Courses

Anthropology 2050/2051
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
This course is a survey of biological anthropology. Primary emphasis on the biological evidence for human evolution. Major topics include human paleontology, primate behavior and human variation.

Anthropology 3560
Plagues and Peoples
Overview of the ecology of human host-pathogen interactions and the influence of human culture on the transmission and spread of infectious diseases through time and in different environments.

Anthropology 4360/7360
Medical Anthropology
Cross-cultural study of belief systems concerning health and illness, practices of diagnosis and treatment, and roles of patients and practitioners. Several "non-Western" health care systems are studied in detail.

Anthropology 4540/7540
Human Biological Variation
Human biological variation both among and within living populations. Evolutionary, genetic, ecological, demographic and especially cultural factors which contribute to biological variation.

Anthropology 4880/7880
Demographic Anthropology
The major topics considered in this course are basic demographic analysis, including life tables, models for population growth and stable population theory; fertility analysis; disease and fertility; disease in human populations; and paleodemography.

Anthropology 4990 Capstone Seminar in Anthropology
Readings, discussions, and problems in the integration of the subfields of anthropology through theory and examples.

(See Anthropology Programs and Anthropology Courses for more information.)