ANTH 104L Biological Anthropology Lab
This is a basic course designed to introduce students to laboratory methods used in research in biological anthropology. Topics to be explored in this lab course include micro-macro evolutionary theory, genetics, primatology, osteology, and the paleoanthropological fossil record. Primary focus is on human variation and evolution. For this lab course to be considered General Education it must be taken in conjunction with ANTH 104.
General Education Competency
Scientific Way of Knowing
ANTH 104LBiological Anthropology Lab
Please note: This is not a course syllabus. A course syllabus is unique to a particular section of a course by instructor. This curriculum guide provides general information about a course.
I. General Information
Department
Social Science Academic
II. Course Specification
Course Type
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General Education Competency
Scientific Way of Knowing
Credit Hours Narrative
1 credit
Semester Contact Hours Lecture
0
Semester Contact Hours Lab
45
III. Catalog Course Description
This is a basic course designed to introduce students to laboratory methods used in research in biological anthropology. Topics to be explored in this lab course include micro-macro evolutionary theory, genetics, primatology, osteology, and the paleoanthropological fossil record. Primary focus is on human variation and evolution. For this lab course to be considered General Education it must be taken in conjunction with ANTH 104.
IV. Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:
- Apply the scientific method to scientific problems.
- Examine the mechanisms of evolution and how those mechanisms alter gene frequencies in breeding populations using mathematical and statistical techniques.
- Analyze simple Mendelian, as well as more complex genetics problems.
- Apply and incorporate anthropological methods (i.e., anthropometry [forensics techniques], blood typing, etc.) to the understanding of human variation.
- Describe human skeletal anatomy and apply basic osteology to non-human primates and fossil hominins.
- Survey fossil primate evidence (both non-human and hominin) for evolution in the primate order.
- Analyze behavior of non-human primates in captivity.
- Examine biological classifications systems, such as taxonomy, as a means of explaining evolutionary relationships among the primate order.
- Compare hominin fossils in order to observe the evidence for the evolution of hominins.
V. Topical Outline (Course Content)
scientific method
genetics
inheritance
forces of evolution
skeleton
forensic anthropology
primatology
taxonomy
primate behavior
comparative anatomy
primate evolution
hominin evolution
genus homo
VI. Delivery Methodologies
Required Exams
3 practicums
13 lab pre-quizzes
Assessment Strategy Narrative
Specific Course Activity Assignment or Assessment Requirements
Students will utilize a variety of lab techniques and hypothesis-driven testing methods.