This major is a perfect option for individuals interested in physical anthropology understood in a broad manner. In the course of studies issues including those related to the biological development of humans and human evolution, biological determinants of human behaviour, principles of the functioning of historical and contemporary social groups based on the results of the latest scientific research are to be analysed. Students become familiarized with the basic principles of hygiene and pro-health behaviour, monitoring of the individual development and biological state of human populations as well as the ergonomics of technical facilities and environment present at work.
What can human biology graduates do when it comes to their professional life?
Completing human biology course prepared the students fully to realise tasks concerning the following fields: assessment and prognosis of demographic effects resulting from intergenerational changes in the biological conditions of human populations, monitoring development processes in relation to establishment of development standards as regards paediatrics, estimating indicators determining the health conditions of the population, diagnosing ergonomic quality of facilities operating at technical and work stations as well as the exploration of all types of human remains located at archaeological sites. Students of this major become familiarized with, among other things, the following methods: research devoted to skeletal and cremation materials, analysis of biological traces (dactyloscopic, cheiloscopic and otoscopic, diagnosis of educational difficulties resulting from developmental deficits as well as research devoted to the effects of material factors present in the work environment on the human body.
Which areas/industries do human biology graduates work in?
Human biology (physical anthropology) is an interdisciplinary subject. Consequently, graduates of this course can find employment in institutions and enterprises interested in all aspects of human functioning in the natural and technical environment. The graduates can find employment in the following places: numerous archaeological companies and research units. As there is a statutory obligation concerning the presence of an anthropologist during the research of all necropolises graduates can work in sanitary and epidemiological stations as well as ergonomic laboratories and laboratories operating within many enterprises providing the services connected with diagnosis and optimization of systems functioning in human-work environment. Due to knowledge in the field of researching the biological causes and effects of social stratification, it is possible to find employment in statistical offices and research laboratories devoted to social opinions. Moreover, the graduates can be employed in medical, psychological and pedagogical departments and clinics. Due to the character of general biology education, after completing pedagogical courses such individuals could work in primary and secondary education.
The studies are addressed to candidates who want to significantly expand their knowledge concerning both physical anthropology and other biological sciences. In the course of studies, the students are presented with numerous issues, including those related to human ecology and ethology, methods of detecting the level of environmental pressure on historical and contemporary human populations, rules concerning diagnosing and designing work stations in terms of optimizing the biological cost of work based on the results of the latest scientific research conducted by the employees of the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences. Students become familiarized with the following rules: assessing predisposition to practice particular sports and the level of the body's motor fitness; establishment of development standards to meet the needs of paediatrics and gerontology; reconstruction of the appearance based on skulls using 3D modelling methods.
What can human biology graduates do when it comes to their professional life?
Human biology graduates obtain specialist knowledge connected to implementation of tasks concerning the following areas: assessment and modelling of activities directed at monitoring environmental threats to health and creating a healthy lifestyle, assessment of the intensity and strength of the impact of factors influencing the dynamics of evolutionary changes, organization and creation of activities which are to activate the sick, disabled and the elderly. Students of this course become familiarized, among others, with the following methods: assessment of changes taking place in body structure resulting from diseases and applied medical procedures; assessment of the intensity of physical factors present in the work environment in the context of the optimization of working conditions; performing anthropological expertise to meet the needs of forensics and archaeology.
Which areas/industries do human biology graduates work in?
Graduates of this major can find employment in all institutions, scientific and research units and enterprises specializing in all aspects of human functioning in the natural and technical environment. One can find employment in the following places: archaeological companies and scientific units (research institutes, museums), due to the statutory obligation of the presence of an anthropologist during the examination of all necropolises such individuals can find employment in sanitary and epidemiological stations as well as ergonomic laboratories and laboratories operating within numerous enterprises responsible for the diagnosis and optimization of functional systems operating in human-work environment. Thanks to knowledge concerning the research on the dynamics of development processes as well as biological causes and effects of social stratification the discussed individuals have an opportunity to be employed in statistical offices and research laboratories dealing with social opinion. Moreover, graduates can work in medical, psychological and pedagogical departments and clinics. Expert skills acquired during the studies make it possible for the graduates to work as forensic experts or specialists/inspectors in the field of employment process and job evaluation. Due to the character of obtained education one can find employment in primary, secondary and higher education after completing pedagogical courses.
