Anthropology – B.S.
The Bachelor of Science degree in Anthropology from Kent State University is for students who wish to acquire in-depth training in archaeology and biological anthropology.
Duration
4 years
Starting Date
January, August
Tuition Fee
$ 21,578 per year
Location
Kent, United States
About the program
The Anthropology program from Kent State University is more structured in terms of course requirements than the B.A. degree in Anthropology and provides students with methods and theory that will prepare them for graduate school and future careers in the discipline.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Acquire a foundational view of human cultures and an extensive knowledge base of diverse human behavior
- Demonstrate broad skills in social, physical and biological sciences.
- Understand how social scientists think and apply their findings.
Graduates of the Archaeology concentration will be able to:
- Learn how anthropologists investigate the past combining the methods of social and natural scientists.
- Demonstrate comprehension of anthropology’s special role in making archaeology (particularly the study of the ancient Americas) come to life and become relevant for them.
- Gain a special appreciation of archaeology’s other mandate—the need to conserve the precious heritage of the archaeological record, both in the New World and the Old World.
- Demonstrate thorough knowledge of general chemistry and/or physics, fundamental mathematics, as well as specific areas of geology and geography.
Courses Included
- Cultural Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Human Evolution
- Issues in Human Evolution
- Archaeological Analysis
- Quantitative Anthropology
- Trigonometry
- Analytic Geometry and Calculus