After BZ 101
Gateway: BZ 101
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Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from Colorado State University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ANTH coursework.
Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate ANTH work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.
Showing the 126 ANTH and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 66 more ANTH courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on ANTH, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Core Requirementsall required
Select 3 credits from outside the Anthropology Department
Select 12 methods credits and 6 elective credits from one of the following three tracks15 required
Archaeology Track2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select a minimum of 12 credits of Archaeology methods-focused courses:; Select a minimum of 6 credits of Archaeology electives:
Applied Cultural Anthropology Track2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select a minimum of 12 credits of Applied Cultural Anthropology methods-focused courses:; Select a minimum of 6 credits of Applied Cultural Anthropology electives:
Human Evolutionary Biology Track2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select a minimum of 12 credits of Human Evolutionary Biology methods-focused courses:; Select a minimum of 6 credits of Human Evolutionary Biology electives:
1. History and Politics of Asia2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select a minimum of 6 credits from the following:
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
Students may also take up to six credits of additional SOC courses not counted elsewhere in the program.; ECON ***; ETST ***; HIST ***; POLS ***; SOC ***; WS ***
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in ANTH. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
5 courses deep, ending at ANTH 411
4 courses deep, ending at ANTH 473
3 courses deep, ending at ANTH 150
3 courses deep, ending at ANTH 232
2. Thought and Cultures2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select a minimum of 3 credits from the following:; L*** 250; L*** 310; L*** 313; L*** 326; L*** 335; L*** 345; L*** 355; L*** 365; L*** 413; L*** 441; L*** 450; L*** 452; L*** 453; L*** 454
3. Global Studies2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select a minimum of 3 credits from the following:
2. Thought and Cultures in Europe2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select a minimum of 6 credits from the following:; L*** 250; L*** 310; L*** 313; L*** 335; L*** 345; L*** 355; L*** 413; L*** 441; L*** 450; L*** 452; L*** 453; L*** 454
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Supporting Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Students will take at least six credits from Supporting Courses or additional courses approved by the International Development Board. Core courses not taken to meet the three-credit core requirement can be used as supportive coursework.; L*** Upper-division foreign language
Total Program Credits15 required
All ANTH courses in the Colorado State catalog
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