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Anthropology Department

 

Course Requirements for a B.S. in Human Biology

 

A minimum of 55 credits to be taken from the following courses:

REQUIRED COURSES: A minimum of 40 credits as follows:

Anthropology Courses (12-13 credits)

A Ant 110N (Introduction to Human Evolution) [3]

A Ant 211 (Human Population Biology) [3]

and any two (2) of the following courses:

A Ant 311 (Functional Anatomy of the Human Skeleton) [4]

A Ant 312 / A Bio 318 (Human Population Genetics)[3]

A Ant 319 (Human Growth and Development) [3]

Biology Courses (14-15 credits)

A Bio 110N (General Biology I) [4]

A Bio 111N (General Biology II) [4]

A Bio 205 (Human Genetics) [3] or A Bio 212 (Introductory Genetics) [4]

A Bio 410 (Human Physiology) [3]

Chemistry Courses (8 credits)

A Chm 120N (General Chemistry I) [3]

A Chm 121N (General Chemistry II) [3]

A Chm 122A (General Chemistry Lab) [1]

A Chm 122B (General Chemistry Lab) [1]

Statistics (3 credits)

A Mat 108 (Elementary Statistics) orA Psy 210, A Soc 211, or one semester of college math exclusive of A Mat 100, 102N or 105) [3].

Physics (3 credits)

A Phy 105N (General Physics) [3]

ELECTIVES: A minimum of 15 credits to be selected from the following list and including one of the three (3) courses in Anthropology listed above, under “Required,” which is not being used to fulfill required credits.

A Ant 119 (City and Human Health) [3]

A Ant 310 (Human Paleontology) [3]

A Ant 365 (Anthro. of New Reproductive Technologies) [3]

A Ant 414 (Demographic Anthropology) [3]

A Ant 416 (Topics in Human Biology) [3]

A Ant 418 (Biomedical Anthropology) [3]

A Ant 450 (Medical Anthropology) [3]

A Bio 112 (Anatomy & Physiology I, with lab) [4]

A Bio 113 (Anatomy & Physiology II, with lab) [4]

A Bio 117N (Nutrition) [3]

A Bio 212 (Introductory Genetics) [4]

A Bio 214 (Genetics II) [3]

A Bio 230N (People & Resources in Ecological Perspective) [3]

A Bio 241N (Biology of Sex) [3]

A Bio 303 (Developmental Biology ) [3]

A Bio 305 (Developmental Biology Lab) [2]

A Bio 308 (Parasitic Diseases) [3]

A Bio 311 (World Food Crisis) [3]

A Bio 325 (Anatomy of the Chordates, with lab) [4]

A Bio 402 (Evolution) [3]

A Bio 407 (Parasitology, with lab) [4]

A Bio 411 (Human Physiology lab) [2]

A Bio 416 (Topics in Human Biology) [3]

A Psy 314 (Biological Bases of Behavior) [3]

A Psy 385 (Evolutionary Psychology) [3]

A Psy 387 (Behavioral Genetics) [3]

Internship (specify course) _______________ [3]

WRITING INTENSIVE: 1 credit taken from the following:

A Ant 389Z (Writing Intensive) [1]

or A Bio 389Z (Writing Intensive) [1]


Department of Anthropology
Arts & Sciences Building, Room 237
1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222
Phone: (518) 442-4700; Fax: (518) 442-5710

Please send questions or comments to: anthro@albany.edu


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