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Attribute Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; 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, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  UC 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1 1  
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (57 credits)  Courses count in major GPA 
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
KSS/DG ANTH 18210 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3  
KSS/DG ANTH 18420 Introduction to Archaeology 3  
KBS
 		 ANTH
ANTH		 18630
38630		 Human Evolution (3)    or
Principles of Biological Anthropology (3)		 3  
WIC/ELR ANTH 38480 Archaeological Analysis 3 C 2
  ANTH 38490 Quantitative Anthropology 3  

WIC/ELR		 ANTH
ANTH		 48212
48214		 Kinship and Social Organization (3)   or
Politics of Culture (3)		  
C 2
  ANTH 3/4xxxx Anthropology Electives 15  
KBS CHEM 10060 General Chemistry I 4  
KBS CHEM 10061 General Chemistry II 4  
KBS CHEM 10062 General Chemistry I Laboratory 1  
KBS CHEM 10063 General Chemistry II Laboratory 1  
KMC MATH 11022 Trigonometry 3  
KMC MATH 12002 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I 5  
  Choose from the following: 3  
  ANTH 48225 Archaeology of Death (3)    
  ANTH 48425 Ancient Mesoamerica (3)    
  ANTH 48440 Archaeology of Ancient Ohio (3)    
  ANTH 48450 States and Empires (3)    
  Choose from the following: 3  
  ANTH 38680 Primate Societies (3)    
  ANTH 48820 Human Musculo-Skeletal System (3)    
DG/WIC/ELR ANTH 48830 Human Behavioral Ecology and Evolution (3)   C 2
  ANTH 48840 Natural Selection in Perspective (3)    
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (45-50 credits)  
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  Foreign Language 3 8-10  
  Kent Core Composition 6  
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each) 9  
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must not be ANTH) 0-3  
  General Electives 
Number of general elective credit hours required depends on meeting minimum 120 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division hours		 19-23  
CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (16-18 credits) 
  Archaeology (16-17)  
  Biological Anthropology (17-18)  
MINIMUM TOTAL  120  
  1. UC 10097 is not required of transfer students with 25 credits (excluding College Credit Plus) or students age 21+ at time of admission.
  2. A minimum C grade must be earned in either ANTH 38480 or ANTH 48214 or ANTH 48830 in order to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.
  3. Fulfills College General Requirement.

 

Notes:

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

 

Archaeology Concentration

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (16-18 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
KSS  GEOG 10160 Introduction to Geography 3  
  GEOG 29160 Mapping Our World 3  
KBS GEOL 11040 How the Earth Works (3) 3  
KBS GEOL 11041 How the Earth Works Laboratory (1) 1  
  Choose from the following: 3-4  
  GEOG 49070 Geographic Information Science (4)    
  GEOG 49080 Advanced Geographic Information Science (3)    
  GEOG 49230 Remote Sensing (3)    
  Choose from the following: 3-4  
  GEOL 21061 Glacial Geology (3)    
  GEOL 23063 Earth Materials I (4)    
  GEOL 32066 Geomorphology (4)    
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 
 16-18  

 

 

Biological Anthropology Concentration

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (17-18 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
KBS BSCI 10120 Biological Foundations 4  
  BSCI 30140 Cell Biology 4  
  BSCI 30156 Elements of Genetics 3  
  BSCI 40163 Evolution 3  
  Choose from the following: 3-4  
  BSCI 30360 General Ecology (4)    
  BSCI 30519 Vertebrate Embryology and Developmental Anatomy (4)    
  BSCI 40275 Systematic Botany (4)    
  BSCI 40430 Animal Physiology (3)    
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 
 17-18