This course offers an introduction to the ways anthropologists explore the intersections of medicine, health, and culture through a biocultural lens. By examining both biological and cultural dimensions of health and disease, students will gain a deeper understanding of how human experiences are shaped by - and become embedded in - our biology. Topics include human evolution, race, sex and gender variation, aging, growth, and nutrition, with particular attention to how genetics and environment interact to influence human differences.

This course offers an introduction to the ways anthropologists explore the intersections of medicine, health, and culture through a biocultural lens. By examining both biological and cultural dimensions of health and disease, students will gain a deeper understanding of how human experiences are shaped by - and become embedded in - our biology. Topics include human evolution, race, sex and gender variation, aging, growth, and nutrition, with particular attention to how genetics and environment interact to influence human differences.

This course offers an introduction to the ways anthropologists explore the intersections of medicine, health, and culture through a biocultural lens. By examining both biological and cultural dimensions of health and disease, students will gain a deeper understanding of how human experiences are shaped by - and become embedded in - our biology. Topics include human evolution, race, sex and gender variation, aging, growth, and nutrition, with particular attention to how genetics and environment interact to influence human differences.

This course offers an introduction to the ways anthropologists explore the intersections of medicine, health, and culture through a biocultural lens. By examining both biological and cultural dimensions of health and disease, students will gain a deeper understanding of how human experiences are shaped by - and become embedded in - our biology. Topics include human evolution, race, sex and gender variation, aging, growth, and nutrition, with particular attention to how genetics and environment interact to influence human differences.

This course offers an introduction to the ways anthropologists explore the intersections of medicine, health, and culture through a biocultural lens. By examining both biological and cultural dimensions of health and disease, students will gain a deeper understanding of how human experiences are shaped by - and become embedded in - our biology. Topics include human evolution, race, sex and gender variation, aging, growth, and nutrition, with particular attention to how genetics and environment interact to influence human differences.

Introduces the full range of human cultural and biological diversity. Human evolution, rise and fall of civilizations, non-Western cultures, and the human condition in different societies today. Emphasis on the relationships among biological, environmental, and cultural factors. (Gen.Ed. SB, DG)

The focus is on presentation of manuscripts highlighting innovative discoveries and technical approaches as well as controversial results that address topics related to development and disease. The topics detail contemporary use of genetically engineered organisms to define cell signaling required to establish cell lineages in developing tissues, the process of gametogenesis and epigenetic imprinting and how these mechanisms are disrupted in diseases such as cancer.

Presentation and critique by students of recent scientific papers in the field of immunology and infectious diseases.

Presentation of research projects and literature review by faculty and graduate students within the department as well as by guest speakers from around the world.

Specific problem in some aspect of animal or biological sciences/area of research interest. Students prepare a contract with their faculty sponsor. Can be used for master's students to review literature on the topic chosen for their laboratory research but this requires an oral presentation.