ANTH& 205: Biological Anthropology

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Class Program
Anthropology
Credits
5
Clinical Hours None
Weekly Contact Hours
6
Course ID
091423
Meets Degree Requirements For
Natural Science with Lab
Description

This course introduces the field of biological anthropology and the research techniques used by biological anthropologists. It accomplishes this through the examination of human evolution, primate biology and behavior, and evolutionary explanations for modern human variation.

Grading Basis
Graded

Course Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify and explain the complexity of biological and cultural diversity throughout time and across space.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Qualitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy
    Level
    Intermediate
Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify and explain the complexity of biological and cultural diversity throughout time and across space.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Qualitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy
    Level
    Intermediate

  2. Demonstrate a holistic, comparative, and biocultural understanding of human diversity.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Quantitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy,
    Documentation
    Level
    Intermediate

  3. Identify and evaluate historical and contemporary schools of anthropological thought.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Quantitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy
    Level
    Intermediate
Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify and explain the complexity of biological and cultural diversity throughout time and across space.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Qualitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy
    Level
    Intermediate

  2. Develop basic knowledge of data collection methods and analytic techniques in anthropological research.

    Problem Solving
    Quantitative Reasoning,
    Qualitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy,
    Research,
    Documentation
    Level
    Beginner
Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Develop basic knowledge of data collection methods and analytic techniques in anthropological research.

    Problem Solving
    Quantitative Reasoning,
    Qualitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy,
    Research,
    Documentation
    Level
    Intermediate
Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify and explain the complexity of biological and cultural diversity throughout time and across space.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Qualitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy
    Level
    Intermediate

  2. Demonstrate a holistic, comparative, and biocultural understanding of human diversity.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Quantitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy,
    Documentation
    Level
    Intermediate

  3. Identify and evaluate historical and contemporary schools of anthropological thought.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Quantitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy
    Level
    Intermediate
Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate a holistic, comparative, and biocultural understanding of human diversity.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Quantitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy,
    Documentation
    Level
    Intermediate

  2. Identify the role that anthropology has played in creating, maintaining, or dispelling out ideas about the human condition in popular and scientific domains.

    Problem Solving
    Critical Thinking,
    Quantitative Reasoning,
    Qualitative Reasoning
    Communication
    Oral Expression,
    Written Expression
    Social Interaction
    Cultural Diversity
    Inquiry
    Information Literacy,
    Research,
    Documentation
    Level
    Intermediate

Core Topics

  1. What is science and the scientific method
  2. History of Evolutionary Thought
  3. Basic Genetics - Mendelian Genetics and inheritance
  4. Forces of evolution
  5. Human osteology and forensic anthropology
  6. Primate classification, life histories, and behavior
  7. Primate evolution and origins of bipedalism
  8. Hominin diversification
  9. Genus Homo, morphology and behavior
  10. Evidence of human behavioral modernity
  11. Origins of agriculture and food production
  12. Human genetic variation