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Anthropology (ANTH)
308 Condon, 541-346-5102
College of Arts & Sciences
uoregon.edu/~anthro/
8 - No cost for class textbook materials.
Course Data
  ANTH 220   Intro Nutritional Anth >3 >GP >IC 4.00 cr.
Human nutrition from a biocultural anthropological perspective, including the relationship of food consumption patterns to evolution, contemporary issues relating to malnutrition, and diseases of nutrition.
Grading Options: Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
Instructor: Ulibarri LE-mailHomepage Office:   373 Condon Hall
Phone:   (541) 346-8188
Section has additional FeesCourse Fees: $25.00 per credit
Course Materials
 
  CRN Avail Max Time Day Location Instructor Notes
  10251 1 275 -   ASYNC WEB Ulibarri L $8
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October 20:   Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded)
October 27:   Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded)
October 27:   Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded)
November 17:   Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded)
November 17:   Change grading option for this course
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Expanded Course Description
Anthropology 220 is an introduction to Nutritional Anthropology, which is a subfield of biological anthropology and it satisfies general education requirements for the science group. In this course, we study human nutrition through a biocultural lens. Thus, we focus on its scientific underpinnings and particularly on nutrition in relation to evolutionary adaptation, which means that we address ways in which culture both influences and is influenced by Homo sapiens’ relation to food.

Beginning with the scientific method and the biocultural perspective, the course examines nutrition in relation to evolution, adaptation and subsistence strategies, drawing on contemporary issues. Subsequently, we expand on the discussion of adaptation to include the role of environment, disease, in hunger, starvation, malnutrition and infant nutrition with special emphasis on the evolutionary feedback between environment, culture and globalization. In the final part of the course, we will come full circle to relate some contemporary nutrition issues in the news to the themes of the course.

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