
- d) Write a well reasoned interpretation of their analysis (WSU UCORE: 1, 4, 5 and 7)
- e) Write a unifying conclusion statement (WSU UCORE: 1, 5, and 7)
Goal 4: Intercultural Perspectives
All undergraduate students completing a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology will engage in a variety of activities designed to develop a student’s ability to:
- a) Demonstrate an understanding of the character and universality of ethnocentrism (WSU UCORE: 1, 6, and 7)
- b) Demonstrate an understanding of the strengths and limitations of the concept of cultural relativism (WSU UCORE: 1, 6 and 7)
- c) Demonstrate an understanding of the character and differences between the cultural constructs of race, gender, and ethnicity (WSU UCORE: 1, 6 and 7)
- d) Demonstrate an understanding of the time frame relevant to the development human biological and cultural diversity (WSU UCORE: 1, 3, 6 and 7)
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Undergraduate Resources
Anthropology Club
The WSU Anthropology Club offers students a series of activities designed to bring faculty and students together in informal gatherings that facilitate and expand hands-on learning opportunities and foster greater Anthropological understanding.