Human Biocultural Diversity
Session
Regular Academic Session
Class Number
4703
Career
Undergraduate
Units
3 units
Grading
Graded Alpha
Description
Prerequisites: ENVS 101 or equivalent; please check requirements for declared majors/minors for exceptions.

This course examines human variation through a biocultural approach, with specific attention paid to historical and contemporary ideas of race.We explore genetics and how evolution by natural selection has favored important adaptations, how those specific adaptations have helped humans migrate and survive across the planet's habitats, and socio-cultural and scientific ideas about race that have resulted in inequalities.

Outcomes: Students will gain an understanding of how biocultural approaches help us understand human variation, with specific attention paid to skin color and the idea of race; Students will learn how scientific racism in anthropology contributed to our ideas of race, and how that can be seen in contemporary US society.
Enrollment Requirements
Pre-requisites: UCWR 110, C- or higher
Requirement Designation
Writing Intensive
Class Attributes
Tier 2 Scientific Knowledge
African Studies and the African Diaspora
Bioethics
Neuroscience
Race and Ethnicity
Class Notes
This is a writing intensive class. A grade of C- or better in UCWR 110 is required to enroll.
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Class Details
Instructor(s)
Kristin Krueger
Meets
TuTh 11:30AM - 12:45PM
Dates
01/12/2026 - 05/02/2026
Room
Life Science Building-Room 312
Instruction Mode
In person
Campus
Lake Shore Campus
Location
Lake Shore Campus
Components
Lecture Required
Class Availability
Status
Open
Seats Taken
0
Seats Open
18
Class Capacity
18
Wait List Total
0
Wait List Capacity
0