For more information on the admission process, please visit the Office of Undergraduate Admissions website. Applications may be submitted via the Common Application.
Supporting documents not submitted online should be mailed to:
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
The George Washington University
800 21st Street NW, Suite 100
Washington DC 20052
Contact for questions:
gwadm@gwu.edu or 202-994-6040
The following requirements must be approved: 19 to 21 credits, including one 4-credit required course, at least 12 credits in selected courses, and 3 or 4 credits in a field experience or related coursework.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| ANTH 1001 | Biological Anthropology | |
| Selected courses | ||
| At least four additional ANTH courses for a minimum total of 12 credits, selected from the following: | ||
| ANTH 1005 | The Biological Bases of Human Behavior | |
| ANTH 2406 | Human Evolutionary Genetics | |
| ANTH 3401 | Human Functional Anatomy | |
| ANTH 3402 | Human Evolutionary Anatomy | |
| ANTH 3403 | Forensic Anthropology Laboratory | |
| ANTH 3404 | Human Variation | |
| ANTH 3406 | Advanced Human Osteology | |
| ANTH 3407 | Conservation in a Changing World: Human and Animal Behavior | |
| ANTH 3408 | The Evolution of Human Families | |
| ANTH 3409 | Evolution of Primate Life Histories | |
| ANTH 3411 | Primatology | |
| ANTH 3412 | Hominin Evolution | |
| or ANTH 3412W | Hominin Evolution | |
| ANTH 3412W | Hominin Evolution | |
| ANTH 3413 | Evolution of the Human Brain | |
| ANTH 3491 | Topics in Biological Anthropology | |
| ANTH 3802 | Human Cultural Beginnings | |
| or ANTH 3802W | Human Cultural Beginnings | |
| Field experience or related coursework | ||
| 3 or 4 credits in an approved field experience, which may be ANTH 3832 or ANTH 3839 or, with the prior approval of the undergraduate advisor, a course in a related field, such as biological sciences, geology, psychology, or statistics. The following courses are suggestions, other courses can be approved: | ||
| ANTH 3832 | Paleoanthropological Field Program | |
| ANTH 3839 | Lab Research Methods in Archaeology | |
| BISC 1005 | The Biology of Nutrition and Health | |
| BISC 1006 | The Ecology and Evolution of Organisms | |
| BISC 1111 | Introductory Biology: Cells and Molecules | |
| BISC 1112 | Introductory Biology: The Biology of Organisms | |
| GEOL 1001 | Physical Geology | |
| GEOL 1002 | Historical Geology | |
| GEOL 1005 | Environmental Geology | |
| PSYC 2014 | Cognitive Psychology | |
| PSYC 2015 | Biological Psychology | |
| PSYC 3112 | Psychology of Adolescence | |
| PSYC 3118 | Neuropsychology | |
| PSYC 3122 | The Cognitive Neuroscience | |
| STAT 1127 | Statistics for the Biological Sciences | |