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Natural selection and evolution of primates and humans. Theories on early human lifeways and behavior. Bioarchaeological and bioanthropological studies of past and present human health and disease. Evaluation of fossil, skeletal, molecular, and artifactual evidence in reconstructing the past.

The origins of native North American culture. Migration from Asia, early hunters and gatherers, and the extinction of ancient fauna. Evolution of social complexity, ecological adaptations, and prehistoric interaction as seen in the archaeological record of the continent.

Intersections between biological anthropology and Afrofuturism; imagining broadly what it means to be human. The Afrofuturism genre; biological anthropological themes such as human evolution, human diversity, and identity to examine biocultural aspects of the human experience. Scientific articles, science fiction, visual art, and music. Critical perspectives on the intersections of biology, culture, and technology. Serves as repeat credit for ANTH 3890-02 offered Fall 2023. [3]

Plants and the political economy, colonialism, and history of science, including history of archaeological theory. Environmental reconstruction, archaeological methods for reconstructing human-plant interaction. Introduction to botany: taxonomy, systematics, evolution. Introduction to paleobotany: food processing, diet, microbotany. Naturalism, equilibrium, and archaeological theory. Human-plant interaction in the ancient world; future farming. Offered on a graded basis only. [3]

Evolutionary perspectives on biological and cultural adaptations to physical and pathogen environments. Human variation, human evolutionary ecology, epidemiology, and evolution of disease. Specific focus on epidemiological transitions.

Female and womxn’s reproductive biology from an evolutionary and biocultural perspective. Life history phases including puberty, pregnancy, birth, lactation, and menopause. Evolutionary theory and human behavioral ecology. How environmental and cultural factors shape biological expression and experiences. [3] (MNS)

Broad coverage of the biological sciences presenting evolution as the unifying concept. Particular emphasis on basic biological processes in cells and the relationships/ interactions between organisms and their environment. Topics include cell structure and function, genetics and inheritance, evolution and diversity, populations, communities and ecosystems, and topics related to biology and society.

Biodiversity of plants, their adaptations to the environment, and their evolutionary and ecological relationships. Basic biology of plant form and function and the importance of plants for life on Earth.

Cell communication; Physiology, organ function and development; Mendelian and population genetics; Evolution, ecology, and speciation; Populations, ecosystems, and conservation biology.

Evolutionary theory, with emphasis on evolutionary mechanisms; Microevolutionary processes of adaptation and speciation and macro-evolutionary patterns; Evidence from genetics, ecology, molecular biology, and paleontology in the historical context of the neo-Darwinian synthesis.

Diversity of plants within the framework of their evolution and environmental adaptations. Biomes from the tropical rain forest to the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø arboretum.

A structural and functional study of the major animal groups. The problems presented to animals by their environments, and the anatomical and physiological mechanisms by which they adapt.

Population biology, evolutionary ecology, community structure, with emphasis on species interactions, including competition, predation, and symbiosis.

Macroevolutionary processes as observed through the fossil record. Inference of evolutionary relationships, physiology, reproduction, behavior, and ecology. Fundamentals of paleobiology, paleoecology, paleoclimates, macroecology, biogeography, geology, geochemistry, anthropology, and conservation paleobiology. Effects of climate change and human impacts, in deep-time. Prerequisites: 1510 and 1511. [3]

Ecological, evolutionary, social, and economic aspects of biodiversity loss and ecosystem disruption due to human activities. Climate change, habitat fragmentation, species overexploitation, and invasive species. Sustainable development, habitat restoration, and species reintroduction.

Molecular evolution of adaptation and disease. Molecular mechanisms of human disease approached through analysis of evolutionary adaptation in extremophile animals. Comparative analysis of multiple protein systems that facilitate adaptation in some species but are implicated in human conditions such as cancer, visual impairment, and aging. Serves as repeat credit for BSCI 3890 section 02 in Spring 2024. No credit for students who have earned credit for BSCI 5240. Prerequisite: BSCI 1510 and 1511. [3]

Application of evolutionary principles to biomedical issues to understand and improve human health. Aging, antibiotic resistance, defenses, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Interdisciplinary evidence from anthropology, genetics, ecology, immunology, and molecular biology. Prerequisite: 1510 or 1511. Serves as repeat credit for BSCI 3965, section 03 in Fall 2023 and BSCI 3965, section 02 in Fall 2024. [3]

Aims and importance of the science. Retrieval of genome data from public databases; experimental and computational methods used in analysis of genome data and their annotation. Functional aspects of genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics; use of phylogenetics and population genomics to infer evolutionary relationships and mechanisms of genome evolution.

Comprehensive overview of the vertebrates. Morphology, physiology and behaviors; adaptations to specific environments, and the ecology, distribution and conservation of select groups. Key transformations leading to vertebrate diversity. Evolutionary history and relationships.

Microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, eukaryotes, viruses, and their mobile genetic elements. Origins, universality, and diversity of microbial life. Modes of genome evolution, symbioses between microbes and hosts, biotechnology, applications, and human microbiome. Prerequisite: 2150 or 2250. [3]

Principles of infectious disease ecology, epidemiology, and evolution. Host-parasite coevolution, parasite ecology, and the evolution of resistance, tolerance, and pathogen virulence in humans, other animals, and plants. Experimental and mathematical approaches. Serves as repeat credit for students who have earned credit for BSCI 3890-04 offered fall 2023 or fall 2022. Pre- or co-requisite: 2105 or 2205 or 2138 or 2238. [3]

Survey of "great ideas" of science. Impact of science on daily life. Hierarchical approach of scientific concepts from basic building blocks of the universe to matter to chemical reactions to the central dogma of biology and evolution to climate change. Using scientific concepts as citizens and participating in the public discourse that is the fabric of democracy. [3]

Ecology, classification, and evolution of important groups of fossils, emphasizing invertebrates. Change in marine ecosystems through geologic time. Causes and effects of rapid evolution events and mass extinctions.

The lives of three pivotal scientists through personal and scientific biographies, from Renaissance Italy through Victorian England to twentieth-century Europe and America. Serves as repeat credit for HIST 1111 section 30. [3]

The end of the Scientific Revolution to the present. Sciences arising from the fields of Natural Philosophy (physics, astronomy, mathematics, and Natural History (geology and the life sciences). The clockwork universe, atomism and the Chemical Revolution; evolutionary theory (physical, geological, and biological); thermodynamics; and quantum theory. Colonial empires, industry, professional specialization, cultural modernism, and nuclear fear.

The impact of the idea of evolution on our conception of personhood. Theistic and non-theistic approaches to philosophical anthropology, ethics and society, the theory of knowledge, the mind-body problem, and relations with the environment and other species.

The behavior and physiological development of infants reflect a complex interaction between evolutionary history and genetics, prenatal environmental influences, and early postnatal experience. An overview of each of these topics is provided through classroom discussions and reading assignments focusing on recent empirical studies and major theoretical issues. Prerequisite: PSY-PC 1250. [3]

Neurological, psychological, cultural, and evolutionary perspectives. Genetics, epidemiology, symptomatology, sex differences, and affect. Prerequisite: PSY 2200 (formerly 3100) or NSC 1400 (formerly 2201). [3]

Comparative study of brains, behavior, and how they evolved. Why different animals behave the way they do, how that depends on what brains they have, and how they got to be that way. [3]