Human
Biology Program
Faculty
Distinguished
Teaching Professors
Helmut
V. B. Hirsch, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Professors
Timothy
B. Gage, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University
Helen
T. Ghiradella, Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Lawrence
M. Schell, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Assistant
Professors
Tom
D. Brutsaert, Ph.D.
Cornell University
The
Human Biology program is an interdepartmental (Anthropology and Biology) combined
major/minor designed for students interested in a liberal arts education with
particular focus on the human organism. It provides a strong background in human
evolution, structure, function and behavior. This program is especially suitable
for those seeking careers (e.g. medicine, forensics, public health, administration,
business, journalism) that deal directly or indirectly with human health and
welfare.
Students
interested in research and/or teaching careers in biological anthropology are
especially encouraged to major in Human Biology. Most graduate programs in Anthropology
require undergraduate coursework in at least three of the four traditional subfields
of anthropology (archaeology, cultural anthropology, biological anthropology),
and some also require linguistics as the fourth subfield. It is advisable, therefore,
for those intending to do graduate work in an anthropology department to take
at least one course in each of these subfields. Students who plan on graduate
work and professional careers in Biology are advised to major in Biological
Sciences.
Degree
Requirements for the Faculty-Initiated Interdisciplinary Major with a Concentration
in Human Biology
General
Program
B.S.:
Combined major and minor sequence consisting of a minimum of 55 credits to be
taken from:
(a)
Required courses (40 credits minimum):
A Ant 110, 211, and any two of A Ant 311, 319, 312/A Bio 318;
A Bio 110 or 110Z A Bio 111, A Bio 205 or 212, A Bio 410;
A Chm 120 or 130, 121 or 131, A Chm 122;
A Mat 108 or A Psy 210 or A Soc 221 or one semester of college
mathematics exclusive of A Mat 100, 102, or 105;
A Phy 105.
(b)
Major electives (15 credits minimum):
A Ant 119, 310, 311 or 312 or 319 if not used in (a) above,
365, 414, 416, 418, 450;
A Bio 112, 113, 117, 205 or 212 if not used in (a) above, 214, 230,
241, 303, 305, 308, 311, 325, 402, 407, 411, 416;
A Chm 216, 216, 217, 217;
A Psy 314, 385, 387, and H Sph 201.
A
maximum of 3 credits may be selected from R Ssw 290/390, A Bio 399/499
and/or A Ant 498/498, with prior approval for appropriate activities
from the Director(s) of the Human Biology Major. The one-credit writing intensive
courses, A Ant 389Z and A Bio 389Z, taken in conjunction with a required
or elective course in the major, may also yield credit toward the major.
