Unit information: Current Debates in Biological Anthropology in 2012/13

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Unit name Current Debates in Biological Anthropology
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

Description including Unit Aims

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.