THE HUMAN BIOLOGY AREAS OF EMPHASIS AND THE AREA OF CONCENTRATION The Human Biology major’s Area of Concentration generally has an emphasis in one (and sometimes more than one) of the following 8 Areas (scroll down to see samples): AREA 1: Environment and Environmental Policy - Environment - Environmental Policy - Culture/Demography/Human Ecology AREA 2: Health and Health Policy - Health Policy - Public Health - International Health AREA 3: Human Performance AREA 4: Human Development - Biological Development - Psychological Development - Education AREA 5: Bio-Medical Science - Genetics - Molecular Biology - Human Physiology - Infectious Diseases AREA 6: Brain and Behavior AREA 7: Ethics and Medical Humanities AREA 8: Evolution A student must identify a minimum of two courses as essential courses on the list of his/her Area of Concentration courses. Students may choose to take more than two of these essential courses. Compiling the Area of Concentration is an important and exciting process – the student individualizes the Hum Bio major to meet his/her academic goals and interests. There is no need to limit class choices to a few departments; students are encouraged to carefully search the entire Course Bulletin for appropriate class options. Students must work with their Faculty Advisers and the Student Advisers to design a focused and rigorous course of study. The Student Advisors Office at Hum Bio has several reference volumes containing current Human Biology Area of Concentrations with helpful Area of Emphasis and Faculty Advisor indexes. Updated October ‘08 (If you have any comments or suggestions regarding the Human Biology Areas of Emphasis and Area of Concentration please forward them to cacciari@stanford.edu. Is there a course you would like to recommend that isn’t listed below? Please let us know.) A SAMPLING OF CONCENTRATIONS The following samples of Areas of Concentrations for each Area of Emphasis are drawn from individual, current Areas of Concentration composed by Hum Bio majors. AREA 1 – ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY Area of Concentration: Ecology BIO175 Tropical Ecology and Conservation HUMBIO 112 Conservation Biology (Essential) BIO101 Ecology (Essential) LAW 280 Toxic Harms ANTH SCI 163 Human Behavioral Ecology BIO125 Ecosystems of California Area of Concentration: Environmental Economics and Policy EARTHSYS 112 Environmental Economics and Policy (Essential) HUMBIO 119 Demography: Health, Development, Environment ECON 118 Development Economics MS&E Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis (Essential) BIO147 Controlling Climate Change in the 21st Century POLISCI 143 Non-Governmental Organizations and Development in Poor Countries Area of Concentration: Environmental Science EARTHSYS 111 Biology and Global Change BIO121 Biogeography (Essential) GES 102 Earth Materials BIO120 General Botany GES 130 Environmental Earth Sciences (Essential) LAW 514 Law and Science of California Coastal Policy Area of Concentration: Culture, the Environment and Economic Growth ANTHSCI 160B Conservation Anthropology (Essential) ECON 118 Development Economics LAW 282 Environmental Ethics EARTHSYS 112 Environmental Economics and Policy (Essential) POLISCI 143 Non-Governmental Organizations and Development in Poor Countries (Essential) BIO180 Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture Area of Concentration: Conservation Anthropology ANTHSCI 160B Conservation Anthropology (Essential) Updated October ‘08 EARTHSYS 164A Ethnoecology (Essential) HUMBIO 117 Human Behavioral Ecology BIO102 Demography: Health, Development, Environment HUMBIO 118 Theory of Ecological and Environmental Anthropology BIO 145 Behavioral Ecology Area of Concentration: Climate Change and Energy Policy EARTHSYS 132 Energy Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere ECON 155 Environmental Economics and Policy (Essential) ANTHRO 115A Long Term Human/Environment Interactions BIO 147 21st Century Climate Change EARTHSYS 188 The Political Economy of Energy in India EARTHSYS 184 Climate and Agriculture (Essential) Area of Concentration: Environmental Change and Global Health HUMBIO 115 Long Term Human Interaction with Environment ANTHO177 Environmental Change and Emerging Infectious Diseases (Essential) HUMBIO 119 Demography: Health, Development, Environment LAW 282 Environmental Ethics ECON 127 Economics of Health Improvement in Developing Countries (Essential) GES138 Urbanization, Global Change, and Sustainability Area of Concentration: Sustainable Resource Use and Environmental Conservation ECON 106 World Food Economy HUMBIO 115 Long Term Human Interaction with Environment BIO180 Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture (Essential) HUMBIO 112 Conservation Biology (Essential) HUMBIO 119 Demography, Health, Development, Environment CEE 142A Creating Sustainable Development AREA 2 – HEALTH AND HEALTH POLICY Area of Concentration: National Health Policy HUMBIO 120 Health Care in America (Essential) HUMBIO 120A Health Policy and Health Care System Design (Essential) ECON 126 Economics of Health and Medical Care (Essential) HUMBIO 122 Beyond Health Care: Seeking Health in Society PUBLPOL 231 Political Economy of Health Care in the United States HUMBIO 123 Obesity in America Area of Concentration: Health and Agile Aging MED 279Y Interdisciplinary Design for Agile Aging (Essential) ME 216A Advanced Product Design: Needfinding HUMBIO 126 Promoting Health over the Life Course (Essential) PSYCH 138 Wise Interventions Updated October ‘08 HUMBIO 123 Obesity in America HUMBIO 122 Beyond Health Care: Seeking Health in Society Area of Concentration: Children’s Health HUMBIO 121 Pediatric Health (Essential) HUMBIO 121A/B Providing and Evaluating Health Education for Underserved Children PSYCH 143 Developmental Anomalies EDUC 255 Human Abilities HUMBIO 123 Obesity in America HUMBIO126S Sex Differences in Human Physiology and Disease (Essential) Area of Concentration: Health Status and Health Care of Under-Served Communities HUMBIO 122S Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, Health (Essential) ECON 127 Economics of Health Improvement in Developing Countries (Essential) SOC 149 The Urban Underclass ANTHSCI 170 Medical Anthropology (Essential) HUMBIO 123 Obesity in America INDE 253 Rural Health with a Global Perspective Area of Concentration: Health Law and Economics ECON 126 Economics of Health and Medical Care MGTECON 392 Analysis of Costs, Risks and Benefits of Health Care (Essential) HRP 391 Political Economy of Health Care in the US HRP 210 Health Law I (Essential) HUMBIO 120A Health Policy and Health Care System Design GSBGEN 351 Innovation and Management in Health Care Area of Concentration: Health Care and Health Promotion HUMBIO 130 Human Nutrition HUMBIO 127A/B Community Health: Assessment and Planning (Essential) HUMBIO 126 Promoting Health over the Life Course (Essential) MED 279Y Interdisciplinary Design for Agile Aging MS&E 292 Health Policy Modeling (Essential) HUMBIO 123 Obesity in America Area of Concentration: Public Health and Access to Health Care HUMBIO 127A/B Community Health: Assessment and Planning (Essential) HUMBIO 120 Health Care in America HUMBIO 122S Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, Health (Essential HUMBIO 123 Obesity in America MI 103 Parasites and Pestilence HUMBIO 126 Promoting Health over the Life Course Area of Concentration: International Health POLISCI 141 Global Politics of Human Rights INDE 253 Rural Health with a Global Perspective Updated October ‘08 HUMBIO 129 Critical Issues in International Women’s Health MI 103 Parasites and Pestilence, Infectious Public Health Challenges (Essential) POLISCI 143 NGO’s in the Developing World HUMBIO 129S International Health (Essential) Area of Concentration: Health in Developing Countries HUMBIO 129S International Health (Essential) HRP 240 Rethinking International Health HUMBIO 129 Critical Issues in International Women’s Health MI 103 Parasites and Pestilence, Infectious Public Health Challenges CEE 265D Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (Essential) PUBPOL 184 Poverty and Policies in Developing Countries (Essential) Area of Concentration: Women’s Health HUMBIO 125 Current Topics and Controversies in Women’s Health (Essential) HUMBIO 126 Promoting Health over the Live Course MED 230 Rethinking International Health HUMBIO 129 Critical Issues in International Women’s Health (Essential) FS 260 Seminar in Women’s Health: Women and Disabilities HUMBIO 162 Clinical Neuroscience in Women’s Health Area of Concentration: Psychology, Health and Policy PSYCH 101 Community Health Psychology (Essential) HUMBIO 120A Health Policy and Health Care System Design PUBLPOL 172 Psychology and Public Policy (Essential) PUBLPOL 156 Health Care Policy and Reform HUMBIO 120 Health Care in America AREA 3 – HUMAN PERFORMANCE Area of Concentration: Analysis of Human Movement ME 281 Biomechanics of Movement (Essential) HUMBIO 135 Exercise Physiology (Essential) BIO150 Human Behavioral Biology HUMBIO 133 Human Physiology ME 280 Skeletal Development and Evolution HUMBIO 132 Functional Anatomy of Exercise Area of Concentration: Biological Basis of Human Performance HUMBIO 135 Exercise Physiology (Essential) BIO150 Human Behavioral Biology HUMBIO 132 Functional Anatomy of Exercise (Essential) RAD 220 Image-Based Human Anatomy SURG 101 Regional Study of Human Structure HUMBIO 130 Human Nutrition Updated October ‘08 Area of Concentration: Sports Physiology and Rehabilitation HUMBIO 139 Sports Medicine (Essential) BIO112 Human Physiology HUMBIO 135 Exercise Physiology (Essential) ME 281 Biomechanics of Movement (Essential) HUMBIO 130 Human Nutrition HUMBIO 132 Functional Anatomy of Exercise ORTHO 239 Sports Medicine (Essential) HUMBIO 132 Functional Anatomy of Exercise HUMBIO 135 Exercise Physiology (Essential) BIO112 Human Physiology (Essential) HUMBIO 124 Fat Nutrition and Current Health Concerns HUMBIO 120 Health Care in America Area of Concentration: Exercise Science RAD 220 Image-Based Human Anatomy HUMBIO 132 Functional Anatomy of Exercise (Essential) HUMBIO 135 Exercise Physiology (Essential) BIO112 Human Physiology HUMBIO 135S Applied Topics in Exercise Physiology ORTHO 239 Sports Medicine (Essential) Area of Concentration: Fitness and Health HUMBIO 126 Promoting Health over the Life Course (Essential) HUMBIO 135 Exercise Physiology MED 279Y Interdisciplinary Design for Agile Aging HUMBIO 124 Fat Nutrition and Current Health Concerns HUMBIO 130 Human Nutrition BIO112 Human Physiology (Essential) Area of Concentration: Psychology of Optimal Performance HUMBIO 131 Interdisciplinary Design for Agile Aging ME 281 Biomechanics of Movement PSYCH 124S Applying Psychology to Modern Life PSYCH 120S Temptations and Self Control (Essential) HUMBIO 161 Neurobiology of Sleep HUMBIO 133 Human Physiology (Essential) Area of Concentration: Health and Human Performance HUMBIO 132 Functional Anatomy of Exercise BIO112 Human Physiology HUMBIO 126 Promoting Health over the Life Course (Essential) ORTHO 239 Sports Medicine HUMBIO 130 Human Nutrition BIO150 Human Behavioral Biology (Essential) Updated October ‘08 AREA 4 – HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Area of Concentration: Human Systems BIO160A Developmental Biology and Signal Transduction I (Essential) BIO150 Human Behavioral Biology SURG 101 Regional Study of Human Structure HUMBIO 133 Human Physiology (Essential) HUMBIO126S Sex Differences in Human Physiology and Disease NBIO 206 The Nervous System Area of Concentration: Psychosocial Development SOC 121 The Individual in Social Structure (Essential) HUMBIO 143 Adolescent Sexuality PSYCH 168 Emotion Regulation SOC 120 Interpersonal Relations HUMBIO 142 Adolescent Development (Essential) HUMBIO 146 Culture and Mental Illness Area of Concentration: Language and Cognition PSYCH 131 Language and Thought (Essential) HUMBIO 145 Birds to Words: Cognition, Communication and Language (Essential) PSYCH 130 Introduction to Cognitive Science (Essential) LINGUIST 150 Language in Society PSYCH 141 Cognitive Development LINQUIST 140 Language Acquisition Area of Concentration: Child Development (Biological Emphasis) BIO158 Developmental Neurobiology (Essential) PSYCH 149 The Infant Mind: Cognitive Development Over the First Year (Essential) PSYCH 143 Developmental Anomalies EDUC 255 Human Abilities LINGUIST 140 Language Acquisition PSYCH 141 Cognitive Development Area of Concentration: Child Development (Social Emphasis) PSYCH 149 The Infant Mind: Cognitive Development Over the First Year (Essential) COMM 170 Communication and Children I POLISCI 131 Children's Citizenship: Justice across Generations EDUC 247 Moral Education SOC 121 The Individual in Social Structure LINQUIST 140 Language Acquisition (Essential) Area of Concentration: Adolescent Development PSYCH 133 Human Cognitive Abilities (Essential) HUMBIO 142 Adolescent Development (Essential) Updated October ‘08 HUMBIO 143 Adolescent Sexuality SOC 120 Interpersonal Relations PSYCH 161 Emotion HUMBIO 130 Human Nutrition AREA 5 – BIO-MEDICAL SCIENCE Area of Concentration: Infectious Diseases HUMBIO 152 Viral Lifestyles (Essential) HUMBIO 153 Parasites and Pestilence (Essential) ANTHSCI 179 Environmental Change and Emerging Infectious Diseases HUMBIO 155B The Vaccine Revolution BIO230 Molecular and Cellular Immunology HUMBIO 156 Global HIV/AIDS Area of Concentration: Human Virus Interactions BIO 209A Human Genome and Disease MI 155H Humans and Viruses I (Essential) MI 155V Humans and Viruses II HUMBIO 152 Viral Lifestyles (Essential) HUMBIO 153 Parasites and Pestilence Area of Concentration: Genetics and Disease HUMBIO 158 Human Genome and Disease (Essential) BIOMEDIN 234 Biomedical Genomics (Essential) HUMBIO 157 The Stem Cell: Science, Ethics, and Politics BIO118 Genetic Analysis of Biological Processes BIO162 Advanced Microbial Genetics and Genomics HUMBIO 159 Genes and Environment in Disease Causation Area of Concentration: Biochemical Threats POLISCI 114S International Security in a Changing World (Essential) MS&E 293 Technology in National Security (Essential) BIO187 Biochemistry PSYCH 167 Seminar on Aggression HUMBIO 159 Genes and Environment in Disease Causation SOC 109 Sociology of Terrorism Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Disease HUMBIO 152 Viral Lifestyles BIO230 Molecular and Cellular Immunology (Essential) BIO126 Cell Biology (Essential) SBIO 228 Computational Structural Biology BIOMEDIN 210 Introduction to Biomedical Informatics: Fundamental Methods DBIO 203 Advanced Genetics Updated October ‘08 Area of Concentration: Epidemiology and Human Disease HUMBIO 153 Parasites and Pestilence HRP 231 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (Essential) HUMBIO 154 Cancer Epidemiology ANTHSCI 179 Environmental Change and Emerging Infectious Disease HUMBIO 123 Obesity in America BIO SCI 230 Molecular and Cellular Immunology (Essential) Area of Concentration: Biotechnological Solutions to Human Disease CHEME 150 Biochemical Engineering (Essential) BIO109A/B The Human Genome and Disease HUMBIO 157: The Stem Cell: Science, Ethics, and Politics (Essential) BIO230 Molecular and Cellular Immunology CBIO 101 Cancer Biology HRP 231 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases AREA 6 – BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR Area of Concentration: Cognitive Neuroscience and Impairment PSYCH 130 Cellular Neuroscience BIO158 Developmental Neurobiology (Essential) PSYCH 143 Developmental Anomalies NBIO 218 Neural Basis of Behavior HUMBIO 162 Clinical Neuroscience in Women’s Health BIO151 Mechanisms of Neuron Death (Essential) Area of Concentration: Psychological and Biological Foundations for Behavior PSYCH 163 Interpersonal Basis of Abnormal Behavior (Essential) BIO153 Cellular Neuroscience PSYCH 158 Emotions: History, Theory and Research HUMBIO 160 Human Behavioral Biology (Essential) PSYCH 90 Introduction to Clinical Psychology PSYCH 95 Introduction to Abnormal Psychology Area of Concentration: Human Behavior and Diplomacy PSYCH 70 Introduction to Social Psychology HUMBIO 160 Human Behavioral Biology PSYCH 185 Contemporary Issues in Peace Studies SOC 127 Bargaining, Power and Influence in Social Interactions POLISCI 110B Strategy, War and Politics MS&E 180 Organizations: Theory and Management Area of Concentration: Neurobiology and Psychobiology HUMBIO 160 Human Behavioral Biology BIO163 Neural Systems and Behavior (Essential) PSYCH 120 Cellular Neuroscience: Cell Signaling and Behavior (Essential) Updated October ‘08 BIO154 Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology PSYCH 55 Introduction to Cognition and the Brain Area of Concentration: Neuroscience and Behavior PSYCH 120 Cellular Neuroscience: Cell Signaling and Behavior (Essential) BIO158 Developmental Neurobiology HUMBIO 163 Neural Systems and Behavior (Essential) BIO154 Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience BIO151 Mechanisms of Neuron Death PSYCH 141 Cognitive Development Area of Concentration: Neurophilosophy HUMBIO 160 Human Behavioral Biology PHIL 189 Philosophical Applications of Cognitive Science (Essential) NBIO 218 Neural Basis of Behavior (Essential) PHIL 186 Philosophy of Mind NBIO 254 Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology SYMBSYS 100 Introduction to Cognitive Science Area of Concentration: Biology of Behavioral Development PSYCH 55 Introduction to Cognition and the Brain PSYCH 251 Affective Neuroscience HUMBIO 160 Human Behavioral Biology HUMBIO 163 Neural Systems and Behavior (Essential) BIO158 Developmental Neurobiology (Essential) PSYCH 141 Cognitive Development Area of Concentration: Psychophysiology and Emotion Regulation HUMBIO 160 Human Behavioral Biology HUMBIO 163 Neural Systems and Behavior (Essential) PSYCH 120 Cellular Neuroscience: Cell Signaling and Behavior (Essential) HUMBIO 188 Evolution of Music PSYCH 168 Emotion Regulation (Essential) NBIO 206 The Nervous System Area of Concentration: Neurological Basis of Behavior HUMBIO 163 Neural Systems and Behavior HUMBIO 160 Human Behavioral Biology HUMBIO 162 Clinical Neuroscience BIO 161 Molecular Basis of Biological Communication PSYCH 141 Cognitive Development AREA 7 – ETHICS AND MEDICAL HUMANITIES Area of Concentration: Legal Foundations of Ethics in Policy PUBLPOL 103B Ethics and Public Policy (Essential) Updated October ‘08 LAW 307 Gender, Law and Public Policy HUMBIO 174 Foundations of Bioethics POLISCI 133 Ethics and Politics of Public Service HUMBIO 171 The Death Penalty (Essential) Area of Concentration: History of Medicine and Disease HUMBIO 175 Health Care Seen through Medical History, Literature, Art (Essential) HIST 243G Tobacco and Health in World History HUMBIO 178 Medical Anthropology (Essential) HPS 156 History of Women and Medicine in the United States STS 134 History of the Senses Area of Concentration: Cultural Context of Illness HUMBIO 146 Culture and Mental Illness (Essential) ANTHRO 179 Cultures of Disease: Cancer (Essential) HUMBIO 175 Health Care Seen through Medical History, Literature, Art (Essential) ANTHO 270 Advanced Topics in Medical Anthropology HUMBIO 122S Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, Health HRP 212 Cross-Cultural Medicine Area of Concentration: Biological Ethics and Applications ETHICSOC 170 Ethical Theory (Essential) HUMBIO 157 The Stem Cell: Science, Ethics and Politics (Essential) PHIL 187 Philosophy of Action MS&E 254 The Ethical Analyst PSYCH 102 Longevity STS 210 Ethics, Science and Technology Area of Concentration: Social Transformation through Public Service POLISCI 133 Ethics and Politics of Public Service (Essential) PUBPOL 183 Philanthropy and Social Innovation URBST 126 Spirituality and Nonviolent Social Transformation (Essential) HIST 259A/B Poverty and Homelessness in America HUMBIO 122S Social Class, Race, Ethnicity and Health SOC 130 Education and Society Area of Concentration: Healing and the Body ANTHRO 282 Medical Anthropology (Essential) HUMBIO 126 Promoting Health over the Life Course (Essential) RELIGST 270 Science and Religion HUMBIO 175 Health Care Seen through Medical History, Literature, Art PSYCH 138 Wise Interventions HUMBIO 188 Evolution of Music Area of Concentration: Human Rationality and Decision Making STS 163 Risk in Contemporary Culture Updated October ‘08 MS&E 254 The Ethical Analyst (Essential) ECON 179 Experimental Economics MS&E 179 Ethics and Public Policy PHIL 150 Mathematical Logic (Essential) COMM 172 Psychological Processing of Media Area of Concentration: Philosophy, Psychology and Public Policy PHIL 374 Valuing PHIL 186 Philosophy of Mind HUMBIO 128 Community Health Psychology PUBPOL 180 Social Innovation PUBPOL 123B Ethics in Public Policy (Essential) PSYCH 184 Applied Social Psychology (Essential) AREA 8 – EVOLUTION Area of Concentration: Evolution BIO143 Evolution (Essential) ME 280 Skeletal Development and Evolution BIO113 Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution ANTHSCI 362 Conservation and Evolutionary Ecology PHIL 167A Philosophy of Biology (Essential) BIO136 Evolutionary Paleobiology Area of Concentration: Human Evolution BIO143 Evolution (Essential) HUMBIO 180 Human Osteology (Essential) HUMBIO 182 Biology, Culture and Human Behavior HIST 243S Human Origins: History, Evidence and Controversy HUMBIO 160 Human Behavioral Biology COMPMED 107 Comparative Neuroanatomy Area of Concentration: Evolution of Human Health and Wellbeing HUMBIO 188 The Evolution of Music HUMBIO 160 Human Behavioral Biology (Essential) HUMBIO 186 Biological Clocks ANTHRO 282 Medical Anthropology PHIL 167B Philosophy, Biology, and Behavior (Essential) COMPMED 107 Comparative Neuroanatomy Area of Concentration: Evolution of Variation between Racial and Cultural Communities BIO 143 Evolution BIO 113 Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution HUMBIO 182 Biology, Culture and Human Behavior Updated October ‘08 ANTHRO 180 A Biological and Evolutionary Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality (Essential) HUMBIO 187 Human Diversity: A Linguistic Perspective (Essential) PSYCH 137 Birds to Words: Cognition, Communication and Language (Essential) Area of Concentration: Physical and Behavioral Human Evolution HUMBIO 180 Human Osteology HUMBIO 188 Evolution of Music COMPMED 107 Comparative Neuroanatomy ME 280 Skeletal Development and Evolution (Essential) HUMBIO 160 Human Behavioral Biology (Essential) PSYCH 137 Birds to Words: Cognition, Communication and Language (Essential) Area of Concentration: Evolution and Development of the Nervous System BIO113 Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution COMPMED 107 Comparative Neuroanatomy HUMBIO 160 Human Behavioral Biology BIO158 Developmental Neurobiology (Essential) HUMBIO 163 Neural Systems and Behavior NBIO 206 The Nervous System (Essential) Area of Concentration: Human Physical and Cultural Evolution HUMBIO 182 Biology, Culture and Human Behavior (Essential) ME 280 Skeletal Development and Evolution (Essential) HUMBIO 187 Human Diversity: A Linguistic Perspective (Essential) COMPMED Comparative Neuroanatomy PSYCH 137 Birds to Words: Cognition, Communication and Language HUMBIO 188 Evolution of Music Updated October ‘08 Updated October ‘08