Biological Anthropology Minor

Introductory Perspectives: 6-7 Credits

• ANT 101 - Introduction to Human Evolution (3 cr.)

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• BIO 101 - General Biology I (4 cr.)

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• ANT 102 - Comparative Cultures (3 cr.)

Practice and Theory Relevant to Biological Anthropology: 6-7 Credits

• ANT 452 - Topics in Biological Anthropology (3 cr.)

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• ANT 220 - Archaeology (3 cr.)

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• ​​ANT 452 - Topics in Biological Anthropology (3 cr.)  *

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• BIO 326 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I (4 cr.)

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• ENV 333 - Biostatistics (3 cr.)

• *The second ANT 452  course must be a different topic than the one taken in the Introductory Perspectives section.

Bioarchaeology and Cultural Context: 6 Credits

Select two of the following courses, with at least one from ANT:

• ANT 308 - Forensic Anthropology (3 cr.)
• ANT 332 - Mortuary Archaeology (3 cr.)
• ANT 333 - Coastal and Aquatic Archaeology (3 cr.)
• ANT 335 - Plagues, People, and History (3 cr.)
• ANT 336 - Civilization and Health (3 cr.)
• ANT 368 - Anthropology of Food (3 cr.)
• ANT 453 - Topics in Archaeology (1 to 3 cr.)
• BIO 305 - General Genetics (4 cr.)
• BIO 327 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4 cr.)
• FNI 191 - Nutrition and Well-Being (3 cr.)
• FNI 241 - Nutrition in the Life Cycle (3 cr.)
• HIS 132 - Modern Global History (3 cr.)
• HIS 3352 - Global History of Health, Healing and Disease (3 cr.)
• HIS 391 - Slavery in the Americas, 1492 - 1889 (3 cr.)
• HIS 430 - American Indian History (3 cr.)

Specialized Studies Related to Biological Anthropology: 3 Credits

Select one of the following:

• BIO 209 - Vertebrate Zoology (3 cr.)
• ENV 201 - Environment and Society (3 cr.)
• ENV 440 - Agriculture and the Environment (3 cr.)
• HDF 211 - Child Development (4 cr.)
• HDF 309 - Understanding Death, Dying, and Bereavement in Human Development (3 cr.)
• MAT 161 - Introductory Statistics (3 cr.)
• PHI 365 - Food Justice (3 cr.)
• SOC 309 - Sociology of Aging and Death (3 cr.)
• SOC 315 - Sociology of Health and Medicine (3 cr.)

Total Credits 21-23