After ANTHRO 211-0
Gateway: ANTHRO 211-0
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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 Northwestern 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 ANTHRO 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 ANTHRO 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 11 ANTHRO and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 58 more ANTHRO courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on ANTHRO, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Department Courses (12 units)2 required · verify with the official sheet
5 core courses:; 1 research course selected from the following:; 3 300-level courses selected from a concentration:; Archaeology; Biological Anthropology; Cultural Anthropology; Environmental and Social Change; Human Biology; Linguistic Anthropology; Medicine, Culture, and Society; Race and Racism; 3 additional courses, with at least two 300-level courses selected from any concentration or researc
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: ANTHRO 211-0
Gateway: ANTHRO 213-0
The deepest prerequisite chains in ANTHRO. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at ANTHRO 312-0
2 courses deep, ending at ANTHRO 322-0
2 courses deep, ending at ANTHRO 339-0
2 courses deep, ending at ANTHRO 361-0
All ANTHRO courses in the Northwestern catalog
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