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  • ANTH 3283: Sex and Gender

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Humans and other primates will be covered in this course. This course introduces students to an anthropological perspective on the relationship between sex, the biological attributes by which a person is perceived to be male or female, and gender or the ideals and practices associating roles, behaviors and sexualities with men or women. In this course, the students will learn genetic mechanisms of sexual differentiation and how genetic, chromosomal and hormonal factors make males masculine, females feminine, and occasionally vice versa. We will also consider how differences in male and female reproductive biology and physical appearance relate to mate choice and sexual selection.
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  • ANTH 3290: Biol Stress/Development

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    How do exposures to stress impact our development? In this course we examine how environmental information in general, and early life stress in particular, 'gets under the skin' to shape human development. The course begins with an overview of basic evolutionary-developmental principles as a foundation for understanding how the developing person adapts their physiology and behavior to different social and physical conditions (what is called developmental programming). To illustrate this process, we will examine fetal and infant development as a case study'to demonstrate how the child employs environmental information early in life to guide different developmental pathways. An evolutionary-developmental approach'the application of the basic principles of evolutionary theory, and particularly life history theory, to explain contemporary human development and its variations'will provide an integrative theoretical framework for drawing together the different course topics. Prerequisites: C or better in ((PSY 1010 OR PSY 1011, OR AP Psychology score of 3 or better, OR IB Psychology score of 5 or better), OR Integrative Human Biology minor OR ANTH 1020 OR ANTH 1050).
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  • ANTH 3291: Evolution Human Health

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    History of human health in ecological, cultural, and historic contexts.
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  • ANTH 3293: Evolutionary Medicine

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Applied anthropology course addressing the problem of behavioral change with regard to health issues from an evolutionary and cultural perspective. Examples will be drawn from cultures worldwide. Prerequisties: ANTH1010 OR ANTH1020 OR ANTH1050.
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  • ANTH 3311: North Amer Prehistory

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Native Americans arrived on this continent 15,000 to 30,000 years ago. Initially hunter-gatherers, they subsequently developed agriculture and civilization independent of influence from the Old World; this course reviews the history of these developments.
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  • ANTH 3321: Classic Maya

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Explores the rise and fall of Classic Maya society through archaeology, hieroglyphic inscriptions, and ethnohistoric documents. Examines Maya economy, social organization, religion, warfare, and explanations as to why this society was so dramatically transformed after the 9th century A.D.
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  • ANTH 3322: Mesoamerican Archaeolgy

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Surveys the rise of complex societies in Mesoamerica, focusing on the Olmecs, the Maya, Teotihuacan and the Aztecs. Explores differences between societies in tropical rainforest environments and the arid highlands. Considers the impact of the Spanish conquests on the societies of Mesoamerica.
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  • ANTH 3450: Biol Hum Growth Develop

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course on human growth and development draws on biological, anthropological and cognitive perspectives to address the biological basics of growing up human from birth to sexual maturity across different societies. The course explores how humans differ in social and cognitive development, how males and females develop gender differences, how human growth patterns differ in adverse environments, and the development of cooperation. The course analyzes these human developmental traits to infer what they can tell us both about the evolutionary past and the modern human condition.
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  • ANTH 3470: Evolution of the Family

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Course investigates the nature of male and female relationships, mating strategies, parenting and family formation. Key topics covered include male and female life histories, the ecology of sex differences, reproductive strategies, mate choice, the sexual division of labor, sexual coercion and cooperation, sexual dimorphism, and the evolution of the human family. Emphasis is placed on examining these aspects of male/female relationships as they are shared across primates, are particular to humans, and as they vary across human cultures. The course is designed for students studying biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology and other disciplines interested in the relationship between human biology and behavior.
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  • ANTH 3481: Evolutionary Psychology

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Evolutionary Psychology is a new inter-disciplinary field that studies how our preferences, emotions, and ways of thinking and behaving have been shaped by natural selection. This course discusses how our minds and behavior have evolved to cope with problems of survival, mating and parenting, cooperation, conflict, and status competition.
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