Advice for advisees
This page is designed to help you make decisions about what courses to take, what requirements you have to meet, so that you can finish your program in a timely manner.
General education requirements
EOU has adopted a new general education requirement. If you have been operating under the previous version, you will probably find it to your advantage to do a conversion. Find here a list of gen ed-approved courses. If you could use an overview of advising and make sure it hasn’t changed on you, try this powerpoint slideshow. You can print out the new gen-ed core checksheet from here, or download it from this site here. Talk to the faculty if you have questions about the changes or Gen Ed, and Cynthia (Sam) McCumber is our advisor in Ackerman Hall. Her office is Ackerman 204F. EOU’s Advising page has additional information if you’re transferring from another institution in-state.
The following courses are approved for general education credit:
ANTH 101 Cultural Anthropology (5) SSC HB
ANTH 320 Human Adaptation (2) SSC HB
ANTH 330 Ethnology of Hunters & Gatherers (2) SSC HB
ANTH 340 Frauds, Myths & Mysteries (2) SSC HB
ANTH 345 Media, Politics & Propoganda (5) SSC HB *
ANTH 350 Primate Populations (2) SSC HB
ANTH 360 Intro to Archaeology & Prehistory (5) SSC HB
ANTH 370 Environment & Society (5) SSC HB *
SOC 204 Intro to Sociology (5) SSC HB
SOC 205 General Sociology: Problems (5) SSC HB
SOC 344 Selling the News (2) SSC CO
SOC 345 Media, Politics & Propaganda (5) SSC HB *
SOC 350 Pornography, Gender and the State (5) SSC CP
SOC 360 Gender & Power (5) SSC HB
SOC 370 Environment & Society (5) SSC HB *
* indicates courses that are cross listed; you can sign up for either sociology or anthropology credits.
Recommended gen-eds for the anth/soc major
These aren’t required, but we think you’ll find the following courses quite useful in getting the most out of an anthro/soc major:
LIB 127 Information access (3) GTW
LIB 307 Electronic search techniques (2) SMI
COM 111 Interpersonal communication (3) GTW
WR 121 Expository Prose Writing (4) GTW
WR 122 Argumentative Writing (4) GTW
WR 131 Exploratory Prose Writing (4) APC
University Writing Requirements
You can fulfill the University’s writing requirement (UWR) by taking the following courses:
WR 121 or 131 (or higher, depending on your placement)
Soc 204
Soc 306
Soc 327
Soc 454
Anth 310 (Food and nutrition)
The Advising Office
EOU has a decentralized model for academic advising, with advising services happening within each college and division. Your assigned academic advisor may be a teaching faculty member, or a professional advisor. However, if you are needing additional advising services, your academic advising coordinator (for Ackerman, this is Sam McCumber) can assist you with:
- Obtaining a degree check
- Checking your progress with institutional requirements
- Advising assistance when your advisor is not available
- Changing your major or advisor
- Declaring a major or minor
Here is a page of various forms from the Advising Office . . .
