Biological Anthropology Minor Course Requirements
The following requirements must be approved: 19 to 21 credits, including one 4-credit required course, at least 12 credits in selected courses, and 3 or 4 credits in a field experience or related coursework.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| ANTH 1001 | Biological Anthropology | |
| Selected courses | ||
| At least four additional ANTH courses for a minimum total of 12 credits, selected from the following: | ||
| ANTH 1005 | The Biological Bases of Human Behavior | |
| ANTH 2406 | Human Evolutionary Genetics | |
| ANTH 3401 | Human Functional Anatomy | |
| ANTH 3402 | Human Evolutionary Anatomy | |
| ANTH 3403 | Forensic Anthropology Laboratory | |
| ANTH 3404 | Human Variation | |
| ANTH 3406 | Advanced Human Osteology | |
| ANTH 3407 | Conservation in a Changing World: Human and Animal Behavior | |
| ANTH 3408 | The Evolution of Human Families | |
| ANTH 3409 | Evolution of Primate Life Histories | |
| ANTH 3411 | Primatology | |
| ANTH 3412 | Hominin Evolution | |
| or ANTH 3412W | Hominin Evolution | |
| ANTH 3412W | Hominin Evolution | |
| ANTH 3413 | Evolution of the Human Brain | |
| ANTH 3491 | Topics in Biological Anthropology | |
| ANTH 3802 | Human Cultural Beginnings | |
| or ANTH 3802W | Human Cultural Beginnings | |
| Field experience or related coursework | ||
| 3 or 4 credits in an approved field experience, which may be ANTH 3832 or ANTH 3839 or, with the prior approval of the undergraduate advisor, a course in a related field, such as biological sciences, geology, psychology, or statistics. The following courses are suggestions, other courses can be approved: | ||
| ANTH 3832 | Paleoanthropological Field Program | |
| ANTH 3839 | Lab Research Methods in Archaeology | |
| BISC 1005 | The Biology of Nutrition and Health | |
| BISC 1006 | The Ecology and Evolution of Organisms | |
| BISC 1111 | Introductory Biology: Cells and Molecules | |
| BISC 1112 | Introductory Biology: The Biology of Organisms | |
| GEOL 1001 | Physical Geology | |
| GEOL 1002 | Historical Geology | |
| GEOL 1005 | Environmental Geology | |
| PSYC 2014 | Cognitive Psychology | |
| PSYC 2015 | Biological Psychology | |
| PSYC 3112 | Psychology of Adolescence | |
| PSYC 3118 | Neuropsychology | |
| PSYC 3122 | The Cognitive Neuroscience | |
| STAT 1127 | Statistics for the Biological Sciences | |