Undergraduate Bulletin > Department of Biology > Concentrations > Human Biology (B.S.)

B.S. in Biology with Concentration in Human Biology

This concentration is designed for biology majors who want to develop the ability to integrate biological knowledge as it relates to human beings. The study of human biology requires fundamental knowledge of basic life science, since humans and other animals share a large number of structural, chemical, and control mechanisms. Moreover, human behavior occurs within a specific evolutionary and ecological setting, just as it does in other animals. Full appreciation of human biology, including our complex brains, our communication and conceptual abilities, and our social structures, requires an understanding drawn not only from biology but also from basic courses in anthropology and psychology, and from additional academic disciplines in the humanities and sciences.

Recommendation within the Biology Core

Completion of a statistics course listed in the Related Area Requirements for the B.S. degree is strongly recommended (STA 271 or STA 571/571L).

Basic requirements beyond the Biology Core

1. BIO 277 or 271
2. At least three of the following BIO courses: 425, 430, 438, 453, 464, 472, 479, 481, 567, 578, 583, 584, 595

Related area requirements same as Bachelor of Science, plus the following additional requirements (12 semester hours):

1. ATY 253  
2. PSY 230 
3. Two courses in two different departments selected from among the following:
   ATY 331, 357, 553, 555, 559; CHE 420, 556; GRO 501; HDF 211, 212; HEA 201, 207, 260, 314, 315, 316; HIS 311, 359; KIN 375; NTR 213; PHI 220, 520; PSY 435, 436, 457; SES 240; SOC 101, 201, 261, 327