General Information

The undergraduate concentration in medical anthropology focuses on understanding health issues cross-culturally. It provides students with the basic foundational knowledge of anthropology and then trains them to investigate, analyze, and communicate information about how socio-cultural, biological, cognitive, economic and techno-environmental factors determine patterns of disease, medical behavior, and the organization of and access to health care services.

 

 

MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

Minimum requirement of 10 courses | 30 credits

COURSE: COURSE DESCRIPTION: CREDITS:
Required core courses 12
ANTH 102 Being Human: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 3
ANTH 103 Introduction to Human Evolution 3
ANTH 215 Health, Culture, and Disease: An Introduction to Medical Anthropology 3
ANTH 319 Introduction to Statistical Analysis in Social Sciences/or equivalent 3
At least one course dealing with a geographic area, such as 3
ANTH 202 Archaeology of Eastern North America 3
ANTH 312 Ethnography of Southeast Asia 3
ANTH 314 Cultures of the United States 3
ANTH 331 The Most Ancient Near East 3
ANTH 333  Roots of Ancient India: Archaeology of South Asia 3
ANTH 349  Cultures of Latin America 3
ANTH 353  Chinese Culture and Society 3
At least three courses dealing with health-related topics, such as 9
ANTH 302 Darwinian Medicine 3
ANTH 316 Current Global Health Events 3
ANTH 323 AIDS: Epidemiology, Biology, and Culture 3
ANTH 326 Power, Illness, and Inequality: The Political Economy of Health 3
ANTH 328 Medical Anthropology and Public Health 3
ANTH 335 Illegal Drugs and Society 3
ANTH 337 Comparative Medical Systems 3
ANTH 338 Maternal Health: Anthropological Perspectives on Reproductive Practices and Health Policy 3
ANTH 354 Health and Healing in East Asia 3
ANTH 359 Introduction to Global Health 3
ANTH 376 Topics in the Anthropology of Health and Medicine 3
Approved anthropology electives (Minimum two courses) 6
Total Credits 30

MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY MINOR REQUIREMENTS

Minimum requirement of 5 courses | 15 credits

COURSE: COURSE DESCRIPTION:  CREDITS:
Required core courses 9
ANTH 102 Being Human: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 3
ANTH 103 Introduction to Human Evolution 3
ANTH 215 Health, Culture, and Disease: An Introduction to Medical Anthropology 3
At least one geographic area course AND one course dealing with health-related topics 6
Total Credits 15

 

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