Health Practice & Policy students will travel to Oxford to participate in a weekly lecture series and seminar organized for IES Abroad students by the Institute of Human Sciences at the University of Oxford. Weekly lectures will be led by an Oxford tutor and directly followed by a seminar.
Required work and form of assessment:
In this course, you will be required to: 1) participate in seminar discussions based on preparatory reading and lecture; and 2) complete a final exam or research project.
content:
Week 1
Evolutionary and perspectives on human diet
Week 2
Biological plasticity and human growth development
Week 3
Hunter-gatherer nutrition
Week 4
Nutrition across the life course
Week 5
Genetics of obesity and diabetes
Week 6
Iron deficiency and malaria
Week 7
Food security and under-nutrition
Week 8
Obesity from evolutionary and comparative perspectives
Notes:
This course description is from a past Nutritional Anthropology Seminar. Lecture topics and readings vary between semesters. Students will receive a final course description onsite.
Health Practice & Policy students will travel to Oxford to participate in a weekly lecture series and seminar organized for IES Abroad students by the Institute of Human Sciences at the University of Oxford. Weekly lectures will be led by an Oxford tutor and directly followed by a seminar.
In this course, you will be required to: 1) participate in seminar discussions based on preparatory reading and lecture; and 2) complete a final exam or research project.
Week 1
Evolutionary and perspectives on human diet
Week 2
Biological plasticity and human growth development
Week 3
Hunter-gatherer nutrition
Week 4
Nutrition across the life course
Week 5
Genetics of obesity and diabetes
Week 6
Iron deficiency and malaria
Week 7
Food security and under-nutrition
Week 8
Obesity from evolutionary and comparative perspectives
This course description is from a past Nutritional Anthropology Seminar. Lecture topics and readings vary between semesters. Students will receive a final course description onsite.