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**ANTHROPOLOGY TRACKS COMPARED**
Track Name	Sociocultural Anthropology	Medical Anthropology	Law, Politics, and Economics
Short Name	SCA	MedAnth	LPE
Total courses	9	9	9
# of required courses	3	4	3
# of elective courses	6	5	6
Required Courses¹	ANT 300 ANT 301 ANT 390	ANT 300 ANT 301 ONE foundational medical anthropology course ONE human bio / bio-anthro course	ANT 300 ANT 301 ANT 390
Elective Courses¹	TWO 200-level ONE 300-level ONE 400-level TWO any level	TWO Medical Anthropology and/or Science & Technology courses ONE Medicine and Society course TWO Anthropology courses on any subject	FOUR courses approved for LPE TWO additional LPE or other Anthropology courses on any subject
Possible Cognates²	2	2	2
Senior Thesis Topic³	Any anthropological topic	Related to medical anthropology, broadly defined	Related to law, politics & economics, broadly defined

¹ See the webpage for each track for information on specific courses that apply to the required and elective course categories.

² Approval is required. The director of undergraduate studies approves cognates.

³ Senior thesis advisers approve students' methodological and theoretical approaches to their senior theses.