This concentration explores the links between culture, society, health, and the body. It's ideal for students aiming for healthcare careers or graduate studies by offering critical thinking, ethical frameworks, and cultural competence. It's particularly suited for pre-med/pre-health students and develops skills highly valued by medical schools.
*Please note, courses are offered on varied schedules. Please speak to the advisor if you wish to take a particular course.
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 Other Economies are Possible!
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 Bodies494RI Religion, Evolution, and Human Biology