ANTH 3740 - Human Adaptability

3 unit(s)

Course explores how humans survive and thrive in challenging environments, such as extreme heat and aridity, extreme cold, or high-altitude regions. Evolutionary, genetic, ecological, demographic, and cultural explanations for human biological adaptability and human plasticity are examined. Current research and case studies, focusing on the integration of social and biological approaches to the study of adaptability, will be examined.

Prerequisites: A lower division anthropology or biology course is suggested.

Course Learning Outcomes List
After successfully comple ting this course, students will be able to:

> Discuss the general principles of human plasticity and adaptability to environments;

> Identify human biological, cultural, and environmental interactions through time and space;

> Recognize the range of human diversity and the complex interactions of biology and culture in humans; and

> Critique quantitative and qualitative research methods in anthropological inquiry related to human adaptation and accommodation.

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