Evolutionary Medicine

3 credits · Undergraduate

Application of evolutionary principles to biomedical issues to understand and improve human health. Aging, antibiotic resistance, defenses, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Interdisciplinary evidence from anthropology, genetics, ecology, immunology, and molecular biology. Prerequisite: 1510 or 1511. Serves as repeat credit for BSCI 3965, section 03 in Fall 2023 and BSCI 3965, section 02 in Fall 2024. [3] (MNS)