ANTH Major – Human Evolutionary Biology Concentration
This is a 14 c.u. major.
BLOCK I - 3 c.u. Introductory Courses
Required Courses
ANTH 001 or ANTH 005
ANTH 002 or ANTH 004
ANTH 003
BLOCK II - 3 c.u. Biological Fundamentals (100-200 level courses)
ANTH 143 plus two more from approved ANTH list
ANTH 143 (required)
Course 2
Course 3
BLOCK III - 4 c.u. Perspectives
ANTH 224 Plus three more from the approved ANTH list
ANTH 224 (required)
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
BLOCK IV - 4 c.u. Electives for specialization
Students may not select more than two courses in a department outside of
Anthropology. Contact concentration advisor for approval of outside courses.
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
HONORS OPTION
Applicants must have have a minimum GPA of 3.5
in the Major.
ANTH 300
-- OR -ANTH 301
Concentration Courses
The Human Evolutionary Biology concentration includes several focal areas. These include human
reproductive ecology, paleoanthropology, skeletal biology, human genetics, and primatology. The
courses offered in the concentration allow students to explore these areas in some depth. They also
provide students with the skills necessary to evaluate and understand the major issues in the field, and
give them exposure to the contemporary methods and theory needed to pursue graduate studies.
Block 1: Introductory Courses
ANTH 001: The Prehistoric World, or ANTH 005: The Origins of Civilizations
ANTH 002: Intro to Cultural Anthropology, or ANTH 004: The Modern World and its Cultural Background
ANTH 003: Intro to Human Evolution
Block 2: Biological Fundamentals
ANTH 104: Sex and Human Nature (Valeggia/Fernandez-Duque)
ANTH 105: Human Adaptation (Monge)
ANTH 106: Anthropological Genetics (Schurr)
ANTH 107: Evolution of Behavior (Fernandez-Duque)*
ANTH 122: Becoming Human (Olszewski)
ANTH 143: Being Human (Valeggia)
ANTH 168: Genetics and the Modern World (Schurr)
ANTH 230: Forensics (Monge)
ANTH 246: Molecular Anthropology (Schurr)
Requirements: ANTH 143, plus any two from courses in ANTH with topics such as human evolution,
genetics, behavior, skeletal biology, and reproductive biology.
*Course under development
Block 3: Evolution, Health and Disease
ANTH 244: Disease and Human Evolution (Schurr)
ANTH 249: Evolutionary Medicine (Schurr)
ANTH 304: Issues in Hominid Evolution (Monge)
ANTH 359. Nutritional Anthropology (Johnston)
ANTH 404: Introduction to Human Skeleton (Monge)
ANTH 407: Human Evolution (Monge)
ANTH 447: Human Reproductive Ecology (Valeggia)
ANTH 458: Paleopathology (Zimmerman)
Requirements: ANTH 244, plus three additional courses from ANTH that focus on the anthropological
perspectives on Evolution, Health and Disease.
Note: Courses on nutritional anthropology and demography may be developed the future.
Block 4: Biological Electives
ANTH 210: Death: Anthropological Perspective (Monge)
ANTH 454: Quantitative Analysis of Anthropological Data (Dibble)
ANTH 507: Primate Behavioral Ecology (Fernandez-Duque)
ANTH 515: Primatology Field Methods (Fernandez-Duque)
ANTH 526: Data Analysis & Presentation in Biological Anthropology (Valeggia)
ANTH 548: Dental Anthropology (Monge)
ANTH 622: Methods in Biological Anthropology (Valeggia)
ANTH 627: Topics in Biological Anthropology (Faculty)
Requirements: Four courses; two Anthropology (ANTH) courses not used in Blocks II and III; no more
than two from any one department outside of Anthropology: BIBB; BIOL; FOLK; HSSC; PSYC; SARS; SOCI;
STAT).
Permission may be required to take graduate level courses (ANTH 500 and above).