Medical Anthropology Minor

The Medical Anthropology Minor at California State University, Stanislaus combines courses in medical anthropology and biological anthropology to provide students with a holistic understanding of the intersections of culture, society, disease, evolution, and inequality on the human body and on health and well-being. Major outcomes of earning this minor focus on developing a critical understanding of the cultural and biological implications on human health and within society. The minor in medical anthropology is designed to help students be even more competitive on the job market, in graduate school applications, and for those applying to medical and nursing school. The minor will be generally accomplished over the course of two academic years.

Medical Anthropology Minor Coordinator:  Ryan Logan, Ph.D.

Medical Anthropology Program Learning Outcomes:

1. Students will be able to compare and contrast cross-cultural perspectives related to health, illness, and well-being; 
2. Students will be able to identify and assess the deleterious impacts of the social determinants of health and how they create unequal systems of health; and, 
3. Students will apply anthropological theory and research methodology to assess health and illness and to conceptualize solutions to health issues in society.