ASB 101 - Anthropology: Understanding Human Diversity- Kim Hill

Provides an integrated understanding of biological, historical, and cultural evolutionary processes that account for human variation. Specifically examines how humans evolved and how they obtained the characteristics that make us a unique species. Considers cultural and biological models of cooperation, resource acquisition and distribution, sex and marriage, parenting, conflict and warfare, political structures, power and status, sex roles, ritual, religion, and language.

ASB 368- Hunter- Gatherers- Kim Hill

Studies of known hunting and gathering societies with the goal of developing approaches to understanding past and/or present hunting and gathering societies.

ASB 510- Health: Social and Biocultural Theories- Daniel Hruschka

Comparative and critical approaches to complexities of health, drawn from anthropology and related fields Focuses on theories that address how social and cultural factors shape human health.

ASM 104- Bones, Stones, and Human Evolution – Christopher Campisano and Ian Gilby

Physical anthropology and archaeology. Evidence and processes of human evolution and of culture change. Primates. Fossil hominids and their tools. Race, variation, and heredity. Environment and human biology. Prehistoric culture and society.

ASM 246- Human Origins- Joan Silk

History of discoveries and changing interpretations of human evolution. Earliest ancestors to emergence of modern humans. Humanity's place in nature. 

ASM 294 Topic: Evolution and Medicine- Benjamin Trumbe

This course is designed to introduce the basics of evolutionary medicine to students. Topics ranging from the evolution of antibiotic resistance, to aging, obesity and cancer will be discussed using an evolutionary framework to better understand how these issues came to be, and what can be done to prevent/treat/mitigate these conditions.

ASM 294 Topic: Building Babies- Katie Hinde

Course Description: How do we, as individuals, become who we are- our personalities, our health, our bodies? These outcomes are in part shaped by our early life experiences, nutrition, health, and culture. Here we survey the processes of early life development drawing on research from global health, anthropology, biology, psychology, nutrition, neurobiology, and medical sciences.

Course Goals: At the end of the term, the student will be familiar with inter-disciplinary perspectives of development, animal models for understanding human development, and the steps from bench to bedside to population- how research is translated into clinical care and global health policy. The students will gain insights into the importance of transdisciplinary approaches to human health and development and the contributions of integrating evolutionary and cross-cultural perspectives to medicine. Students will gain skills in science communication, critical thinking, writing, hypothesis generating, and data interpretation.

ASM 301- Peopling of the World- Anne Stone

Reviews all evidence for human dispersal during the last 100,000 years, origins of language, cultures, races, and beginnings of modern humans. 

ASM 456- Infectious Disease and Human Evolution- Magdalena Hurtado

Study of infectious disease and humanity, using evidence from anthropology, history, medicine, and ancient skeletons.

ASM 494/ BIO 494/ PSY 494/598- Topic: Evolution and Mental Disorders- Randolph Nesse

This course offers an overview of evolutionary approaches to mental disorders. It addresses how to frame and test hypotheses about evolutionary explanations for why brain/minds are vulnerable certain kinds of failure. The course will review historical studies of medical Darwinism and the tragic results. These will be contrasted with attempts late in the 20th century to use principles from sociobiology to understand mental disorders. We will read crucially a selection of studies from that period. A substantial focus will be on evolutionary origins and functions of emotions and motivation, and how they can be used to help understand emotional disorders. Newer attempts to apply behavioral ecology will be the foundation for individual/group projects that will culminate in writing a proposal for research on a specific topic.

A special feature of this year's course will be reading and commenting on draft chapters from my forthcoming book, "The Origin of Mental Maladies: Evolutionary Foundations for Psychiatry" 

BIO 201/202 Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II

Studies the structure and function of the human body. Topics include cells, tissues, integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system, nervous system, cardiovascular, respiratory, lymphatic/immune, endocrine, renal, digestive, and reproductive systems. Cannot be used for major credit in the life sciences.

BIO 302 Cancer- Mother of all Diseases- Carolyn Compton

History of cancer; disease statistics; pathogenesis; diagnosis, treatment and prevention; case studies.

BIO 345 Evolution- Michael Rosenberg and Melissa Wilson Sayres

Processes of adaptive change and speciation in sexual populations. 

BIO 394/PSY 394 Topic: Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology- Athena Aktipis

What is human nature? How has it been shaped by our evolutionary history? How do ecological factors influence human behavior and the behavior of other species? This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to behavior, incorporating psychological, anthropological and cross-species perspectives in an exploration of what makes us who we are.

BIO 494 Topic: The Evo and Ecology of Cancer- Carlo Maley and Marc Tollis

BIO 494- Topic: Stress and the Brain- Miles Orchinik

BIO 498 Topic: Pathologies of the Aging Brain- Salvatore Oddo

Students will learn about the molecular causes and clinical consequences of major age-dependent neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). Guest lectures by neurologists will facilitate a better understanding of the clinical aspect of these pathologies. Students will read and discuss scientific literature to study current theories and hypotheses regarding the development of these diseases. Prerequisite: BIO 360 with a C or better

BIO 498/594 Topic: Populations Evolution Genetics- Jay Taylor

EVO 610 Research Areas of Evolution- Melissa Wilson Sayres

Broadly conceived description of the current research areas of evolutionary biology. Expected of all first-year evolution students.

ASB/SSH 301 Global History of Health- Monica Green

Examines disease and health transitions in broadest context of human history, from primate ancestors to hunter-gatherers, to transcontinental contact, colonialism, industrialization, urbanization.

ASM 104 - Bones, Stones, and Human Evolution – Gary Schwartz  

Physical anthropology and archaeology. Evidence and processes of human evolution and of culture change. Primates. Fossil hominids and their tools. Race, variation, and heredity. Environment and human biology. Prehistoric culture and society.

ASM 246 - Human Origins - Robert Boyd

History of discoveries and changing interpretations of human evolution. Earliest ancestors to emergence of modern humans. Humanity's place in nature.

ASM 294 Building Babies- Katie Hinde

How do we, as individuals, become who we are- how we're shaped, how we perceive our world, how we act? These outcomes are in part shaped by our early life experiences, nutrition, health, and culture. Here we survey the processes of early life development drawing on research from global health, anthropology, biology, psychology, nutrition, neurobiology, and medical sciences. At the end of the term, the student will be familiar with inter-disciplinary perspectives of development, animal models for understanding human development, and the steps from bench to bedside- how research is translated into clinical care. Students will gain skills science communication, critical thinking, writing, hypothesis generating, and data interpretation.

ASM 345 - Disease and Human Evolution

Interaction of people and pathogens from prehistoric times to the present, with emphasis on disease as an agent of genetic selection.

ASM 394 - Topic: Great Adaptations - Joan Silk

ASM 443/543 – Primatology - Kevin Langergraber

Evolution and adaptations of nonhuman primates, emphasizing social behavior. Includes material from fossil evidence and field and lab studies in behavior and biology which must be critically integrated with relevant competing theories concerning the evolution of primate behavior and biology.

ASM 446/546 Principle of Human Genetics- Anne Stone

Molecular and cellular analysis of the human genome.

ASM 506 Clinical Gross Anatomy-Cheryl Hill, Shawn Zack

Dissection of the human body with an emphasis on the application of anatomical knowledge to clinical applications. BIO 546- Principles of Human Genetics- Anne Stone

Examines human molecular genetics from an evolutionary perspective, particularly analysis, current debates, the Human Genome Project, disease, ethics.

BIO 598 - Topic: The RNA World: A Genomics Approach- Marco Mangone

Hereditary information flows through the usage of extraordinarily complex machinery from DNA to protein through RNA intermediates. Why do these intermediates exist and how did this machinery arise? One theory suggests that an RNA world existed on earth before modern cells arose, and that RNA molecules catalyzed the chemical reactions and stored the genetic information in this early world. When compared with other biochemical compounds, the RNA molecule is special. Since it's a single-strand polymer, it folds in an infinite number of biologically active shapes, catalyzing biochemical reactions, transport biochemical complexes in different cellular complexes, and significantly rewrite the gene expression output of a cell. This course explores the RNA world hypothesis, providing a comprehensive advanced knowledge of RNA biology using a genomics approach. Classical experiments as well as up-to-date research are covered in this course. A portion of each class is devoted to discussion and questions.

ASM 570 Fundamentals of CAS Science- Manfred Laubichler, Michael Barton

Many phenomena of critical relevance to human society are dynamic systems that change over individual and evolutionary time scales, and are highly interactive, both within and between systems. That is, they are complex adaptive systems (CAS), and thus share isomorphic properties like near-decomposability, hierarchical organization, scale-free networks, self-organized criticality, and emergence. Fundamentals of CAS science explores the diverse, interdisciplinary applications of a complex adaptive systems across the social, behavioral, and life sciences.

BIO 201 Anatomy and Physiology I- Heather Scott

Studies the structure and function of the human body. Topics include cells, tissues, integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system, and nervous system. Cannot be used for major credit in the life sciences.

BIO 202 Anatomy and Physiology II-Jeffrey Kingsbury, Jennifer Legere

Studies the structure and function of the human body. Topics include cardiovascular, respiratory, lymphatic/immune, endocrine, renal, digestive, and reproductive systems. Cannot be used for major credit in the life sciences.

BIO 302 Cancer- Mother of all diseases- Carolyn Compton

History of cancer; disease statistics; pathogenesis; diagnosis, treatment and prevention; case studies.

BIO 311 - Biology and Society- Matthew Chew, Manfred Laubichler

Explores interactions between biological sciences and society, e.g., biomedical, environmental, ethical, historical, legal, philosophical, political, and social issues.

BIO 318 - History of Medicine - Ben Hurlbut, Jane Maienschein

Scientific study of the human body, changing theories of disease, evolution of practical opinions on treatment, and the emerging institutionalization of medical practice.

BIO 345 - Evolution - Martin Wojciechowski, Juergen Gadau, Udo Savalli

Processes of adaptive change and speciation in sexual populations.

BIO 431 - Genes, Development, and Evolution - Jennifer Hackney Price

Contribution of genes, developmental processes, and evolution to pattern of phenotypic variation, including disease.

BIO 522 - Populations: Evolutionary Ecology – James Collins

Principles of population biology and community ecology within an evolutionary framework.

BIO 545 - Populations: Evolutionary Genetics - Philip Hedrick

Mathematical models in the description and analysis of the genetics of populations.

BIO 790 - Topic: Developmental Evolution - Manfred Laubichler

Independent study in which a student meets regularly with a faculty member to discuss assignments. Course may include such assignments as intensive reading in a specialized area, writing a synthesis of literature on a specified topic, or writing a literature review of a topic.

EVO 601 - Principles of Evolution – James Collins

Introductory course for graduate students; covers the principles of evolutionary biology from theoretical, empirical, and historical perspectives.

EVO 610 - Research Areas of Evolution

Broadly conceived description of the current research areas of evolutionary biology. Expected of all first-year evolution students.

PSY 591 - Topic: Evolutionary Psychology - Douglas Kenrick

A small class emphasizing discussion, presentations by students, and written research papers.