Courses in this concentration focus on the interrelationship of culture, society, health, and the body in a global context. Students pursuing this course of study will gain skills and expertise of great relevance for healthcare-related careers, including public health, medicine, and psychological services as well as a strong foundation for graduate studies in a variety of fields. This is a good major for pre-med/pre-health students who are interested in developing critical thinking, ethical frameworks, and cultural competencies. The analytic reasoning and community engagement abilities developed in this concentration are increasingly sought after by employers in a wide range of professions.
Core Courses Include:
209 Approaching Death: Case Studies
216/Lab Anatomy of the Human Body/Lab
273 People and Pathogens
292V Violence in American Culture
297M Disease, Famine, & Warfare: Intro to Human Adaptability
215 Forensics Myth and Reality
297VC Violence and Conflict in Prehispanic America
305 Anthropology of Growth & Development
312 Medical Anthropology
313 Nutritional Anthropology
320 Skeleton Keys: Research Techniques in Physical Anthropology
321H Violence in American Culture
340 Medical Anthropology and Global Health
341 Building Solidarity Economies
372 Human Variation
394EI Evolutionary Medicine
397BP Biology of Poverty
397GR Gender, Race, & the Body
397DD Bioarchaeology of Violence
397GB Global Health: Biosocial Perspectives
397LA Health in Latin America
397SD Sustainability or Sustaining Development?
415 Women's Health Across the Life Course
494BI Global Bodies
494RI Religion, Evolution, and Human Biology