Undergraduate Bulletin

Spring 2025

Requirements for the Turkana Basin Institute Origins Semester Abroad Themed Path (TBO)

Completion of the Turkana Basin Institute Origins Semester Abroad themed path requires 15 credits.

Students will earn the Stony Brook Curriculum learning objectives that are attached directly to the course in the program, and, upon completion of the program, students will earn these additional SBC learning objectives: GLO, TECH, EXP+, and ESI. 

Note that in order for students to satisfy the SBC learning objectives in this cluster, they must complete the Origins program in its entirety. Courses completed individually will only satisfy the learning objectives that are directly attached to the courses, if any.

The following courses are required for completion of the Turkana Basin Institute Origins themed path:

  • ANP 304 Ecology of the Turkana Basin
  • ANP 305 Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoecology of the Turkana Basin
  • ANP 306 Human Evolution in the Turkana Basin
  • ANT 307 Archaeology of the Turkana Basin
  • GEO 303 Geology of the Turkana Basin