Kent State University Catalog 2011

University Catalog

Anthropology - B.S. Program Requirements

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
KBS		18630 38630	Human Evolution (3) *** or Principles of Biological Anthropology (3)	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
	ANTH	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 (47-52 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
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must not be ANTH)			0-3
	General Electives (6 credit hours must be upper division if the Archaeology concentration is chosen) Credits required depends on meeting minimum 121 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours			21-25
IV.	CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (16-18 credits)
	Archaeology (16-17)
	Biological Anthropology (17-18)
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

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

*** ANTH 18630 Human Evolution fulfills Kent Core Basic Sciences

****Fulfills College General 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 2011-2012 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	Earth Materials I (4)
		32066	Geomorphology (4)
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL				16-17

Biological Anthropology Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 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)
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL				17-18