Info for Current Students

Updated Course Lists for Sociology & Anthropology

For the latest, most reliable list of courses offered in the department, click the links beloe. The course lists you can access here are more detailed than the one generated by the registrar (the link on the left side of this page). They include important information such as who teaches a class, how often it is offered (in a small department many classes are only be offered once every one or two years), affiliated classes that count towards the major or minor, links to sample syllabi and course webpages, and info on whether and how the class meets the goals of the Gettysburg Curriculum.

Updated course list for Anthropology 
         (includes course-related information for majors)
Updated Course list for Sociology 

The Department & The Gettysburg Curriculum

Sociology and Anthropology classes are designed to help students meet a number of specific learning goals linked to the Gettysburg Curriculum. In addition, anthropology and sociology each have discipline-specific objectives. Click here

Majors Checklists

Majors who would like to keep track of their progress towards graduation can download a checklist here. Click a link below:

Majors checklist: Anthropology (will upload a Word document)
Majors checklist: Sociology (will upload a Word document)

Departmental Guides to Research & Writing

The department has put together a number of guides to facilitate research, writing, and formating citations and bibliographies. It has also provided links to webpages that clarify what constitutes plagiarism. Click here

Opportunities for Out-of-Classroom Learning Experiences

Anthropology and sociology students are encouraged to arrange learning experiences outside of the classroom, and we offer opportunities to earn credit for such endeavors. To hear what our students have done and to learn more about such experiences (which include internships, service-learning, independent study, honors theses, archaeological fieldschools and field trips, and study abroad), click here.

Honors Program

Motivated majors have an opportunity to develop and persue independent research on a topic of their own interest. Click here   

Honor Societies

Qualifying students may join a campus chapter of one of the following two national honor societies: Alpha Kappa Delta (fo sociology) and Lambda Alpha (for anthropology). For more information, click the links below.

Information on Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociology honor society)
Information on Lambda Alpha (Anthropology honor society)

Prizes for Outstanding Majors

At graduation time the department offers several prizes to our most distinguished graduating seniors. UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Web Links

These are links to sociology- and anthropology-related resources on the Web. Click here.