ANTH 02312 - Anthropological Perspectives on Physical Growth and Development

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Rowan University

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Prerequisites: BIOL 01110 or BIOL 10210 or ANTH 02201 This course examines the normal course of human physical growth and development and inter-populational differences in attainment of puberty and final adult height, weight and body shape. It also focuses on the effect of the environment, heredity, disease and nutrition in producing a variety of fat patterns, trunk/limb proportions and delays in growth in different human groups. Finally, students learn to assess critically different types of growth studies and methods of forecasting growth. This course may not be offered annually.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.rowan.edu

Phone Number:

(856) 256-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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