ANTH401
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ANTH401 - Health and Disease Across Time and the World
Course ID
040665
Course Description
This is a course that introduces students to human variation and corresponding global trends in disease prevalence, and how these trends may be driven by evolutionary, historical, genetic, cultural, and environmental factors. Topics include human evolutions; current and past disease prevalence; geographical distribution of disease; demographic and epidemiological transitions; origins of health disparities; genetics and epigenetics.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Undergraduate
Course Attributes
CE - CL (Cross Listed)
Course Requisites
A previous course in the biological sciences is highly recommended.
Cross Listed Courses
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No