Anthropology: Health Emphasis

This emphasis consists of at least 40 Anthropology, and 12 Allied credit hours:

Required Foundation
ANTH 1010 Culture and the Human Experience
ANTH 1020 Human Origins, Evolution and Diversity
ANTH 1030 Prehistoric Archaeology
ANTH 1050 Evolution of Human Nature
ANTH 2001 Anthropology as a Major and Career

Health Emphasis Topical Requirements (Choose Any Two, 6 credits)
ANTH 3252 Human Biology
ANTH 5433 Maternal and Child Health
ANTH 3234 Genes, Health, and Human History
ANTH 3291 Evolution of Human Health
ANTH 3293 Medical Anthropology
ANTH 3450 Biology of Human Growth and Development

HE Topical Electives (12 credits minimum; at least one must be from the 5000-lvl)
ANTH 3252 Human Biology
ANTH 5433 Maternal and Child Health
ANTH 3234 Genes, Health, and Human History
ANTH 3283 Sex and Gender
ANTH 3293 Medical Anthropology
ANTH 3291 Evolution of Human Health
ANTH 3220 Introduction to Forensic Anthropology and the Science of CSI
ANTH 3450 Biology of Human Growth and Development
ANTH 3470 Evolution of the Family
ANTH 3481 Evolutionary Psychology
ANTH 3290 Biology of Stress and Development
ANTH 3271 Human Osteology
ANTH 5272 Forensic Anthropology
ANTH 5221 Human Evolutionary Genetics
ANTH 5211 Biology of Native Americans
ANTH 5234 Population Issues in Anthropology
ANTH 5461 Behavioral Ecology and Anthropology
ANTH 5500 Anthropology Capstone

Health Emphasis Statistics Requirement (Choose One: 3-4 credits)
ANTH 5230 Introduction to Statistics in Anthropology
ECON 3640 Probability and Statistical Inference for Economists
FCS 3210 Statistics in Family and Consumer Studies (QB/QI)
MATH 1070 Introduction to Statistical Inference (QB)
PSY 3000 Statistical Methods in Psychology (QI/QB)
SOC 3112 Social Statistics (QB/QI)
PBHLT2100 Measuring Health and Disease

Health Emphasis Electives (Signature Experience) (Choose a Minimum of 6 Credits)

Internships, independent research, and Learning Abroad courses should be health-related, and must be approved by the major advisor.

SBS 4890 SBS Internship
ANTH 4950 Independent Research
ANTH 5960 Ethnographic Field School in Tonga
ANTH 4950-084 Culture, Ecology, and Sustainability Field School
ANTH 5500 Anthropology Capstone

TOTAL HOURS IN ANTHROPOLOGY: A minimum of 40 semester hours.* A minimum of 24 Anthropology semester hours must be taken at the University of Utah

*Please note: You must earn a grade of “C” or better for courses to count toward your major, and you must earn a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.

An additional 12 credits are required from related areas of study.

Allied requirements (all courses must be at least 3 credit hours):

Natural Science
Any three courses from: Biology, Chemistry, and/or Physics

Electives: Choose two courses from the following list:

Strongly recommended

• HSP 5000 Health, Society, and Policy Capstone

Other elective options:

• Biology (any course)
• Chemistry (any course)
• Physics (any course)
• Psychology (any course)
• Nutrition (any course)
• FPMD (any course)
• PBHLT (any course)
• UUHSC 5005 (Introduction to the Medical Profession)
• Philosophy 3520 (Bioethics)
• Sociology 3671 (Sociology of Health)
• Sociology 3673 (Social Epidemiology)

This emphasis consists of at least 33 Anthropology, and 12 Allied credit hours:

Statistics Requirement:
(Select one of the following)
*ECON 3640 Probability & Statistical Inference (QB)
FCS 3210 FCS Statistics (QB,QI)
*PSY 3000 Statistical Methods Psychology (QB,QI)
SOC 3112 Social Statistics (QB,QI)*
MATH 1070 Introduction to Statistical Inference (QB)
*MATH 3070 Applied Statistics (QA,QB,QI)

Required Introductory Anthropology:
ANTH 1010 Culture & the human experience (BF)
ANTH 3001 Anthropology as a Major & Career (1 credit)
PLUS at least two of:
ANTH 1020 Human Origins: Evolution and Diversity (SF)
ANTH 1030 World Prehistory: Intro to Archaeology (BF)
ANTH 1050 The Evolution of Human Nature (SF)

Upper Division Geographical:
(Select a minimum of 6 credits)
Choose any two classes from:
ANTH 3111-3961

Upper Division Health Emphasis Topical:
(Select two courses)
ANTH 4252 Human Biology
PLUS at least one of:
ANTH 4133 Maternal and Child Health
ANTH 4291 Evolution of Human Health
ANTH 4234 Genes, Health & Human History
ANTH 4450 The Biology of Human Growth & Development

ANTH 4183 Sex and Gender (DV)
ANTH 4193 Medical Anthropology
ANTH 4234 Genes, Health and Human History
ANTH 4271 Human Osteology
*ANTH 4272 Forensic Anthropology
ANTH 4291 Evolution of Human Health
ANTH 4334 Population Issues in Anthropology
*ANTH 4461 Behavioral Ecology and Anthropology
ANTH 4470 Evolution of The Family
ANTH 4481 Evolutionary Psychology
*ANTH/BIOL 5221 Human Evolutionary Genetics (QI)

TOTAL HOURS IN ANTHROPOLOGY: A minimum of 33 semester hours.* A minimum of 18 Anthropology semester hours must be taken at the University of Utah

*Please note: You must earn a grade of “C” or better for courses to count toward your major, and you must earn a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.

An additional 12 credits are required from related areas of study.

Allied requirements include:

Natural Science
Any three 3-credit courses from: Biology, Chemistry, and/or Physics

Electives - select two 3-credit courses from the following departments or classes:

Any courses from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology,Nutrition & Integrative Physiology,
*Health Society and Policy Capstone (HSP 5000)
Public Health: A Global Perspective (PBHLTH 4500, IR)
Bioethics (PHIL 3520, HF)
Sociology of Health (SOC 3671)
Social Epidemiology (SOC 3673, QB, QI)