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Anthropology and Cultural Sustainability (BA)

Hours - 40 Credit Hours
Effective Sep. 2021
Last Revised 9/01/2021
Holokai Category: Arts & Humanities

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Program Requirements

Anthropology Core — 13 Credits

Course Number Title Semesters Offered Credit Hours Prerequisites
ANTH 105 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology F, W, S 3.0
ANTH 270 Language in Culture and Society F, W 3.0
ANTH 310 Anthropology Theory W 3.0 ANTH 105
ANTH 322 Ethnographic Skills F, S 3.0 ANTH 105 or IPB 121
HUM 100R Critical Inquiry and Engagement F,W,S 1.0

Cultural Sustainability Core — 12 Credits

Course Number Title Semesters Offered Credit Hours Prerequisites
ANTH 360 Museum Studies F 3.0 ANTH 105 or HUM 151 or HUM 251
ANTH 440 Conservation of Intangible Culture F 3.0 ANTH 105
ANTH 447 Applied and Development Anthropology W 3.0 ANTH 105 or IPB 121
ANTH 470 Language Documentation and Conservation W 3.0 ANTH 105

Cultural Sustainability Elective: Choose one — 3 Credits

Course Number Title Semesters Offered Credit Hours Prerequisites
BIOL 204 Pacific Natural History S 2.0 BIOL 113
BIOL 248 Conservation Biology W 3.0 BIOL 100 or BIOL 113
GEOG 471 Geography of the Pacific W 3.0
HIST 192 Hawaiian Public and Local History F,W 3.0
HIST 318 History of Writing Systems and Symbols: From Cuneiform to Emojis F,W 3.0
HUM 420 Advanced Inquiry and Engagement S 3.0 HUM 151 or HUM 251
HWST 312 Malama 'Aina- Land Responsibility F,W,S 3.0
HWST 380 Malama Wa'a- Sea Responsibility Variable 3.0 HWST 101, HWST 312 or permission of instructor
HWST 461 Pana Hawai'i- Legendary Places of Hawai'i S 3.0 HAWN 201

Area Survey Courses: Choose one — 3 Credits

Course Number Title Semesters Offered Credit Hours Prerequisites
ANTH 210 Contemporary Pacific F 3.0
HIST 250, 252, 3XX Variable 3.0 Based on the selected courses, all prerequisites listed in the catalog must be met.
HUM 301, 302, 303, 304 Variable 3.0 Based on the selected courses, all prerequisites listed in the catalog must be met.
HWST 101, 301 Variable 3.0 Based on the selected courses, all prerequisites listed in the catalog must be met.
PAIS 105, 300 Variable 3.0 Based on the selected courses, all prerequisites listed in the catalog must be met.

Depth Courses: Choose three — 9 Credits

Course Number Title Semesters Offered Credit Hours Prerequisites
ANTH 385 Archaeology and Oceania S 3.0 ANTH 105 or PAIS 105
ANTH 391 Narrative, Identity and Culture F 3.0 ANTH 105 or COMM 110 or HUM 151 or 251 or IPB 121
ANTH 445 Anthropology of Religion F 3.0 ANTH 105 or IPB 121
ANTH 450 Political and Economic Anthropology W 3.0 ANTH 105 or IPB 121
ANTH 460 Anthropology of Globalization S 3.0 ANTH 105 or IPB 121

    Additional Program Requirements

    No grades lower than C- will be accepted. A student must leave the major after failing to obtain at least a C- grade for the same major course after taking it twice, and no major courses may be repeated more than once.

    Program Learning Outcomes

    Upon completing a major in anthropology and cultural sustainability, students will:

    • Demonstrate working competency in cultural literacy and cultural diversity.
    • Appreciate cultural differences and develop problem solving skills.
    • Possess skills to assess, plan, and develop a cultural sustainability project.
    • Understand the application of anthropological knowledge, theories and methods to the solutions of societal problems.
    • Think critically.
    • Cultivate curiosity for life-long learning and leadership.
    • Articulate and sustain views through verbal and written discourse.
    • Be well prepared to enter graduate school or employment.

    Program Descriptions


    Anthropology represents a comparative and holistic study of the human condition past and present. The historical (mythological, physical, and archaeological) and ethnographic (socio-cultural and linguistic) methods offer a unique cross- cultural perspective on humankind anciently and today. Our goal is to sharpen critical and analytical thinking about cultural differences and similarities through careful and in-depth studies of particular cultures, and then through a comparative approach, explore underlying cultural processes in the past as well as those within current regional and global trends. We also hope to explore culturally sensitive applications of Anthropological understanding to indignity, social inequalities, development and transcultural relations. By studying these processes in a variety of cultural and historical contexts, we will gain not only an appreciation of “others,” but discover an “otherness” in ourselves.

    This anthropology and cultural sustainability major will provide students with a range of knowledge concerning cultural studies and sociocultural systems. Students will start with the basics focusing on contemporary applications of anthropology and aultural sustainability and then proceed to encounter topics ranging from Hawaiian cultures to Oceanic societies to current issues in anthropology and to applied anthropology. While gaining this knowledge, students will also obtain a thorough review of historical, social, and cultural theories that have informed anthropological inquiry and practice.