Human Biology

General data

Course ID:	WF-OB-JAKAUSKAS1
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Human Biology
Name in Polish:	Human Biology
Organizational unit:	Center for Ecology and Ecophilosophy
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	OB2_W02 OB2_W09 OB2_W12 OB2_U01 OB2_U09
Short description:	The aim of the course is to gain knowledge on critical assessment of information about the human being and the natural world around him and enable to suggest adequate solutions to problems. The student will be able to demonstrate the knowledge about the peculiarities of human biology (principles of biological evolution applied to humans; origins of human species and their further evolution, human ontogenesis – from birth to biological death and biological, environmental and social factors, human biological diversity, it’s causes and history of interpretations – typological and population-biological approaches).
Full description:	Course content Introduction. Principles of human biological evolution (4 hours) Biology and behavior of primates (4 hours) The key stages of anthropogenesis (2 hours) Ecological and demographic characteristics as well as health and disease during the hunter-gatherer, early agriculture, early urbanization and industrial periods (4 hours) Peculiarities of physical and psychomotor development in childhood and adolescence (4 hours) Morphological, physiological and social aspects of ageing (4 hours). Principles of human adaptation and acclimatization. Ecological gradients (4 hours). Global diversity of human biological traits. Interpretations of the biological diversity of the modern human being (4 hours).
Bibliography:	Holly M Dunsworth. Human Origins 101 (Science 101). Greenwood; 1 edition (2007). William A. Haviland, Dana Walrath, Harald E. L. Prins, Bunny McBride. Evolution & Prehistory: The Human Challenge, 9th Edition. Wadsworth, 2011. Craig Stanford, John S. Allen, Susan C. Anton Biological anthropology: the natural history of humankind . 3rd ed. Pearson, 2013.
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	• Learning outcomes: With the use of the knowledge of general biology the student will be able to critically assess the information about the human being and the natural world around him and will be able to suggest adequate solutions to problems. The student will be able to independently gain knowledge about biology of the human being and its biotic and social environment, and will be able to find, evaluate and systematize information. The student will be able to demonstrate the knowledge about the peculiarities of human biology (phylogenesis, ontogenesis, human biological diversity and its causes).
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Methods of knowledge verification • Evaluation of semester work (2 short essays on chosen topics) – 40 %; final on-line exam (more extended essay) – 60 %.

This course is not currently offered.

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