Program Overview

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Anthropology - B.A.

Overview

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology focuses on human cultural and biological diversity and the impact on past and present environments. Anthropology’s relevance to other areas of study — including sociology, social-psychology, biology and pre-medicine — links it to culture area studies, community planning and public health.

About This Program

Looking for a fascinating new perspective on the world around you? Our Anthropology bachelor's degree program might just be for what you are looking. With a diverse array of courses and opportunities to participate in groundbreaking research, your journey of discovery starts today.

Contact Information

• Richard Meindl | |

Program Delivery

• Delivery: In person
• Location: Kent Campus

Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries

Anthropologists and archeologists

• 5.2% faster than the average
• 8,000 number of jobs
• $66,130 potential earnings

Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary

• 4.4% about as fast as the average
• 7,200 number of jobs
• $89,220 potential earnings

Admission Requirements

The university affirmatively strives to provide educational opportunities and access to students with varied backgrounds, those with special talents and adult students.

• First-Year Students on the Kent Campus: First-year admission policy on the Kent Campus is selective. Admission decisions are based upon cumulative grade point average, strength of high school college preparatory curriculum and grade trends. Students not admissible to the Kent Campus may be administratively referred to one of the seven regional campuses to begin their college coursework.
• First-Year Students on the Regional Campuses: First-year admission to Kent State’s campuses at Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas, as well as the Twinsburg Academic Center, is open to anyone with a high school diploma or its equivalent.
• International Students: All international students must provide proof of proficiency of the English language (unless they meet specific exceptions) through the submission of an English language proficiency test score or by completing English language classes at Kent State’s English as a Second Language Center before entering their program.
• Former Students: Former Kent State students who have not attended another institution since Kent State and were not academically dismissed will complete the re-enrollment process through the Financial, Billing and Enrollment Center. Former students who attended another college or university since leaving Kent State must apply for admissions as a transfer or post-undergraduate student.
• Transfer Students: Students who attended an educational institution after graduating from high school or earning their GED must apply as transfer students.

Program Requirements

Major Requirements

• ANTH 18210: INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (DIVG) (KSS)
• ANTH 18420: INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY (DIVG) (KSS)
• ANTH 18630: HUMAN EVOLUTION (KBS)
• ANTH 18631: ISSUES IN HUMAN EVOLUTION (KBS) (KLAB)
• ANTH 38490: QUANTITATIVE ANTHROPOLOGY
• or ANTH 48001: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN ANTHROPOLOGY
• Anthropology (ANTH) Upper-Division Electives (30000 or 40000 level)
• Archaeology Elective
• Biological Anthropology Elective
• Cultural Anthropology Elective
• Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)
• UC 10001: FLASHES 101
• Foreign Language (see Foreign Language College Requirement below)
• Kent Core Composition
• Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning
• Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)
• Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)
• Kent Core Basic Sciences
• Kent Core Additional
• General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 120 credit hours, including 39 upper-division credit hours)

Graduation Requirements

• Minimum Major GPA: 2.000
• Minimum Overall GPA: 2.000

Roadmap

This roadmap is a recommended semester-by-semester plan of study for this program. Students will work with their advisor to develop a sequence based on their academic goals and history. Courses designated as critical (!) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation.

University Requirements

All students in a bachelor's degree program at Kent State University must complete the following university requirements for graduation.

• Flashes 101 (UC 10001)
• Diversity Domestic/Global (DIVD/DIVG)
• Experiential Learning Requirement (ELR)
• Kent Core (see table below)
• Writing-Intensive Course (WIC)
• Upper-Division Requirement
• Total Credit Hour Requirement: 120 credit hours

Kent Core Requirements

• Kent Core Composition (KCMP)
• Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning (KMCR)
• Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (KHUM/KFA) (min one course each)
• Kent Core Social Sciences (KSS) (must be from two disciplines)
• Kent Core Basic Sciences (KBS/KLAB) (must include one laboratory)
• Kent Core Additional (KADL)
• Total Credit Hours: 36-37

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

1. Learn how anthropologists investigate the past using the methods of social scientists.
2. Demonstrate comprehension of anthropology’s special role in making archaeology, particularly the study of prehistoric Ohio, come to life and become relevant for them.
3. Gain a special appreciation of archaeology’s other mandate — the need to conserve the precious heritage of the archaeological record — not only in Ohio, but also that of all the eastern woodlands and the Americas.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of biological anthropology as the most relevant evolution science; the one that gives them an appreciation of their place in nature.
5. See the two dimensions of human evolution and adaptation: a global one (modern human variation) and a temporal one (human origins). Both dimensions require an appreciation of the neo-Darwinian theory of evolution, which includes both the process of natural selection and roles that genetics and developmental biology play.
6. Achieve a holistic view of human cultures and an extensive knowledge base of diverse human behavior.

Program Policies

Foreign Language Requirements

In general, students may elect any foreign language taught through the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies. However, certain majors, concentrations and minors require specific languages or limit the languages from which students may choose. In addition, students who plan to pursue graduate study may need particular languages for that study. In such cases, students should seek the advice of the appropriate department before selecting a language.

Mandatory Outcomes Assessment

In addition to the other General Requirements of the college, candidates for an undergraduate degree in the College of Arts and Sciences are required, as a condition of graduation, to participate in an outcomes assessment. These outcomes assessments are conducted by each undergraduate degree program in the College of Arts and Sciences.