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BSc in BioAnth, Year in the USA: Course Overview |
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BSc in Biological Anthropology with a Year in the USA |
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"An exciting opportunity to combine our excellent degree programme in biological anthropology with the chance to study the subject for a year at a University in the United States of America. This programme offers a scientifically based approach to the study of humans and provides you a wide range of skills that prepare you for your future. This is a prestige programme with high entrance requirements (typically AAB or equivalent)"
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Course Structure |
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Module is:
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= Optional
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Year 1 (a total of 120 credits to be taken)
Computing for Anthropologists (SE300) - 30 credits
Introduction to Social Anthropology (SE301) - 30 credits
Foundations of Human Culture (SE302) - 30 credits
Life's Systems and Processes (DI308) - 15 credits
Fundamental Human Biology (BI306) - 15 credits
Human Physiology and Disease (BI307) - 15 credits
Environmental Sciences (DI307) - 15 credits
Additional optional modules are available
Year 2 (a total of 120 credits to be taken)
Biological Anthropology: Comparative Perspectives (SE582) - 15 credits
Biological Anthropology: The Human Animal (SE581) - 15 credits
Sex, Evolution and Human Nature (SE565) - 15 credits
Human Osteology (SE566) - 15 credits
Methodology in Anthropological Science (SE567) - 15 credits
History of Evolutionary Thought (SE568) - 15 credits
Primate Behaviour & Ecology (SE580) - 15 credits
And a choice of:
Ecology and Evolution of Human Health and Sickness (SE574) - 15 credits
Biocultural Perspectives in Medical Anthropology (SE576) - 15 credits
Archaeology of Death (CL601) - 30 credits
Evolutionary Genetics and Conservation (DI503) - 15 credits
Forensic Archaeology (PS502) - 15 credits
Additional optional modules are available
Year 3 (the equivalent of 120 credits to be taken)
Spend this year at an American University pursuing a range of modules that either broaden your studies here at Kent, or take them into deeper specialisation. Typically, modules in four of the following areas will be taken:
Genetics & Molecular Anthropology
Primatology
Human Evolution
Bioarchaeology
Human Behaviour & Ecology
Human Biology
Methods and Techniques in Biological Anthropology
Theory in Evolutionary Anthropology.
We have partnerships with a variety of institutions in the USA, each of which offers a different experience in terms of the topics available, and in its location and atmosphere.
Year 4 (a total of 120 credits to be taken)
Project in Anthropological Science (SE533) - 30 credits
The Evolution of Hominin Behaviour (SE541) - 15 credits
Paleopathology and Disease (SE569) - 15 credits
Current Issues in Evolutionary Anthropology (SE570) - 15 credits
And a choice of:
Human Ecology (SE542) - 15 credits
Ecology and Evolution of Human Health and Sickness (SE574) - 15 credits
Biocultural Perspectives in Medical Anthropology (SE576) - 15 credits
Archaeology of Death (CL601) - 30 credits
Evolutionary Genetics and Conservation (DI503) - 15 credits
Forensic Archaeology (PS502) - 15 credits
Additional optional modules are available
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| Last Updated: 10/12/07 |
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