Program Requirements

Any student majoring in anthropology or biology may also choose to enter the Biology of Human Populations Program. Program participants are required to take the courses listed below. All courses within the student's major count toward departmental major requirements as well as toward program requirements. For matriculated students, successful completion of the program is recorded on official University transcripts. Non-matriculated students receive a certificate of completion.

A grade point average of 2.0 or better is required for successful completion of the program. Courses taken on a pass/fail basis may not be used to satisfy program requirements. Non-matriculated students who meet all program requirements receive a certificate of completion.

Anthropology

• ANTH C100 (Culture and Human Behavior) or Anth 103 (Introduction to Cultural Anthropology)
• Anth 212 (Human Variation)
• Anth 316 (Nutrition, Growth, and Behavior) and
• Two from the following list of courses:
  • Psych 270 (Statistics)
  • Anth 313 (Developmental Models in Human Evolution)
  • Anth 317 (Human Epidemiology)
  • Anth 412 (Issues in Biological Anthropology)

Biology

• Biol 111 (General Biology I)
• Biol 112 (General Biology II)
• Biol 210 (Cell Biology)
• Biol 252 (Genetics) or Biol 254 (Genetics/lecture only)
• Biol 290 (Population Biology
• and one from the following list of courses:
  • Biol 312 (Developmental Biology and Embryology)
  • Biol 313 (Developmental Biology and Embryology/lecture only)
  • Biol 316 (Neurobiology)
  • Biol 318 (Neurobiology/lecture only)
  • Biol 317 (Endocrinology)
  • Biol 319 (Endocrinology/lecture only)
  • Biol 342 (Ecology)
  • Biol 352 (Evolution)

Biochemistry

• Biochm 383 (Biochemistry I)

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