This option is available within the Anthropology major at the following locations:

• Corvallis
• Ecampus

The Cultural/Linguistic option focuses on the diversity of living cultures, in terms of their subsistence practices, sacred and secular rituals, economies, technology, arts, language, and social institutions. This concentration prepares the student to engage in ethnographic research and to follow ethical and professional standards for cultural sensitivity in interpersonal and cross-cultural interactions.

Option Code: 855

Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:

• Demonstrate a broad and comparative understanding of humanity, the diversity of world cultures.
• Demonstrate an understanding of core tenets of the four-field approach (sociocultural, archaeological, linguistics and biological) within anthropology as a discipline.
• Demonstrate the skills necessary to collect, analyze, and interpret data relevant to one or more of the subfields of anthropology within the context of anthropological theory.
• Demonstrate the ability to follow ethical and professional standards for cultural sensitivity in interpersonal and cross-cultural interactions.

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 Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)

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 Writing Intensive Course (WIC)

Option Code: 855