Anthropology - B.S. Program Requirements

• Archaeology Concentration
• Biological Anthropology Concentration

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (56 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
DG KSS	ANTH	18210	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	3
DG KAD		18420	Introduction to Archaeology	3
WIC		38480	Archaeological Analysis*	3
		38490	Quantitative Anthropology	3
		38630	Principles of Biological Anthropology	3
		3/4xxxx	Anthropology Elective	15
KBS	CHEM	10060	General Chemistry I	4
KAD		10061	General Chemistry II	4
KBS		10062	General Chemistry I Laboratory	1
KBS		10063	General Chemistry II Laboratory	1
	MATH	11022	Trigonometry	2
KMC		12002	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I	5
	Choose from the following:			3
		48225	Archaeology of Death (3)
		48425	Ancient Mesoamerica (3)
		48440	Archaeology of Ancient Ohio (3)
		48450	States and Empires (3)
	Choose from the following:			3
	ANTH	38680	Primate Societies (3)
		48820	Human Musculo-Skeletal System (3)
		48830	Human Behavioral Ecology and Evolution (3)
		48840	Natural Selection in Perspective (3)
	Choose from the following			3
	ANTH	48212	Kinship and Social Organization (3)
WIC		48214	Politics of Culture (3)*
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (23 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Foreign Language			8-10
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)			9
IV.	CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (41 credits)
	Archaeology (41)
	Biological Anthropology (41)
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

*A minimum C grade must be earned in either ANTH 38480 or ANTH 48214 in order to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

To fulfill the diversity requirement, students must take a domestic diversity course that is not an ANTH course.
 

 

Archaeology Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (16-17 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KSS	GEOG	10160	Introduction to Geography	3
		29160	Mapping Our World	3
KAD	GEOL	11040	Earth Dynamics (3)	3
KBS		11041	Earth Dynamics Laboratory (1)	1
	Choose from the following:			3
	GEOG	49070	Geographic Information Science (3)
		49080	Advanced Geographic Information Science (3)
		49230	Remote Sensing (3)
	Choose from the following:			3-4
	GEOL	21061	Glacial Geology (3)
		23063	Mineralogy (4)
		32066	Geomorphology (4)
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (25 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	General Elective (minimum 6 upper-division credit hours)			25
MINIMUM TOTAL				41

 

Biological Anthropology Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (17-18 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KBS	BSCI	10120	Biological Foundations	4
		30140	Cell Biology	4
		30156	Elements of Genetics	3
		40163	Organic Evolution	3
	Choose from the following:			3-4
	BSCI	30360	General Ecology (4)
		30519	Vertebrate Embryology and Developmental Anatomy (4)
		40275	Systematic Botany (4)
		40430	Animal Physiology (3)
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (24 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			3
	General Elective (lower or upper division)			21
MINIMUM TOTAL				41