Human Population Ecology. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

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Prerequisite: Admission to the Doctoral Program in Anthropology or consent of instructor. A synthesis of core constructs in population ecology as they apply to the anthropological study of human populations. The focus is on understanding biocultural variables and multiplicity of causality in human population ecology. Topics include human demography and reproductive ecology, behavioral ecology and life history theory, epidemiology and the environmental history of human health and disease, conflict and cooperation within and between human populations, and sustainability and the human impact on the natural environment. Course Fee: GL01 $90.