Step 1) Fill out the New Student Questionnaire

Step 2) Understand the term "liberal arts" and the umw degree requirements

Step 3) Understand AP, IB, Dual Enrollment, and Cambridge Credit

Step 4) Understand Prerequisites & Vertically Building Coursework

Step 5) Consider Pre-Professional Interests

Step 6) Tips and other considerations when planning a schedule

Step 7) First-Year Seminar

Step 8) Choose Possible Courses

Step 9) Fill Out the Course Registration Request Form

Step 10) Video Guides & How to Register

Step 8) Choose Possible Courses

Anthropology

Please refer to the current University Catalog to see the course descriptions and a major description with requirements for anthropology.

New students considering a major in anthropology should select ANTH 101.

Below please find some examples of first semester schedules for an anthropology major. There are many variations of a first semester schedule; the examples are just meant to help you see that there are many ways to reach the same goals.

Example 1:

Course (credits)	Requirement(s) Met
ANTH 101 - Intro Cultural & Social Anthropology (3) ENGL 202D - Writing About Medicine (3) An elective course (3-4) SPAN 101** - Beginning Spanish (3) FSEM 100C2 - Borders, Barrios, and Biases (3)	Major, HES ALPP Elective Foreign Language FSEM

Example 2:

Course	Requirement(s) Met
ANTH 101 - Intro Cultural & Social Anthropology (3) MUHL 151A - Great Masterworks (3) FSEM 100GG - Society & Environment (3) ARTS 120 - Drawing I (3)	Major, HES ALPA FSEM ALPP

Please note that certain sequence courses begin in the fall. Examples of this can be found in all of the sciences and some of the foreign languages. If you are unable to start at the correct place in the sequence, we recommend that you try to do so in the following fall semester.

**This particular course is in a discipline that allows students with demonstrated competence upon admission to UMW (such as AP/IB credit, dual enrollment, etc.) to begin courses at a higher level. Please read the Academic Planning Guide carefully to see if you meet the requirements. For example: students may begin at any level language course for which they feel prepared (101, 102, 201, or 202), but must then complete the rest of the sequence in order without skipping any levels.