Biological Anthropology BSc (Hons) (Full-time, Part-time)

Course overview

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Why study Biological Anthropology at BU?

• Build up a range of competencies in general biology, archaeology and scientific data analysis
• Unique opportunity to focus on human osteology
• Learning can be tailored to suit a diverse range of career pathways or postgraduate study.

What will I study?

Biological Anthropology is the study of variation in human populations and of the interactions between human biology, culture and environment. It involves the study of humans from a biological perspective by looking at human evolution, human skeletal remains, the biology of modern populations and non-human primates. The subject has roots in and links with a range of academic disciplines including archaeology, social anthropology and forensic science.

This degree offers the opportunity to study Biological Anthropology in a wide range of contexts in order to gain a more full and rounded grounding in the subject than is generally available at degree level. In addition to a general science foundation delivered during the first year, areas focused upon during the course include recovery and analysis of human skeletal remains, evolutionary science with emphasis on human origins and the study of health and disease in human populations.

This course also covers sources of physical variation within human populations and includes the application of biological anthropology to modern forensic cases. Consideration is also given to the wider settings within which the human species has developed and elements of archaeological science, later prehistory and palaeoenvironmental study are also included. Consequently this course is extremely wide ranging covering periods stretching from the beginnings of human development up to the present day. As such, the course offers an unparalleled opportunity to engage with the subject, leaving you well equipped to follow a range of career paths after graduating including postgraduate studies within anthropology, archaeology and forensics.