Biocultural Anthropology Option
This option is available within the Anthropology major at the following locations:
- Corvallis
- Ecampus
The Biocultural Anthropology option focuses on the ways evolutionary biology, political-economy, ecology, and culture interact to influence human health and behavior, over time and in cross-cultural perspective. This option prepares students to engage in ethical fieldwork, laboratory work, and data analysis, to ultimately understand the intersections of biomarkers and other indicators of human health status, demographic processes, social relationships, cultural norms, and political and economic inequalities.
Option Code: A044
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Analyze the ways that evolutionary biology, political economy and culture interact to influence human health and behavior over time and in cross-cultural perspective.
- Collect and analyze human biological and ethnographic data within the context of relevant theory.
- Apply ethical and professional standards in biocultural anthropology.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations | ||
| ANTH 345 | *BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF RACE | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Select 18 credits from the following, with a minimum of 12 upper-division credits: | 18 | |
| +EVOLUTION OF PEOPLE AND SOCIETY | ||
| +INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| +INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| +*PRIMATE ADAPTATION AND EVOLUTION | ||
| +*ANTHROPOLOGY, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
| RESEARCH METHODS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| +*BIOSOCIAL APPROACHES TO GLOBAL HEALTH INEQUITY | ||
| RESEARCH | ||
| INDEPENDENT STUDY | ||
| THESIS | ||
| READING AND CONFERENCE | ||
| PROJECTS | ||
| SEMINAR | ||
| INTERNSHIP | ||
| +ANTHROPOLOGY OF DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND OPPRESSION | ||
| HUMAN EVOLUTION | ||
| HUMAN ADAPTABILITY | ||
| HUMAN OSTEOLOGY LAB | ||
| NUTRITIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| EVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE | ||
| BIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN REPRODUCTION | ||
| +REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: A SERVICE LEARNING COURSE | ||
| NEUROANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| ECOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD | ||
| Total Credits | 21 | |
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Baccalaureate Core course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in a catalog year up to 2024-2025
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Core Education course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in catalog year 2025-2026 and beyond
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Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC) course
Option Code: A044