Mission

Consistent with the mission of the University and the College of Arts and Sciences, the Bachelor of Science in Anthropology with a Forensic Concentration offers students the opportunity to broaden their knowledge of humankind and themselves across time and space. We believe that an engaged multidisciplinary approach with a firm grounding in anthropology, the natural sciences, and forensics allows students to become active members of the professional field, while also making a meaningful difference in their communities. 

Student Learning Outcomes

BS in Anthropology (Forensic Concentration) majors at Washburn University, upon graduation, should be able to:

• Contextualize the history and role of forensic anthropology in the four-field discipline of anthropology.
• Apply anthropological ethics, methods, and/or theory to the recovery and analysis of human remains.
• Effectively interpret and communicate anthropological data.

Degree Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required
AN 112	Cultural Anthropology	3
AN 113	Linguistic Anthropology	3
AN 114	Introduction to Archaeology	3
AN 116	Biological Anthropology	3
AN 316	Forensic Anthropology	3
AN 324	History and Theory of Anthropology	3
AN 327	Fragmentary Human Osteology	3
AN 358	Human Skeletal Biology and Laboratory Methods	3
AN 374	Forensic Archaeology	3
AN 428	Case Studies Forensic Anthropology	3
Subtotal		30
Additional Hours
Nine (9) credit hours in upper-division Anthropology		9
Subtotal		9
Total Hours		39

The B.S. degree requires a thirty (30)-hour concentration to be chosen from the Natural Sciences, with at least twenty (20) credit hours taken in one department. The following courses are required:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Natural Science Concentration Requirements
BI 102	General Cellular Biology	5
BI 103	General Organismal Biology	5
BI 275	Human Anatomy	4
Eight (8) credit hours in upper-division Biology electives		8
CH 103	Introduction to Forensic Chemistry	3
CH 151	Fundamentals of Chemistry I	5
MA 140	Statistics	3

Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in all courses applied to the major and the Natural Sciences concentration minor.