Graduate Courses
Courses offered Online in Summer and Fall Semesters
Summer 2024 Schedule: May 20 - July 28, 2024
BIO558 - Biological Basis of Human Evolution and Behavior
Description: A exploration of biological theories of human evolution, properties, and behavior.
We build an understanding of evolution of complex organisms by natural selection,
followed by the emergence of humans as a uniquely complex species. Scientific hypothesis
formation and testing using the extensive multidisciplinary empirical record of the
1.8 million years of human history is developed throughout. Implications of human
evolutionary biology for contemporary social and sexual behavior are also investigated.
Faculty: Shawn Stuart, PhD; Paul M. Bingham; Joanne Souza, PhD
Visit www.stonybrook.edu/spd/online/started for online course requirements. Offered as BIO 558 and CEB 553
CEB553 – Biology and Human Behavior
Description: A biological theory of human uniqueness is presented and explored through the examination
of empirical evidence from a multidisciplinary prospective including insights from
ethnology, human social and sexual behavior, evolutionary biology, history, economics,
the humanities and political science.
Faculty: Shawn Stuart, PhD; Paul M. Bingham, PhD; Joanne Souza, PhD
Visit www.stonybrook.edu/spd/online/started for online course requirements. Offered as BIO 558 and CEB 553