Course ID: | ANTH 4790/6790. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Human Adaptation |
Course Description: | Examination of the scientific principles of human adaptation
through intersection impacts of physical, social, and cultural
stressors on human variation. |
Oasis Title: | HUMAN ADAPTATION |
Undergraduate Prerequisite: | ANTH 1102 and permission of major |
Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of major |
Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | 1) a broad factual understanding of human variation and
adaptability
2) scientific principles governing life cycles, nutrition,
infection, and life under extreme conditions
3) biocultural consequences of human activities on natural
systems
4) responding to and managing local environmental stressors |
Topical Outline: | 1) evolution and natural selection
2) biocultural nature of human adaptation
3) understanding human variation
4) living in extreme heat and extreme cold
5) living at high altitude
6) food and nutrition
7) human life cycle
8) infection, disease and health |