Undergraduate Courses
The Department of Anthropology offers a number of undergraduate courses that fulfill requirements in the liberal arts and sciences core curriculum and the writing-intensive (W) general education requirement.
Academic Year 2025-2026
Undergraduate Courses
ANTH 3302
3302. Medical Ecology
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: ANTH 3300.
Grading Basis: Graded
Anthropological perspectives on the interrelationships among culture, biology, environment, and disease. Major topics include ecology and adaptation, population dynamics, nutrition, reproduction, disease in sociological context, health seeking behavior, and the complexity of the interaction of western and non-western medical systems.