Biological Anthropology
Current Faculty Research Projects and Interests
Program Requirements
Biological anthropology examines the interaction
between biology and culture. The Anthropology Department at the
University of Oklahoma has a broadly-based Master's program in
biological anthropology, and offers a Ph.D. in anthropology with an
emphasis on biological anthropology. Skeletal biology, human
variation, genetic/molecular anthropology, medical anthropology,
bioarchaeology, and biocultural adaptation are the faculty's primary
specialization areas.
A broad range of graduate-level biological
anthropology courses are currently offered, including Human Osteology
and Paleopathology, Human Adaptability, Medicine and Society, Human
Variation, Theory and Method in Biological Anthropology, and Human
Evolutionary History. Special topics courses and seminars in
biological anthropology and advanced biological anthropology are also
offered. Recent special topics courses and seminars include
Human Growth as well as Biology of Poverty. Additional graduate
level courses in this subfield will be offered in the future.
Master's students complete 30 hours of course work
and a thesis. Master's course work includes core courses in
biological anthropology, archæology, linguistics, and
sociocultural anthropology, and elective course work focused in
biological anthropology.
Ph.D. candidates also take core courses in
biological anthropology, archæology, linguistics, and
sociocultural anthropology, if they have not already done so in their
Master's program. Ph.D. requirements include 90 hours of credit
(60 credit hours of course work plus 30 hours of dissertation
research), a thesis, a general exam, and a dissertation. Students
who enter the Ph.D. program with a Master's degree in anthropology take
60 credit hours (30 hours of course work plus 30 hours of dissertation
research), take the general exam, and complete a dissertation.
The Anthropology Department is in the process of implementing a newly-developed Ph.D. track in Health and Human Biology. The Health and Human Biology track is an integrative Biological and Medical Anthropology program focusing on the adaptation, evolution, and behaviors of human ancestors and contemporary populations.
Independent Research ProjectsFaculty
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Kermyt Anderson Dr. Morris Foster Dr. Katherine Hirschfeld Dr. Cecil Lewis Dr. Lesley Rankin-Hill Dr. Diane Warren |