This option is available within the Anthropology major at the following locations:

• Corvallis
• Ecampus

The Biocultural 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 analyses, 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: 864

Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:

• Demonstrate a broad and comparative understanding of humanity, the diversity of world cultures.
• Demonstrate an understanding of core tenets of the four-field approach (sociocultural, archaeological, linguistics and biological) within anthropology as a discipline.
• Demonstrate the skills necessary to collect, analyze, and interpret data relevant to one or more of the subfields of anthropology within the context of anthropological theory.
• Demonstrate the ability to follow ethical and professional standards for cultural sensitivity in interpersonal and cross-cultural interactions.

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 Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)

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 Writing Intensive Course (WIC)

Option Code: 864