Unit name | Current Debates in Biological Anthropology |
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Unit code | ARCH30016 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Gibson |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
ARCH10005 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Anthropology and Archaeology |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This seminar-based course brings together the most current issues in health, population and society. A unique feature of the course is that it combines both social and biological approaches to the study of health and well-being in diverse cultures across the world. The course is substantive in content, and examines both the causes and consequences of global variation in population, fertility, mortality, disease and migration.