Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology

Kent State University

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.The Anthropology major provides in-depth area studies in cultural anthropology, archaeology and biological anthropology. Students who focus on the biological aspect of human evolution benefit from the freshman-level human evolution laboratory.Program Learning OutcomesGraduates of this program will be able to: Learn how anthropologists investigate the past using the methods of social scientists. Demonstrate comprehension of anthropology’s special role in making archaeology, particularly the study of prehistoric Mexico and Ohio, 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 - not only in Ohio, but also that of all the eastern woodlands and the Americas. Demonstrate an understanding of biological anthropology as the most relevant evolution science, the one that gives them an appreciation of their place in nature. 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. Achieve a holistic view of human cultures and an extensive knowledge base of diverse human behavior.

College of Arts and Sciences